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Oh I do so love the Cazalets @LeahBergen @Ruthiella I bailed on a couple of books mid August and it was such a relief to pick this up and be absorbed in the familial bonds, heartaches, small and large tragedies of this sprawling family. This is the second volume where World War 2 is under way. Keen to step straight into Vol 3 but so many library holds have come in for me while I was reading this!

I finally got around to reading this and LOVED it. Such a huge cast of characters but each one unique. I do love a book that when you change POVs you get insights that change your initial view. I have to say though one man did a thing & Lord I stomped around the house desperate to murder the guy. Fictionally murder him but still.
If you havent heard of this it‘s set just before WW2 with a very extended family gathering for the summer ⬇️

Slow but steady progress with #SeriesLove2025 . This is book 2 in the 5 book series set in England during WWII.

Howard excels at writing interesting characters that are fully human, with all the good and the bad that comes with that. And her balance is impeccable as well with this exceptionally large cast of an extended family and their servants.

The UK/US covers are a little bland IMO, so I have included some of the foreign editions for fun.

#whereareyoumonday
#roll100

I‘m on the home front in Britain in 1940. The extended Cazalet clan has taken up permanent residence on the Sussex estate. Told mostly from the perspective of the third generation of the family teenagers Louise, Clarey, and Polly who experience the uncertainty of life during wartime while also navigating the transition from childhood to adulthood.

#weekendreads

Busy weekend for me, but I do have all three on Kindle, so I might be able to squeeze a little in here and there on my phone. 🤞😬

My #Roll100 picks for April are pretty sweet. I already read Jazz back in February, so only have two “musts”.

Marking Time will work for #SeriesLove2025, as it‘s the second in the Cazalet Chronicles.

I own a physical copy of Little Bee and will make it work for #OffMyShelf

The 5th and last book in The Cazalet Chronicles. At the end of the vol 4 it was 1947, and when we meet them again it‘s 1956. A lot has happened in 9 yrs. I enjoyed being back with the family, but in this one there‘s a lot of endings. Some of these I anticipated others I didn‘t. We celebrate several Christmas‘ with the family which was why I read it now, I just wish we had left the family on a more uplifting note.

The 4th book about the Cazalets and the war is over. There‘s still food and clothing rations, so things takes time getting back to normal.

We follow more of the family in this installation and I enjoyed that.

The first half was my #BookSpin for October

This is the end.... 🥲🥲🥲🥲

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The 3rd of the Cazalet Chronicles and we follow the family from March 1942 until the end of the war. And boy do a lot of things happen in the family. Several people are trying to find themselves and that ending. I did not expect that