What did you love or not about this novel? Was it too long?

For those who joined the #BuddyRead or read the book since it‘s release please join in the discussion if you wish.

Reading about this writer for a different book I discovered this other novel of his and realized it would work for October‘s #BookedInTime @dabbe

Wow! From that first line I‘m so amazed by the storytelling. How is everyone else? How far have you read? I read so much last weekend I thought I would finish it but life, work, and, reality continues to ruin my reading plans. Thoughts? I admit there been some 😭

@AmyG @Desha @Sapphire @Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk @squirrelbrain @Mitch @AllDebooks @Amiable @Cinfhen

@Cinfhen My #Top10SummerBookReads thanks for the tag @dabbe

Looking at these books again, makes me realize how much I really loved them especially, Fresh Water, Mayflies and Lie with me. These three made me 🥺😢😭

Since my trip to Quebec in May and learning about La Grosse Île etc I‘m looking forward to reading about an immigrant‘s journey and narrative as they settled in Canada!! #BookedInTime Tag @Cuilin & @dabbe when you know your chosen book.

A link for starters https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/75796.The_Canadian_Immigrant_Experience

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks

#Pemberlittens #hashtagBrigade I think there will be less mustachios in this one lol 😆

This is one of my absolute favorites, so looking forward to hearing what others think.

We start tomorrow!!! I will check in on a weekly basis to see how we are all doing.

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @willaful @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @caitlin_sheridan @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @willaful @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @caitlin_sheridan @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie

How was your August #BookedInTime read?

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88
@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @willaful @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @Ann_Reads @rookpools @lizpixie

#tar #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

https://open.spotify.com/track/71YnKh43ZSpiGjPhw4DoI1?si=moXvY6rgSI28fwmEvxhQNw

Here is a stack of eight books all set during the Second World War. Not sure which one I‘ll start with. What are you choosing from?
#BookedInTime September #WorldWarTwo @Cuilin

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88

I did not enjoy this journey at all. I was so irritated with the structure. The time changes & sequences with little cliffhangers every two pages made my ADHD scream “Get To The Point!” It was completed through anger infused propulsion. I also didn‘t find much of it plausible. I didn‘t like the MC. I really thought it was going to be about a woman tracking arctic terns. Guess I‘ll have to find another book for that. #UnpopularOpinion.

This was my favorite read of 2022. It‘s in my top five best books of all time. The novel has one of the best opening lines,

”The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.”

#BookBinge #SmallTownSetting

#TLT

I honestly try to avoid all horror movies but these I‘ve come across. I can‘t say I watched them in their entirety. 🫣

1 The Blair Witch Project
2 Silence of the Lambs
3 The Exorcist

@dabbe

If you wish to play consider yourself tagged.

#BookBinge #IncludesRecipes

Love, love, love Patricia Polacco‘s art and storytelling. This has a wonderful chocolate cake recipe.

My summary goes like this: Intriguing…. Boring, mild erotica, boring, WTF? boring, class resentment, mild erotica, racism, more mild erotica, misogyny, boring, WTF?, intellectual twaddle, WTF?, some more mild erotica, quick trip to Venice, boring. The end.

#Sundaybuddyread @TheBookHippie
I gave two stars for his mastery of language.

Went with a literal/obvious interpretation and chose an old Hollywood theme for September‘s prompt for #TitlesAndTunes #DramaQueen I‘m not sure I will actually get it read in September, but hopefully by the end of the year 🤞❤️ the 🎵

#BookBinge #ClothesOnCover

If you have not watched the movie version try to find it, it is adorable.

Described as an erotically charged story of Rudolf Nureyev. I read this about 10 years ago when I overheard someone at a gym say they were disappointed and disgusted at this novel, (because of the gay depiction of their hero, Nureyev), well I ran to the bookstore. This is wonderfully written. 5 ⭐️

#BookBinge #Dancing

@TheSpineView thanks for the tag @dabbe

1 I think the Wednesday before Labor Day
2 Oh, there‘s so many, tagged book, Old School by Tobias Wolf, Malory Towers, Gentlemen and Player, by Joanne Harris, In Memoriam, by Alice Winn, The Chalet school series, Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, I‘m sure I‘m forgetting others. I love a novel set in a school, especially an old English public school.

Care to play?

Set in ancient Pompeii, this is the candid story of enslaved sex workers from a brothel, and their ability to cope, survive and out wit their captors. I absolutely loved the epigraphs beginning each chapter, this was clearly written by an avid Ovid scholar. I will definitely read the rest of the trilogy. #BookedInTime.

#BookBinge #InvolvesAnimals in this case birds, as Franny Stone tracks the believed last migration of arctic terns to Antarctica.

Reminder, we start September 1st. All are welcome to join this low-key buddy read. Tagging those who expressed interest.

#BookBinge #InvolvesaWedding

Read recently but different edition, great narrative.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#bookbinge #involvesdragons

Vividly remember reading this to my girls ❤️

I guess a picture really is worth a thousand words. Missed them on an emotional level.

So happy to see them again. Yay ❤️ 🖼️

#BOOKBINGE #leastfavoritegenre

The tell all celebrity memoir

I‘ve read some I‘ve loved, (Stephen Fry‘s Moab is my Washpot), some I liked (Janis Ian‘s Society‘s Child) but mostly not attracted to anything celebrity related.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Whenever I tell someone historical fiction is my favorite genre they automatically think I mean World War II. I get an abundance of gift books on this era I could do a whole year long read from my own TBR pile. This is another broad prompt, choose your own location and interest area for WW2, 1939-1945 (Prompts will narrow as we move through the #bookedInTime reading challenge)

All are welcome

@LitsyEvents

#Bookbinge #stripesoncover

Big hit with my daughters when they were little. Remember? @Caitlin_Sheridan

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

August plans. ❤️ these buddy reads.
#SundayBuddyRead @TheBookHippie
#NaturalLitsy @AllDebooks
#GoldeAgeCrimeClub @Mitch
#Pemberlittens #HahtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead
#BookedInTime @Cuilin

I cannot remember who on Litsy recommend this to me, but thank you. It was delightful. I heard Millie Bobby Brown in my head as the narrator probably because it evokes the spirit and tone of Enola Holmes. This clever novella manages to be both exciting yet light. I will definitely read more volumes. #moodreading Edit: @Jess_Read_This perhaps?

I wanted to open this immediately but I saved it as my reward for unpacking and getting travel laundry started. Thank you so much, Denise. 💗 I love the sweet corner bookmark too. You are so wonderfully thoughtful. 🫶🥰

I‘ll email you in a few day as I‘ve some ideas 💡 germinating. @dabbe

#BOOKNOTES @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Vanity Fair has to be You‘re So Vain by Carly Simon

https://open.spotify.com/track/2DnJjbjNTV9Nd5NOa1KGba?si=ekfa12azS76dbPnMEXC_ow

I‘m my arrogance I thought I‘ll read this over 3-4 days. And the Hardy gods laughed and said “no, you‘ll savor many sentences and read them 3-4 times, mwha ha ha!” ‘Tis true. Hardy is writer to read slowly, perfect for a chapter a day. Wonderful book if a little overwrought and melodramatic but it all adds to the flavor. Looking forward to seeing what the movie is like. #rereadingtheclassics

Normally at the end of a nine hour car ride I‘m 😱 but this was so absorbing I could have driven for another two ish hours to finish it. After seeing Oppenheimer we had more questions regarding the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. This thought provoking book is impressively researched, it reads like a novel, and has perfect narration.

TW⚠️ educational but you‘ll feel despondent and full of sorrow at mankind.

Look at these sweet FREE journal/books they give you at the National Botanic Gardens in DC.

😍🫶🎄🌿🪴🌺🥀🌻🪷🌾

Have I bitten off a little more than I can chew? Quite possibly. Though I‘m determined to finish them all. ❤️ classical literature.

Almost finished Hardy ch 43 #RRTC @AllDebooks

On chapter 5 of Lady Chatterley #SBR @TheBookHippie

2 ch‘s daily of Vanity Fair with the #pemberlittens

Looking forward to this buddy read. This is my edition of Vanity Fair at 731 pages 😳.

 @BarkingMadRead

#pemberlittens #hastagbrigade

Thank you for your thoughtful responses for the July prompts and chats. Here is my short list for August #BookedInTime Roman Civilization. I promised @Caitlin_Sheridan I would start with The Wolf Den. Thank you all for being such amazing participants. Also thanks to @dabbe for composing a spreadsheet. (checkout previous posts & add your book) & @jenniferw88 for her expertise on the 1600‘s. You are all amazing. 🤩

I‘m open to any ideas. I want to make this as easy and fun as possible. Please share your thoughts.

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88

#ThinkPositiveBePositive @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

To my fellow littens who are now unique in all the world.

Thanks for the tag @dabbe

Care to share a quote?

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88

@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @willaful @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @caitlin_sheridan @bookandbedandtea

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88

@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @willaful @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @caitlin_sheridan @bookandbedandtea

Have you finished yet? How was your chosen book?

@dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks @thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @deblovestoread @jenniferw88

@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @willaful @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @caitlin_sheridan

Each to their own but I could never. It begs some questions was this an airport impulse purchase?, are they not enjoying it ?, are they the dump it after you read it sort? Seriously it was sopping I don‘t know how they were able to turn the pages. Lots of readers at the pool makes my heart glad, kids too. 🥰

I‘m not moving except for snack and bathroom breaks till I finish this book. After days of travel and family reunion stuff and very little reading I finally have a day to myself. Vacation 🍹⛱️📚

Book: Around the world in 80 days
Song: Voyage Voyage by Desireless

I had the song first but didn‘t want a non-fiction travel book. So I thought a reread of Verne after watching David Tennant‘s portrayal of Phileas Fogg. The show was fabulous if very different from the book. The song I first heard in a night club in France. I was 11! but that‘s a story for another day. #Titlesandtunes

This!!!

Anyone else skip introductions due to spoilers? I will only read one if I‘ve read the book before. I love reading one though when I‘ve finished the book and not quite ready to part with it.