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People have told me to read this book since it first came out. I put it off because historical fiction has to be a genre I'm in the mood for in order to appreciate it.

This book deserves all the praise it has received. The writing is simply exquisite, and I was drawn into this world and the characters and felt like part of the hotel.

Really beautiful story that I should have read sooner.

Can‘t wait to see the Spring books (nonfiction) you all recommend! #litsolice #naturalitsy #springequinox

The count is judged an unrepentant aristocrat by a Soviet tribunal & placed under house arrest in the Hotel Metropol. He was living there, but must move to a much more humble room.He almost gives in to despair, but manages to find a rich emotional life & worthwhile connections with the hotel‘s wonderful staff ,those he knows & those he meets as they pass through. Detailed,with humor & heart , a story to savor.On my TBR for a long time.

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Showing off my cheap reading glasses. I need a prescription pair.

Bittersweet reading experience: when you're enchanted by the writing but sad for the circumstances described.
Books that strive for emotional manipulation, *cough*Kazuo Ishiguro*cough* drive me batty, but books that enchant even while not being fluffy in subject matter suck me right in.

Let me start by saying, this book was beautifully written. I could picture everything easily and I can‘t wait to see the tv show. However, the book just moved too slowly for me, which is why I‘m giving it a “so-so” rating.

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📘 A Gentleman In Moscow
✒️ Neil Gaiman
🎬 Good Will Hunting
🎤 Green Day
🎶 Gold Dust Woman

Just a day late. Forgot to do this one yesterday.

This story set in 1913 Russia is seet over a few weeks. Frank Reid, an English industrialist, who has lived most of his life in this country on the cusp of dramatic change, returns home to find his wife Nellie having left him to return to England but When his 3 children return to the door his life is in turmoil. I enjoyed this book a lot which contains some wonderful writing of landscape as spring approaches, but also dialogue and character

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A Gentleman in Moscow I read with my bookclub- everyone loved it. House of Gold was a buddy read with Litsy- For the most part,I enjoyed it.