@Gissy @StaceGhost @Chrissyreadit

Just some of the tarot cards - the art is ???!

I've had a quick read of the guidebook, and the deck looks perfect for a beginner like me! She says "it's important to have a grounded sense of the 78 cards in their upright position before adding the complexity of reversed meanings in your reading."

The court cards are Daughter, Son, Mother, and Father in this deck as "this offers an immediate connection to ⬇️

Thank you @Gissy for the tarot and bookmark! #travelingstars

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

#litsylove #20thingsaboutme @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @StayCurious

#52bookclub2023 #warotherthanoneortwo @Cinfhen @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @BarbaraTheBibliophage @RaeLovesToRead @Deblovestoread @MissHel @LeeRHarry

#cambridgeshire #ukroadtrip

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Continue Count!!! 😂😂😂
Finish the other 2.

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued Count of Monte Cristo
Finished Jonathan Swift The Reluctant Rebel
Made progress on A Day of Fallen Night & The Making of Oliver Cromwell

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks The tagged book's cover is 😍😍😍, The Coffin Trail's is #meh

#chunkstermini #chunksterchallenge2023 completed! @Amiable

#alliterativetitle (well, subtitle but I'm counting it) #pop23 #52bookclub2023 @Cinfhen (I don't recommend this one for you - I think it would be a bail! 😂) @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @RaeLovesToRead @Deblovestoread @squirrelbrain @BarbaraTheBibliophage @LeeRHarry @MissHel

It's a pick for me, because it's provided me with some useful research notes, but it's DEFINITELY challenging.

Volume 3 🎉🎉🎉

#chunksterchallenge2023 @Amiable ~ almost half-way through!

#weeklyforecast no change really from my #bookreport - I'll be continuing them all, except that I'll maybe try to finish the tagged. @Cinfhen

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued top 2, started bottom 2!

Waterstones online #bookhaul. In 😍 with the Duffy!

Blackwell's haul!

Is anyone else reminded of the tagged book when they see this painting? @TrishB @Meshell1313 @AllDebooks

Charity shop #bookhaul

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Continue Count
Finish Swift
Start The Plot

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued Count & Swift
Finished The Darkness
Started A Day of Fallen Night

#pop23 #aboutafamily
#52bookclub2023 #nordicnoir @Cinfhen @Deblovestoread @RaeLovesToRead @Bluebird @LeeRHarry @ravenlee @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @MissHel

I think most of these artists have been in every single playlist I've created for these buddy reads @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB 😂😂😂

#independentwomen playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4WAHNfI2oC35w50bX3msUx?si=451PW81wSZyNXKyKf56I...

#independentwomen #buddyread @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

There's more that should be on here (Taylor Swift for one), but these were all I could think of when I created the collage on Tuesday 😊

Left to right, top to bottom:
My Gran
My English teacher at Upper School
Jane Austen
Anne Hegerty
Anita Manning
Suzie Fletcher (author of tagged book)

@TheAromaofBooks

#bookspin is another #naturalitsy book @AllDebooks

#doublespin is #aroundtheyearin52weeks23 #atyin52books23 (but does several other challenges too!)

February #nonfiction #readingbracket2023 @chasjjlee

February #fiction #readingbracket2023 @chasjjlee

#ispybingo February @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Continue Count & Swift
Finish The Darkness.

However, the tagged book releases on Tuesday, and as I loved The Priory of the Orange Tree I have a feeling I'll be dropping all my other books to read that!

#Ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead

I'm trying to create a character trait clash with this cast of characters at a dinner party!

Lady Catherine de Bourgh next to Count Alexander Roskov
Miss Bates next to Benedict (from the tagged book - he's an ex-monk, and lives a relatively quiet life)
Sir William Elliot next to Hermione Granger (I can imagine Sir William being a bit like the Malfoys)

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued Count
Finished Women Could Fly, Man Behind Narnia and Malibu Rising
Started The Darkness and Jonathan Swift The Reluctant Rebel

@CBee there's a tiny bit of yellow in the lamp on The Man Behind Narnia, so I'm counting that for #tbrtarot as I'm not going to get to the one planned! 😂

March #Bookspinbingo list @TheAromaofBooks

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs @julesG @RaeLovesToRead @Caroline2 @Leniverse

1. Tagged.
2. Recently, just how quickly I've been turning the pages to find out what happens next, or how quickly I've wanted to fall asleep! In the past, the speed at which I've been turning the pages & my love of the characters.
3. No, but I might if I was reading a NF about a composer.

I think these need to be palate cleansers or books to get me out of a slump, as I could see various plot points coming after having recently read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Still enjoyed it!

#authoramonth @Soubhiville
#booked2023 #threegenerations @Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage
#pop23 #bookaboutdivorce @RaeLovesToRead
#52bookclub2023 #featuringaninheritance @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Bluebird @ravenlee @LeeRHarry @MissHel

@PuddleJumper #roll100

If you're looking for a biography on CS Lewis, this is NOT it - it's more of an autobiography of AN Wilson than it is CS Lewis (although he has written one). This probably belonged to an anniversary edition of Wilson's initial biography.

#52bookclub2023 #writteninpresenttense @Cinfhen @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @RaeLovesToRead @Deblovestoread @LeeRHarry @Bluebird @ravenlee @squirrelbrain

This book really surprised me by how much I enjoyed it! Yes, it's a bit YA and bits reminded me of The Handmaid's Tale (which I hated), but it was different enough to keep me turning the kindle pages. Looking forward to the #independentwomen buddy read @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

#booked2023 #titlestartswithvw @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage
#pop23 #queerlead
#52bookclub23 #bookbyoctaviaebutler (her writing has been compared to Butler's)

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Continue Count of Monte Cristo 😂
Finish The Women Could Fly
Start and finish The Man Behind Narnia (a 3 hr audio)
Start Malibu Rising and Heliopolis

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Continued Count!
Finished Emma, Melmoth & Kindred
Started tagged for #independentwomen buddy read. Not got very far yet!

Forget everything you think you know about Neanderthals - this book is likely to prove you wrong! (Will explain the racism warning in comments).

#pop23 #justtextoncover #52bookclub23 #sendsyoudownarabbithole #atyin52books23 #interracialrelationship #naturalitsybingo2023 #humanecology

It's extremely likely we all have a bit of Neanderthal DNA in us!

@Cinfhen @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Ruthiella @AllDebooks @Bluebird @LeeRHarry @RaeLovesToRead

https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2023-prize/

A VERY VERY VERY Belated thank you to @catiewithac for the gorgeous calendar & info about Pisces! #travelingstars

#Ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead

#1 Tagged - not my favourite in the series (that's The Silver Collar), but you need to start with this one!

#2 Gothic LGBTQIA fantasy - this might exist??

#3 Romantic horror

#pop23 #booked2023 #moderntakeonaclassic

@Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @squirrelbrain @RaeLovesToRead

This would probably have worked better for me in print, not audio.

@Magpiegem @Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs #muglove23

Thank you Gemma for the coffee and mug - I love them! I've already made myself a coffee, although not in the mug as it probably should be washed before first use!

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

Continue Count!
Try to finish both Melmoth & Kindred
Start The Lost Apothecary

#52bookclub2023 #pop23 #aboutsiblings #maincharacternameintitle @Cinfhen @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @RaeLovesToRead @Deblovestoread @LeeRHarry @Bluebird @ravenlee @MissHel

#roll100 @PuddleJumper (aiming for at least one a month!)
#bookspin February @TheAromaofBooks

#bookreport @Cinfhen

Finished tagged
Continued Count & Melmoth
Started Emma & Kindred

#naturalitsy pre-order @AllDebooks

#Ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead

1. Tagged, and Gone Girl
2. Twilight series, 50 shades, most horror and romance books

Started reading my #bookspin for February and can't help but think this book should have been released after covid-19 started - Mr Woodhouse is paranoid about viruses, bacteria etc!

And I'm aware of at least one older person who washed their money etc when the pandemic started, so I'm sure it could have created some ideas for the character.

#naturalitsybingo2023 @AllDebooks

#evolution #biography

#atyin52books23 @BarbaraBB #relatedtoscience

Darwin visited the Tierra del Fuego archipelago whilst on HMS Beagle, which does #argentina for #readingtheamericas2023 @Librarybelle

#doublespin for February read! @TheAromaofBooks

I won't be reading Darwin's autobiography after reading this - it's apparently full of inaccuracies.