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Got 2 #bookbingo lines! Started Midwinterblood but probably will not be done by tomorrow...almost 3 lines is great for me!
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My students were asking for more dystopian stories, and although this may not traditionally fit, I think they will like it. This story follows the story of two people brought together over and over again through the ages. I enjoyed that it started in the future and worked back to before the Vikings. Definitely enjoyable and appropriate for high school students.

This was my attempt at trying a different genre than normal and while it wasnt awful, it also wasn't a favorite. The book contains 7 stories that flow together with little details here and there. I always felt like I was starting a story but that it finished before the end. But my desire to see how these stories flowed together and to see how the story began, drove me forward in reading. It was entertaining but not one a would leap to recommend.

Book - Midwinter Blood. Will true love survive multiple reincarnations?

Movie - The Princess Bride. As you wish.

Song - Love You to Death by Type O Negative. I love me a gothic metal love song! I wish that I had Peter Steele's voice.

#ManicMonday @JoScho

Can‘t think of anything better than starting 2019 with a book I love tremendously, something meaningful to me. I love this one for the way it makes me feel deeply when I read it. It moves me to tears, especially with this reread after a great loss in 2018. The idea that souls can follow one another across lifetimes is written here with such care, a unique story structure, and intelligent weave of detail. Just beautiful. #readwhatyouloveproject2019

I wanted to like it but I just felt like I was circling around the same story over and over. It had some great nuggets hidden in it but I wanted it to be over sooner. The audiobook was really well done, though.

#SeptemberDanes Day 7: This book is made up of 7 parts, excluding the Epilogue which provides a closure to the story. Think of this novel as a collection of vignettes whith fairly recurring characters. While seemingly disconnected, there are elements in the various stories that seem woven into their tragic tale: the rabbit, the Blessed Dragon Orchid, the notion of sacrifice, the sense of #DejaVu. My Full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-8wh

Damn. If you‘re remotely into dark romance...this is a must-read.

The audio production with Rhind-Tutt (what a name, btw), is fantastic!

Spot on review by Eoin Colfer here: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/books/review/midwinterblood-by-marcus-sedgwic...

I finally was able to finish another one of @ferskner 's #FreakyFriday selections! This was a really interesting book. Multiple interconnecting stories in multiple timelines. Does true love really die, or does it live on for generations? Read this and find out. And there are Vikings!
@monalyisha @Clwojick

This was a very odd, but engrossing read. It was super quick to get through. I‘m not sure what category to place this one in. There‘s some magical-ish elements, and some suspense, a touch of romance. All in all a pretty good way to spend a few hours. 4.5 ⭐️

Someone decided I couldn‘t participate in the #mounttbrreadathon without assistance. 🙄😸 This book‘s been on my TBR forever. Intrigued to finally get to it!

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Today's book recommendation is Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick. A collection of magical and mysterious short stories, all with an underlying connection which is slowly revealed as the book unfolds.

This book is brilliant, tragic, lovely. Seven tales of two souls that followed one another thru time, starting in 2073 and working backward in time, not always romantically. Sometimes siblings, sometimes parent/child. The point is that their love was strong enough to find one another in every life.

I want to reread because all of these tales were woven together so well. I want to read again KNOWING.

I held my breath reading. In the end, I cried.

While it was a bit confusing at times to really know who the story was exactly about, and I still don't know what the point of the vampire was, it was still a really good, quick read! I love the way he ties it all together in the end! Oh yeah, and the author flips back and forth between tenses a lot. I mean, really, a lot. But still, the story is great.

First up on the list for my reading assignment...

Hate to bail when I'm halfway through, but I just can't follow this story or care about the characters. Maybe audio wasn't the best choice for this.