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Balibee146

The Unlikely Pilgimage of Harold Fry | Rachel Joyce

Starting now.... This is another recent book borrow from a friend, so I can't really peel off that annoying sticker 😁😩

Suet624 Great book. 2mo

marleed I absolutely love this book. I equally love its companion

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: A Novel

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Balibee146 Thanks @marleed I saw there were three books listed.... Another from Maureen's perspective too. 2mo

marleed @Balibee146 I was thrilled with all three. The last was the only one that wasn‘t 5 full stars from me but still great to read Maureen‘s perspective. 2mo

Balibee146 @marleed fantastic thanks. I only have a few chapters to go 2mo

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Twocougs

Walking Home: A Pilgrimage from Humbled to Healed | Sonia Choquette

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Walking the Camino de Santiago. The books is often about her inner monologue. We have very different belief systems but I greatly admired what she did. Was worth reading.

MemoirsForMe I really enjoyed this book too! 4mo

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i.z.booknook

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel | Rachel Joyce

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Harold Fry is a pensioner just stagnating in life, till one day he receives a letter from a long-ago friend telling him she is dying. Harold is roused into action and a desire for her to live, and so he starts walking from Cornwall to Berwick-Upon-Tweed in the belief that if he keeps walking she will keep on living. This was a really beautiful story and very well written. (Cont. in comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)

i.z.booknook (1) Joyce‘s prose appear deceptively simple, whilst packing a punch with emotionally charged sentences and imagery. Through the slow release of memories Harold works through as he walks, the reader is kept intrigued till the very end pondering Harold‘s motivations. 8mo

i.z.booknook (2) The relationships between the characters, particularly Harold and his wife Maureen, are deep and complex, expertly capturing decades of complicated companionship. A really great story well executed. 8mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel | Rachel Joyce

so-so

I'm really torn between a pick and so-so. I think I went into it with very high expectations to love it, and I just ... didn't. After a while the reading became a slog like Harold's walk.

This is the second Joyce book I've read and the second time I came away feeling like there's just a little something missing that's making it difficult for me to connect with the characters.

9/62

CoffeeAndABook I felt the same way! 🤷🏼‍♀️ 10mo

TheBookgeekFrau @CoffeeAndABook I'm so glad I'm not alone in this; I almost felt guilty 😅 10mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel | Rachel Joyce

Just me, a cup of tea, and my book
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marleed I love this book and its companion book so so much! 10mo

TheBookgeekFrau @marleed What's the companion book? I didn't know there was one 😲 10mo

marleed Oh I love it so!

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: A Novel

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marleed There also the third and fairly new book to round out the perspective from Harold‘s wife. I didn‘t love it as much as the first two but it was good and an interesting finale

Maureen: A Harold Fry Novel

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TheBookgeekFrau @marleed Oh, duh!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I have both of those on my wish list - No wonder why the name Queenie Hennessy sounded so familiar 😂 10mo

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Itchyfeetreader

Gatty's Tale | Kevin Crossley-Holland

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So first up this has been on my kindle for eons and I don‘t know why I ever bought it. Secondly I had hoped it would be my Jan #bookedintime but it‘s 200 years too late and thirdly it‘s one of the most grown up children‘s books I have ever read!! With all that out of the way I absolutely loved this story about a young girl with no family and limited prospects who as second chamber maid joins her widowed lady on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem ⬇️

Itchyfeetreader As ever on a pilgrimage the journey is at least as important as what she find when she makes it. This is full of vibrant descriptions of fabulous places. amazing characters and a quite preen sensibility that doesn‘t feel out of place. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads but may go back and update as one that I think will really stay with me 10mo

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