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The combination of high expectations and high page count mingled together to make me want to quit this many times. I persevered (I‘m leading the book club meeting for it tomorrow) and the ending was worth it! A family saga across 70 years set in India…unbelievably tragic and relentless in its melodramatic tone but despite myself, I loved the family matriarch and cried at the end. Heavy on the medical/disease/hospital scenes which aren‘t for me.

#two4Tuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!

1) Only my 2025 Litsy challenges and buddy reads: #litsyatoz foodandlit #jubilee #whatthedickens #serieslove and #authoramonth

I‘ve never made a number of books or pages goal and a little afraid to jinx my reading by doing so. But I still might

2) the tagged book for #foodandlit #Ireland but it‘s one of many!

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I finished one more since this was sent to me so 52 books this year!

Tagged was my favourite, I think. It‘s hard to pick!

#goodreadsyearinbooks

How can I put into words how much I loved this book? I loved every bit of this 715 page story! Not a word of it felt drawn out, and I didn‘t want it to end. I learned so much about India, about surgery, about leprosy, about politics in India, and more! I loved so many of the characters and began to feel that I knew them personally. I highly recommend this book!

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.

I‘ve still got time to read more books so this won‘t be my final count, but I did meet my Goodreads Challenge of 100 books, so that seemed worth celebrating. Apparently Covenant of Water was the longest book I read this year and it I think will also make my top 10. But I am not one to do a Best of the Year List until I actually reach the end of the year! So that‘s still to come. And if you‘re a Goodreads user, send me a friend request.

I still haven't completely made up my mind whether I hate the bits where people blame God for all bad things, or simplistically and irrationally see his hands in events, but I do love the general feel and writing of the book. I laughed out loud once and cried multiple times. It made me think a lot about my life right now and my hopes and dreams, and what gives true joy. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

At times I feel like this book should be called "How many horrible things can happen to one family".

Dive into "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese, a captivating multi-generational saga and a must-read for fans of epic novels that you wished never ended. Another amazing pick from Virginia on Book Interrupted‘s Blog.

https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-the-covenant-of-water
#bookinterrupted #TheCovenantofWater #OprahBookClub #bookstoread #epicnovels #booksthatyouwishdidntend #bookpodcast

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