The title is taken from a Virginia Woolf quote:"Look your last on all things lovely." Beautiful title. It is a short story collection which, so far, is very lovely ?

Breakfast reading ❤

Impulse buy, completely because of the title😅❤

Got some #audiosewing done, now all I need is buttons 😊

#wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. When I was 15, 9/11 happened. I feel like I remember that day in slow motion.
2. Bookstore. I love the library, but can rarely find the books I'm looking for there.
3. Anne of Green Gables 💚💚💚

I tag you, if you want to play🙂

A book basically about drinking coffee, reading and writing. So simple, yet so very enjoyable ❤

My last read and my current read. So simply, beautifully written. So much I recognize and identity with. So much I admire. I need more Patti Smith books.

As if I didn't already have plenty of reasons to love Patti Smith ❤

#audioknitting in the hammock.

Wishing you all a happy Sunday!🤩

Light, charming, with a lot of irritating characters, but luckily some enjoyable ones too. Loved major Pettigrew's sarcasm. Very well narrated by Peter Altschuler.

When one of your biggest fears is running out of reading material when out and about 😅🙈 But lucky I brought more thank one, cause I just now finished Summer, the one I Said two days ago I should try to read slowly since it's for book club. But I couldn't. The stories were so human and simple and elegant and complex and I just had to read on and on. And order the three other book in the Quartet series 🤩 Very much a recommend!❤

An entertaining listen, which allowed me to both audioknit, audiocrochet and audiosudoku these past couple of days 😊

Summer holiday to me is having the chance to spend all day reading. That's probably get I have finished two books already today and started two more ❤ we are reading Summer for book club, so I should pace myself, but the writing is so engaging I'm not sure I'll be able to 😅

A colleague recommended this, and it was very interesting to learn about memory techniques of various peoples, cultures and ages. Some of the techniques I want to try out, for instance making a history journey in the neigborhood for my history class.

A very enjoyable read. I love Two Fat Ladies, which was why I picked up this book. Dickson-Wright and I might not have too much in common inn terms of interests, but I enjoyed the warmth, the seeming kindness and the humor that poured from the pages. I also liked the recipes inserted throughout the book.

This is a good morning 🌞❤😊

I was unsure how to rate this, pick or so-so. I landed on so-so, because while being well-written - with a style that at times reminded me of Henry James - it also felt a bit heavy with unnecessary details, which made it feel like work to read. I never wanted to bail though, because the topic is interesting, and the well-written sentences was a joy. I will not read it again, though, so this will soon be looking for a new home at Goodwill.

When package from The Book Depository includes the most fitting bookmark ever 😅

Needed a break from You Must Set Forth at Dawn, which, while being beautifully written, is a bit heavy. Clarissa Dickson Wright has had me relaxed and smiling from page 1😍

Reading in front of the royal palace.

#readeverywhere

For the first time since December 2019 I was able to physically visit my two favorite bookstores today (🎉🎉🎉🥳🤩🥰😍❤).

One might say I splurged. #bookhaul

Timothy Keller is an autobuy author for me. He preaches in an understandable, wise and compassionate way with references to literature, pop culture and history. This was both an encouraging, challenging and educational read.

Lunch ❤

#sundayfunday

1. I do. The tagged books are examples of books I've bailed. Am so glad I learnt how to bail on books! When I was younger I always felt I had to finish the books I started no matter what.
2. Bad writing, unlikeable characters, if the book makes me want to do anything except read... I usually try to give it 50 pages in hopes that it might improve though.
3. Yes, if recommended by someone I trust.

@ozma.of.oz

What to say about this book?🤔 It feels like reading poetry. The language, the descriptions and imagery was captivatin and just felt perfect. As for the story... I'm not sure there is one? There are no characters we follow throughout, no clear plot structure that one would expect for a story. It reads more as noticing perhaps? But it works. The book is short though, 158 pages, not sure it would work as well in a much longer work...

When a chapter is so beautifully written that you have to read it again and again, mark it so it will be easy to find later, and then just take a break from reading, because that chapter needs to be given time to be thought about and enjoyed... I've heard about book hangover before, but I think this is my first chapter hangover 😍

"My first dream."

(Translated from Norwegian by me)
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Based on what I had heard and read about Possession before I was expecting to devour the book and absolutely love it. I did not. I liked it, sure, it was enjoyable, but I never reached that "I have to keep reading NOW" stage ? But still, a clear pick ?

A chapter here, a chapter there...😅😊

Started this today as a sort of advent calendar, and my first impression is really good. Can't wait for tomorrow's read! (But I will, though)

I gave it 150 pages, which I think was generous of me, but it just did not give me anything, so I figured life's too short and moved on 😅

I read past my bedtime ❤

Love this book ❤

I find myself in just about every page of this book ❤

Norwegian author Roy Jacobsen is quoted on the cover saying "without a doubt the most important book of the decade." I respectfully disagree. Interesting and thoughtprovoking,yes, but as Harari himself says several times, these are theories and possibilities, rather than prophesis. I also, for the most part, really disliked how he wrote about religion, often blending every faith together as one, and when he said (continues in comment)

Yay 🤩🎂☕🎈

Love this book, and Elijah Wood reads it so well!❤

A colleague brought me this and said I HAD to read it. About halfway through, but it's not a quick read. Very interesting though, but I disagree with him on some things.

#Audiocrocheting ❤ Suddenly I realized that Christmas is approaching, som it's time to continue my snowflake blanket 😅 Love the included concept on Audible where I can listen to Nicholas Nickleby for free ❤👍👏

The Audible performance was excellent, and the story has merit, but it felt too cold and impersonal to me, the characters lacked depth and felt flat.

A quick, enjoyable read ❤ at some point I will want to read the rest of the series as well.

Dear Mr. Spinoza, please mind punctuation, and remember that even though "consequently" and "inasmuch" are great words, you do not need to use them in every single sentence.

After a morning of tidying, cleaning and baking, it is time for my first cup of coffee and some bookish delights 😃

Loved this! The chapters look at different authors and their troubled relationships to their families. It includes a lot of examples from their own works, letters and various biographies and seems very well researched.

Thanks for the tag @Sace
1. No, no photo challenges. I've tried so many times and I never seem to be able to keep up more than a week 🙈
2. All the genres! (Except for horror and erotica)
3. Yes. To all the snacks.

#thoughfulthursday @MoonWitch94

I tag my newest followers and Litsy friends: @georgia2112 and @CandyAVarty , join if you want to 😀

Just look at this list of content!🤩 About 1/4 in, well-written, superinteresting, well researched and with so many great references to other works! Feel like I'm getting smarter with every page (and my TBR list grows with almost every page too). I love reading books about books and authors. ❤

September has been glorious so far. #audiowalking

Enjoying the first day of fall ❤

Such a great story about what appears to have been a brave, humble and kind man. He writes that reading a book as a child put him on the course of his life, the book was about a radio operator, which Haugland was both in the Norwegian resistance during ww2 and onboard the Kon-Tiki expedition. Well-written and does not dwell too much on every single detail, it moves along with natural rhytm and has an openness and vulnerability which I liked.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain 😃

1. Operatøren (the operator), The Covenant, My Father's Paradise
2. I rarely laugh out loud, so I honestly have no idea 🙈
3. Saga