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I've gotten back into the #1001books list a little more consistently, I've read I think 4 in the last few months. I'm using Serial Reader to tackle some - currently it's Erewhon, and honestly I'd be finding it a slog if it weren't for the bite sized installments.

Anyone else reading the #1001books list have recommendations for real gems you've found on the list? The last several I've read have all been fine, but I'm hoping for more than fine.

This is a fairly short book, but it took me a long time to read because I found it depressing. I did find it interesting that it is somewhat based on Rhys‘s own affair with Ford Maddox Ford.

📷: It was a beautiful evening to enjoy the hammock and a fire in the backyard with Luthien.

#1001books #TurnThePage #Readathon

I love the idea of a weekend readathon. I hope to finish a few books and make some progress on others. I‘m close to done with Quartet and My Friends, and it‘s almost time for Westfallen to go back to the library. I haven‘t picked up A Tree a Day all month, so I want to remedy that. I‘ll probably listen to some more audio as well.

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I enjoyed this book, but I don‘t think I would have as much reading it all on my own. I tend to enjoy more plot focused stories, and this was definitely character focused. Additionally, it was a bit difficult to stay connected sometimes when it skipped chunks of time and revealed major changes from those periods. The narration by Jeremy Irons was great, and absolutely helped my appreciation.

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I‘ve been listening to Brideshead Revisited this past week, but I‘ve felt like I‘m not listening closely enough when I read the posts and comments. Today, I found this podcast and listened to a few episodes. They look at it from more of a religious aspect, and they also discuss a variety of passages that help me consider it in more depth. I‘ll put a link to the first episode in the comments.

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I enjoyed listening to this audiobook although it often made my heart hurt. Baldwin absolutely has a way with words. Seeing as this was his first novel, I think it would be interesting to see how his writing goes on from this very church oriented story. I did feel that the end was a bit abrupt.

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📷: I listened to quite a bit of this while walking with Luthien and working in the yard this weekend.

I read a few books, Two #1001Books. Fresh Dirt from the Grave was mostly set in #Bolivia for #FoodandLit. It and Voyager are #WomeninTranslation. Patsy worked for #LGBTQIA2025 bingo and Three books were for #192025. Martyr! was just because I had been recommend it so many times.

This book is honestly beautiful and so well-crafted. It‘s a war novel. It‘s a romance. It‘s a mystery. You have damaged souls all circling each other, scared to get too close lest they detonate like the German mines that surround them. A lovely adventure to be on, this novel. I can‘t wait to watch the movie. 246/1,001 #1001Books

I managed to read 13 of my #14Books14weeks stack. Considering I peppered in some #1001books I had been putting off, I am pleased with the result. I still want to read Fado Alexandrino; it will be on September's list (again).

Five books were exceptionally trippy which made for an odd summer - A Void, The Unconsoled, Lananrk, The Castle, I Who Have Never Known Men.

I was lovely to read some of the contemporary books from my shelves,.

Well, that was a wild ride. My eyes glazed over at some of the philosophizing bits, but the drama builds until I absolutely couldn‘t put it down towards the end. My first Murdock, but it won‘t be the last.
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