#Weeklyforecast ( a day early)

I started this Flamingo last night ♥️💔 loving it to pieces. 💗

We have a one granddaughters communion today, and the other granddaughters christening next weekend. One of my daughters is home for the these occasions… so life is full on with plans and meet ups. So I‘ll be missing for a couple of weeks … Happy reading friends. Chat soon X

Hi Cindy 😘

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Continue on with The Lark. Loving the little bit I‘ve read so far 🥰

Second Place by Cusk was not my favourite book of last year, but it‘s the one I remember most. Images from that book are fixed in my mind. So I‘m drawn to Cusk and Outline, a present from @squirrelbrain 🙏 . I did read the first chapter this morning and I‘m hooked 👍🏻♥️

Have a good reading week everyone 📚.
Hi Cindy 👋🏻 hoping all is well with you X

I loved this book. Ethan‘s presence took me in completely from the very beginning ..
‘ But when winter shut down on Starkfield, and the village lay under a sheet of snow perpetually renewed from the pale skies, I began to see what life there- or rather it‘s negation- must have been in Ethan Frome‘s young manhood.‘

The impact of this story is unforgettable. Crystal clear , brilliant writing.
#Whartonbuddyread

‘I shall always respect the mumps for getting us this extra month‘s holiday. I wish it had a prettier name - Mompessa, or something like that; we have the time of our lives amid all this ancestral splendour.‘

I love it.
Mompessa!!

And I love chapter One 💫💫💫 #Furrowedmiddlebrowclub

Still reading this one. I almost bailed early on , but it‘s a good story, halfway now. Strange book , hope to finish soon 🤞🏻

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I never got a chance to do this yesterday, it was my first overnight Granny duty on my own with little Emma, only 4 months old . Went great 😴 🥱. Job done💞
So,
Read half of Ethan Frome .. very good ❤️
Started Our Wives and I‘m not sure what to make of it yet , on page 30, I like it so far.
Hopefully start The Lark

Have a good week ❤️📚everyone.
Hi Cindy 😘

We had this for our Bookclub last night. I love the painting. I loved the idea for the book , the relationship between 16 year old beautiful Griet and Vermeer. There was something in the tone of the book , all the time he spent alone with her and studying her , that I didn‘t like , that turned me off the book. I don‘t know if I liked her writing all that much. Still, a brilliant idea to write a story about.

#FurrowedMiddleBrowClub It‘s nearly May, so The Lark is down from the shelf … and Lisa says hi 👋🏻

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Islands of Abandonment on Audio … loving it so far ♥️
Just picked up A Star Called Henry this morning with my coffee. ..on page 3, it has my attention. 👍🏻 🤞🏻

Waiting for kindle to charge so I can look up a thriller in my library.

Happy reading everyone 🥰 📚
Hiya Cindy 😘

Just started on audio on this morning‘s walk. It‘s about the wreckage we humans leave behind on the earth and how wildlife finds refuge in such places. This was an impulse audible buy, and I‘m so glad I got it. ..Very interesting, and the author narrates in a beautiful healing voice 👍🏻💫

A wonderful book that I couldn‘t put down. Following the life of Renshu from 1938 in China to the present day. I loved the significance of the title in the book, and the stories and wisdom. Peach Blossom Spring is moving and a great read, and a few tears at the end ♥️

“Today is the Lunar New Year, I wonder what you are doing. Are you making radish cakes for the Huangs ? Sharing a fish and gossiping with Auntie Chin?
Do you remember when we lit lanterns and made wishes in the streets of Shanghai…”

It‘s the ‘ do you remember‘ that is breaking my heart.
This is such a powerful book in a gentle and unassuming way. ♥️

To know a story is to stroke the silken surfaces of loss, to feel the weight of beauty in his hands.
To know a story is to carry it always, etched in his bones, even if dormant for decades.
Tell us , they insist.
To tell a story , he realises, is to plant a seed and let it grow.

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I‘ve read a few stories from Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives…. Really dark and strange stories , loving it.
Maybe Peach Blossom as it‘s blossom season here 🌸

Happy Easter Everyone and have a good reading week 👍♥️

Hi Cindy 👋🏻 I hope all is well with you. ♥️

#PersephoneClub Loved this. Muriel‘s story from when she was very young to her becoming a woman. Set in the early 1900s. I was completely engaged and fascinated by her relationships with her controlling mother, her sister Connie , and friends Clare , Godfrey…and the blossoming of her relationship with herself. Muriel is a character to remember. Set in the same time as Winifred Holtby‘s own life… I loved all the details of the lives they lived.

Between a pick and a so-so. I wanted to see what happened, so I persevered and learned some mythology along the way. I‘m glad I read it, and I‘m glad it‘s finished. I‘m exhausted from all the drama !
#Gladstonerds
@Leniverse @TrishB @julesG @scripturient @jenniferw88 @RaeLovesToRead @jhod @rockpools @Susanita @squirrelbrain @Oryx @Caroline2 @CGainor3 ( I hope I‘ve tagged everyone)

Morning , it‘s a windy dull Sunday here , rain maybe ! 🤞for a walk. #WeeklyForecast

Finish off the last few pages of Crowded Street
Get properly stuck into Ariadne
Pearl Earring for Bookclub
Maybe Rodham 🤔

Happy reading everyone ❤️
Hi Cindy 👋❤️

Thanks Kate for the lovely book. ! I also love this print 😍. I hope you and yours are all doing well now , take care ♥️ Cathy X

#PersephoneClub

From the surprising bow upon her sleek brown hair to the shining buckles on her trim brown shoes from her odd short dress of pleated tartan to the frill of muslin. .she defied all Marshington and Hardrascliffe conventions of the proper attire for young girls of fifteen. Wholesome as an apple , tranquil as a September morning, and unmysterious as a glass of water , she yet held for Muriel all mystery and all enchantment

The story of Cluny Brown , a young woman who is dying to experience life. She is sent into service in the countryside.. and so the tale unfolds. The turn of events is heartwarming and surprising. Thanks Leah , I stayed up a bit late last night to see how it all turned out. 👍❤️ I loved it ! Great characters and Margery Sharp wrote with such great insight into human nature.

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Looking forward to continuing on with Cluny this week. Also starting Crowded Street ! Then there‘s the 3d book in the Barbarotti series 🥰🥰🥰 comforting ( 🤞) week ahead.

Happy reading to you all ♥️
Hiya Cindy 👋😘

Thankyou Carolyn ! I‘m looking forward to the tagged book. Love the book for my granddaughter 🥰💕
The handcream is gorgeous ( already using it ) and I love soap .. all lovely.
You see The Daughter of Time is there on the left , still waiting for its big day ! Thankyou 😘

I‘m giving up the ghost … it‘s goodbye to this one. I made it through to the second half, but it was a struggle just for Bookclub. We had our meeting last night. There were mixed views, some loved it. It didn‘t seem to spark our usual full on discussion 🤷‍♀️. I‘m glad to be moving on.

You often hear this … ‘married twenty-six years and never a hard word‘

‘Never a cross word between them ‘ … 🤔 I‘m always a little sceptical of this kind of talk. Come on !! Or maybe I‘m more of a crank 😂

Another 5 Star literary thriller from Elizabeth Brundage. I love the cover and how houses have great presence in her books. Houses and art and relationships , beautiful writing, thriller and horror , characters that are nuanced … yes I‘m a fan !

What a great selection of books , Thankyou everyone. I can‘t wait to do some reading with these ones going to the top of the TBR 😘😘😘😘 😘thanks again Jessie for tagged book. I‘m spoilt!
I gave myself the Roddy Doyle.

Thankyou Leah. A lovely selection of books , perfect choices 🥰. You are so good 😘
@LeahBergen

Helen , Thankyou ! Delighted with these books ( the chocolate is long gone .. was delish 😋)
Thankyou 😘
@squirrelbrain

Thanks so much Trish. Love the books ! Perfect 👌👌🥰😘
@TrishB

Happy Birthday @julesG 🎂 my birthday twin. Thankyou for these presents. I love the book case 👌and the book and the little case with its own stickers.
I hope we both have a great day 👯😘

Oh my goodness ! Who is this from … looks amazIng 👍♥️

he woke early , before dawn and went walking in the long grass behind the house. He liked to witness the rising sun and the wailing geese crossing the red sky. . He moved slowly through the day , observing the various details of their life in the house. The way the cream fell from the pitcher … he said her hands reminded him of birds.. the sun crawling across the table..the light attracted him as much as the darkness

I love her writing 👌

Still struggling with this one on audible, for Bookclub. I‘m just not connecting with the characters. ( that speed looks wrong 😳 I‘m on 1.3X ) anyway , Bookclub Friday night , I better step it up.

#Weeklyforecast It‘s been a busy week, so the reading is in slow progress. Loving all these and treated myself to the tagged book… which is starting off beautifully.

Happy reading to you all 💫
Hi Cindy , I hope all is well with you x

This lovely book has just come in the post … but I didn‘t order it 🤔I wonder who it was so I can say Thankyou.

I was listening to an interview with Elizabeth Brundage , and this show was mentioned. I‘m going to have a look , it‘s on Netflix . It‘s based on her novel ( tagged ) which I loved … I‘m reading her first book at the mo ‘ The Doctors Wife‘ so I‘m kind of in her twilight zone … the interview was very interesting. I know some of you read the book ( maybe ye saw this Netflix show already ?! ) @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @Tamra

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I‘m in a mood where I don‘t know what I want to read next… but the tagged book is decided upon for today . Coffee and chocolate to get me going first 👍

Happy reading week all 👍❤️
Hi Cindy 👋

Our young man back from the war and now to spend a month in the country. The wholesomeness of the countryside, of the food , the people, the horses, the summer in his memory. The work of art he is restoring. The tenderness of the writing , this story will haunt me. There is so much here but I find myself not wanting to over think it or pull it apart. I want to feel it gently , to mind it.
Thanks @Caroline2 , to think this book has been 👇

The cleverly written story of 3 sisters. The eldest was married to ‘Uncle Paul‘ , who , after 15 years in prison is to be released. When the sisters find themselves together on a seaside holiday… the mystery and suspense begin to gain momentum in bizarre ways. One minute I was laughing ( slightly hysterically 😬) and then I was scared again. So well written , and what a tale !

I started this last night … strange and unnerving, I feel like I‘m walking on egg-shells ..it‘s the Celia Fremlin vibe 😳.
The sun is streaming in here this morning.. a little read and then off on the dog walk.
Happy Friday 📚

This second in the Barbarotti series is equally as good as the first, there are certain details I could have done without hearing ( same in first book ). Over all I really enjoyed and Im looking forward to Book 3 sometime soon 👍 The usual detective personal dramas ensue, I like that familiar feel.. comfort reading.

Thanks for the tag @TheNeverendingTBR 👍🏻

1. The tagged book had a huge impact on me when I first read it. I saw people/ the world differently

2. Yes , I will wear something green , and watch the parades , and raise a glass 👍🏻💚

I tag all who would like to join in.. #TwoforTuesday

#WeeklyForecast A day late, as we were away in Killarney for the weekend , I brought a supply of books but ended up engrossed in tagged book … serial killer / psycho killer qu‘est-ce que c‘est ?…..love that song ! It rained which was a great excuse to stay in and look at the mountains , read & drink tea from their lovely cups.

So forecast is to finish tagged book, and after that I can read whatever I like 👌
Happy reading all 😘
Hi Cindy 😘

I loved this movie…. And ever since @youneverarrived left her review of this book , I‘ve been dying to read it .. here goes.

A strange one. I‘m left with an image 👇

Yesterday was International Womens Day. I love this pic… Mna is Irish for Women … Mna awesome ❤️

We‘ve taken it on as our new Bookclub pic. Because they could be at a Bookclub 👍🏻 ❤️🥂

I‘m listening to this book for Bookclub, and I‘m finding it hard to connect with … not happening for me , not yet anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️ I‘d bail.. but I don‘t want to miss out on the discussion.. I got the print on kindle , still not pulling me in

I started this yesterday, halfway now and I don‘t know what I think of it… I want to finish it though, it‘s different and hard to pin down 🤔

I couldn‘t stop reading once I got into the rhythm of this book. A calm , smooth , meditative read and a page turner for me. Good characters, especially Caroline! I loved the notion of the four gardens … I‘ll wait to say more till we‘ve all finished 👌 Loved it 🥰 #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

#BookReport #Weeklyforecast I only read a few chapters of Four Gardens… not a good reading week, which makes me sad 😞

I did bookish things though .. watched Emma 👍very good.
Went with my Bookclub to Cork City Library to hear Val McDermid speak and could have listened to her forever , such a natural speaker.

I feel the loss at so little reading this week. Hopefully I‘ll get back into the swing of it today

Happy reading ❤️📚
Hiya Cindy 😁