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#HumbleHarvest #Gold I have read some Henry James , not sure if I have read this one or not! 😄
Some consider it one of his best.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView Lovely prompts, really made me think
1. I do! Some writers do it better than others, of course
2.These two are among my favourites-both with fascinating antiheroines-the complicated,tormented Charlotte Stant,and femme fatale par excellence-Milady de Winter.

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
1.Not been a great month!My mother's birthday dinner, I guess!
2.Tagger book, and an excellent book of short stories called Sinopticon.
3.Mr.Rochester! He's so swoony but also so Horrible to his poor first wife!!
4.Middle of the week!
Thanks for the tag! Lovely prompts!

Claustrophobic.

Picking up my first classic in 2021

By the end of the first page, I could tell that James liked to use 20 words (and as many commas) to say something that could be said in five. Red flag number one! I hoped it would improve but (spoiler alert) NOPE! I came to dread even picking up The Golden Bowl before I‘d reached the end of the first chapter. I finished it, with gritted teeth and LOTS of determination... Full review: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-golden-bowl-henry-james/

Well, after over a month I have to say that my latest #modernlibrarytop100 book was a resounding “meh.” I‘ve really enjoyed other books by Henry James but I guess late-period James is not my speed. If I‘m going to read 600 pages I would really prefer to know what‘s actually happened by the end. A book in which a father and daughter‘s spouses start an affair with one another should be a bit more fun than this.

A little blurb since today it‘s the birthday of Henry James .He was born in Greenwich Village so long ago it was an address of the well to do , pre bohemian.I remember loving the tagged book and also Princess Casamassima , I have many more to read , including Turn of the Screw which seems to be the one most people read or were assigned to read.

Fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuu I‘m less than halfway through! Guess I‘ll be switching over to the ebook version.

Also kinda surprised someone else wants to read this haha

#bedsidetablebooks this weekend

The stack is getting a bit out of control.

Picked up the next #modernlibrarytop100 book from the library today!

Almost painful to read, The Golden Bowl did pick up toward the last third of the book. I had a hard time loving the characters and wished they‘d all just come out and say what they‘re thinking!

It did have some very interesting symbolism with things seeming perfectly fine on the surface (the bowl), yet it was flawed underneath. It‘s difficult reading and you have to be patient.