#twofortuesday โจ๐ : I wasnโt able to read any books for #middlegrademarch this year so Iโm looking forward to a middle grade May instead. Here are two of the books that Iโm hoping to read. : ๐ The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart: I have wanted to read this one since it first came out, but just havenโt gotten to it yet. The next book in the series, Coyote Lost and Found released in March and Iโm hoping to read both books next month. : ๐ The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley I loved Kimberlyโs previous books, The War that Saved by Life and The War I finally Won, so Iโm very excited to read this one too! : I canโt wait to spend time with these two young heroines along with a few more middle grade books in May. Iโm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that tomorrow is the first day of May. April was a whirlwind! : Do you have a favorite middle grade book to recommend? : โA childrenโs story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good childrenโs story in the slightest.โ ~ C.S. Lewis : : : : : : : #bookstagram #theremarkablejourneyofcoyotesunrise #coyotelostandfound #dangemeinhart #thenightwar #kimberlybrubakerbradley #childrensliterature #middlegradebooks #booksofinstagram #readerofinstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #thereadinglife
I collect books about books/reading/bookstores/libraries/you get the idea. Iโve never read anything by Lewis (gasp!) or Tolkien (the horror!) and I think if I had, I would probably have enjoyed The Reading Life, a compendium of essays and commentary by Lewis. There were some bon mots and snippets I thought were sublime, but shelf space is at a premium as you can see in this photo, so Iโm undecided if Iโll be keeping this book in my collection. ๐ #bookstagram #whatimreading #booksaboutbooks #cslewis #thereadinglife #bookish #bibliophile #booknerd
Does your library seating style reflect your reading mood? Let's chat about library vibes! Do you prefer a social atmosphere or a secluded corner for deep reading? #LibraryVibes #TheReadingLife #Bookstagram #CommunityHub #SoloReadingTime #BooksoDiscussions #GetLostInABook #LibraryLovers #ShareYourThoughts
โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ This is one of the best from Freida McFadden, we are following a couple stuck in a house that they could be buying because of a snowstorm. The house was formerly owned by a psychiatrist that disappeared years ago under mysterious circumstances. . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ This one is a short story from Margaret Atwood, she is an author I very much like and I was not let down this time either ๐ . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
In case you missed it, our newest podcast episode is up. In it, Julia and I talk about books we woukd love to see adapted into movies or series. What book would you love to see come alive on the screen? #bookstomovies #booktalk #podcast #booksandreading #thereadinglife #bookishthoughts #books #reading #bookstagram #booksofinstagram
Love a book? The very best way to thank an author is to write a review. Doesn't have to be long or eloquent. Just say what you like and rate it with stars. #thereadinglife #booksarethebest #reviewsmatterโค๏ธ
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This has been on my TBR list forever. Iโve only recently started physically reading books again and Iโm glad this one was worth the time and effort. Kvothe is unlike any of the heroes of Fantasy novels Iโve encountered so far. Heโs supposedly legendary but at the end of this novel that yet remains to be seen. Patrick Rothfussโs The Name of the Wind is part of a trilogy but as far as I know only two of the series has been published of late. (ASOIAF dejavu). The novel is well paced, with wonderful world building, endearing eccentric characters, magic, and very beautiful prose. One of the few I gave 5 stars to on Goodreads. Have a great week Bookstagrammers!! . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookish #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #bibliophile #thebookishlife #thereadinglife #currentread #currentlyreading #currentreads #recentlyread #recentreads #patrickrothfuss #thenameofthewind #patrickrothfussthenameofthewind
โYou climb back in bed & touch my face. You climb back in bed to touch my face. You wrap your arms around me & itโs like youโre the patron saint of touch as well as soft sunlight & soothed dogs. Or you must be the earthly representation of divine holding. Or youโre both & a boy, like me, holding on.โ I want to live in Chen Chenโs love for the things he loves. YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY is my kind of poetry at its finest. It is queer and earnest and playful. It is sharp and funny and not much short of magic. The magic is in the way that Chen frequently, playfully subverts the expected, infusing playfulness into poems in either word or form from one about his dog (who is โfantabulously pugableโ) to one about racism in the academy (in response to a professorโs question, โIn the tingly hairy gay sense, Iโm from Whitmanโ). So many of these poems made me laugh, but there is poignancy and heartbreak and so much depth here too. This may seem like a theme, (and it is certainly becoming one,) but this book tackles the complexity of being human so effortlessly. The grief and hardship as well as the flamboyant joyfulness. Chen Chen is of a modern poetic lineage that includes the likes of Ross Gay and Hanif Abdurraqib. A lineage that sparkles with this kind of earnest authenticity and acknowledgment of the both/and of life. A lineage that refuses to let darkness totally subsume the light and that simultaneously taps into the ways that that very darkness makes the light all the more meaningful and necessary. I could read these poets in any form and learn and feel more and new and deeper every turn. Miraculous, really. Image ID: an image of the cover of Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency is imposed over a photo of upside down waffle cones dipped in sprinkles and Oreos
Charlotte Bronte was #bornonthisday in 1816. Charlotte was the oldest of three sisters who truly left their mark on Victorian Literature. : Jane Eyre is the book that Iโve read the most and one of the first classics that I fell in love with. Viletteโs protagonist, Lucy Snowe, is a character that I continue to think about and the reason Iโm looking forward to rereading the book again soon. Shirley is the next novel of Charlotteโs that I hope to read, perhaps for #victober. The Bronteโs were such a fascinating family with so much talent but also tragedy. I havenโt read the biography or letters yet. Maybe I should combine them with Shirley and have a Charlotte focused Victober this year.โบ๏ธ : Are you a Charlotte Bronte fan? Which is your favorite novel of hers? : โWe know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence.โ ~ Jane Eyre : โLove is realโthe most real, the most lasting, the sweetest and yet the bitterest thing we know.โ ~ Shirley โLiberty lends us her wings and Hope guides us by her star.โ ~ Villette : : : : : #bookstagram #charlottebronte #janeeyre #vilette #shirley #charlottebrontequote #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #victorianliterature #literarybirthday #thereadinglife
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When I read in a magazine that the book currently on Kristin Hannahโs nightstand was Kate Mortonโs Homecoming, I knew I had to read it. Itโs not often that one of your favourite authors endorses another favouriteโs work. Homecoming is the first physical book Iโve read in years. My problematic eyesight and the hectic pace of life has left me with listening to audiobooks exclusively in the last few years. This book was executed in Kate Mortonโs traditional dual timeline style, complete with an ancestral house and the obligatory family secret waiting to be discovered by the current generation. This was set primarily in Australia- the home alluded to by the protagonist who is residing in London at the moment. And what an explosive Homecoming it was! There were many twists and turns along the way but all loose ends seamlessly joined together in the end. Have a great weekend Bookstagrammers!! . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookish #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #bibliophile #thebookishlife #thereadinglife #currentread #currentlyreading #currentreads #recentlyread #recentreads #katemorton #homecoming #homecomingnovel #katemortonhomecoming
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โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ This one is about a woman in a lonely marriage who spends all her hours with her son. But something strange is happening... She is turning into a dog! . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
Not really my jam, but Iโm almost finished. Have you read The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker? This is one of those books that would be far better on screen than on the page. Hereโs the blurb: One cold night, two newcomers emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York, and it is never the same again. But these two are more than strangers to this land, they are strangers to this world. From the depths of folkloric history come Chava the golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi and Ahmad, a djinni, born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped in an old copper flask released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Two companions who were never meant to be released, and never meant to meet. And when they do, their opposing natures will be sealed by a special bond, but one that is threatened by watching eyes, roaming owners and a misunderstanding world. A glittering gem of a novel, as spell-binding as it is compelling, The Golem and The Djinni asks us what weโre made of and how we can break free.
This year I decided to tackle the Classics. Iโve never read anything by the Russian Masters but eventually hope to read Anna Karenina and War and Peace someday. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is my first foray into this branch of literature. Iโm not exaggerating when I say I needed to use all my brain cells to read this novel. Apart from the confusing nomenclature, there was a lot of philosophy, theology and the socio-political and economic history of that era and region to digest. How these were woven into a story with a brilliant plot on the side- itโs definitely a masterpiece. Happy Midweek Bookstagrammers! . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookish #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #bibliophile #thebookishlife #thereadinglife #currentread #currentlyreading #currentreads #recentlyread #recentreads #fyodordostoevsky #thebrotherskaramazov
โBooks are an escape that beckons the reader from the heavy burdens of this worldโฆThey can challenge as well as comfort. Entertain and educate. Even save us in ways weโd never expectโ. : Amos and Charlotte formed an unlikely friendship at a young age. He was the son of a tenant farmer and she was the daughter of an Earl. Her passion was her cello and his was books. As they grew, so did their feelings for one another other until circumstances and the war tore them apart. : Fast forward twenty five years and Amos has returned home from war a scared man, both physically and emotionally. Misunderstandings and things not said continue to keep them apart. A dream they once had to open a bookstore together has turned in to each owning their own bookstore as rivals. She has a love for Jane Austen and he for Sir Walter Scott and they share a special bond over Dombey and Sons by Charles Dickens. : โ The scents of a bookshop: leather, paper, the hint of citrus furniture polish, and the sharp-and- sweet aroma of honey and Earl Grey tea. Was there any better combination in the world?โ : @kristycambron does a great job of telling their story by looking back at the past and bringing it back to the present which is 1940 in the midst of World War II. Circumstances have brought them together as they put their past aside and work together as the war looms close to their home of Coventry and the people they care about. โ Everyone is something to someone. Remember that the scars we bear should make us more worthy of understanding, not less.โ : I enjoyed the historical elements of this book as well as some great side characters, surprising revelations and an endearing story of love. : โ To love meant to accept all - the grit and grief alongside the beauty. To endure the harshness of life note with despair but with hope.โ : Itโs also a beautiful tribute to books - โPerhaps days like these are exactly why we have books in the world. To remember that not all is lost, even if we find ourselves in the unknown. I like to think we provide a haven for the wanderer. And help him remember he has a place to call home.โ
A #whatthisweek this Wednesday ๐ ๐ reading: ok so I saw ACOTAR at a little bookstore and though I had not planned to read it, I impulsively grabbed it. Iโve decided to just go for it. Right now Iโm in need of ALL the escapism from book release nerves ๐ฌ Iโm also reading Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder by @authorgracieruth on audio and it is the cutest thing EVER (and also lovely escapism). ๐งlistening: @migimon2002 made a Lucy Loves Him Not Mixtape and it matches the book so perfectly. I love it so much! She has the playlist link in her profile so go give it a listen if you want more Lucy & Adam vibes. Iโve also added the link to my Lucy Loves Him Not highlight ๐ ๐บ watching: Friends rerunsโฆexcept Ross and Rachel are about to be on a break ๐ญ ๐ obessing over: The Tortured Poets Department (please obsess with me in the comments). ๐ผ looking forward to: April 30th is only 13 days away!
R.F. Kuangโs Babel is a Fantasy novel but based on a lot of impressive linguistic research. Though it was set centuries ago, familiar themes of racism and oppression of otherness still resonate. This is not a light read, it is literally a world of its own. Have a great week Bookstagrammers! . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookish #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #bibliophile #thebookishlife #thereadinglife #currentread #currentlyreading #currentreads #recentlyread #recentreads #rfkuang #rfkuangbabel #babel
#twelvebooksontuesday โข Poldark Edition : : @carosbookcase and @farmer_floss are both in the midst of reading through this series. Their posts have caused me to reminisce about my own journey through these twelve books. Following Ross Poldark and his family through a time span of nearly forty years has been one of my favorite reading experiences. The writing is so well done with wonderful historical perspective and great character development. I know many people have seen the show, but I highly recommend reading the series for a more in depth look at the family, their friends and acquaintances and the time period they lived. : I watched the show first so I had a beautiful visual in my mind of the Cornwall coast and Aiden Turner as Ross as I read through the series. : Have you had a reading experience with a series or individual book that has been impactful or memorable? Iโd love to hear about it. : : : : #bookstagram #rosspoldark #winstongraham #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #thereadinglife #bookseries #bookrecommendations #bookworm #thereadinglife
Who else is experiencing 'that look' from their TBR pile? ๐ #facebookmemetherapy #readinglifestyle #whocanrelatetothis #readinglovers #readinggirl #bookfun #romancebookmemes #bookhoarders #bookwormforever #bookstgrammer #letslaughtogether #thereadinglife #readingisawesome #bookishmemes #bookmemesarethebestmemes #funnybookmemes #bookmemesarelife #memestagramm #readermeme #bookobsession #funnymemeoftheday #ireadbooks #midnightreading #addictedtobooks #readinglover #charmainepauls #readerscanrelate
โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ Durant mon traitement j'ai lu sur l'histoire de l'anorexie et tout ce qui entoure les femmes qui se privent de nourriture. Comment elles รฉtaient perรงues et traitรฉes de l'รฉpoque mรฉdiรฉvale ร aujourd'hui. Ce livre รฉtait fascinant et frustrant ร la fois! . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
Since April is National Poetry month, I thought I would share some ways we have enjoyed poetry as a family. : I never read a lot of poetry until I was homeschooling our children. One of my favorite resources was a book called Favorite Poems Old and New. The poems are arranged by different categories making it easy to find the perfect poem for any situation. : When we were part of a co-op, I taught a class where we studied a different Artist, Composer and Poet each term. In addition, we would study six of the artists paintings, six pieces of music by the composer and twelve poems by the poet. Over the years we grew to know and love different poets and a favorite was Robert Frost. There are some fantastic picture book biographies for different artists, composers and poets, but one of my favorites is Papa is a Poet ; A Story about Robert Frost by Natalie S. Bober. Itโs beautifully written with lovely illustrations by Rebecca Gibbon. It also includes photographs and some of his poems in the back. : Itโs always fun to see how different kids connect with different poets and I think introducing poetry to them at a young age makes it more enjoyable and accessible as they get older. : Do you enjoy poetry? Iโd love to hear who some of your favorite poets are. : A Prayer in Spring - Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; And make us happy in the happy bees, The swarm dilating round the perfect trees. And make us happy in the darting bird That suddenly above the bees is heard, The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill, And off a blossom in mid air stands still. For this is love and nothing else is love, The which it is reserved for God above To sanctify to what far ends He will, But which it only needs that we fulfil. : : : : : : : : #bookstagram #robertfrost #poetry #booklover #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #nationalpoetrymonth #thehomeschoollife #thereadinglife #charlottemasoneducation
โข Happy Saturday! ๐ฉท๐ฟโ๏ธ : I was in the mood for a scavenger hunt today and thankfully @barbaras.book.obsession posted the perfect solution with a scavenger hunt she saw on the page of @pensivecitadel. : If like me, you enjoy a good scavenger hunt, then give this one a try. Itโs free of unusual or hard to find items.๐ The perfect Saturday diversion. : : โข ๐ House: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton โข ๐ Book: The Book charmer by Karen Hawkins โข ๐ธ Flower: Paint and Nectar by Ashley Clark โข ๐ฐ Animal: The Golden Road by L.M. Montgomery โข ๐ง Face: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owenโs โข ๐ Car: The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay : : Iโve read and enjoyed all of these with the exception of The Golden Road which has been on my shelf unread for way too long. One of the benefits of a scavenger hunt is the reminder of unread books and old favorites. : You canโt go wrong with anything by Kate Morton and this one has a surprising twist. If you enjoy magic realism then you will love the Dove Pond Series by Karen Hawkins. The Book Charmer is the first book with a fourth book releasing in August. The series would make great summer reading. Paint and Nectar is the second book in a series that I loved by Ashley Clark. Itโs full of southern charm and vintage vibes. I really enjoyed Where the Crawdads Sing and the movie that followed. If youโre in the mood for Cold War historical fiction then I highly recommend The Berlin Letters along with A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay. : : Do you see any favorites or maybe something that you would like to try? I hope youโre enjoying a lovely day and the chance to get lost in a book! โThere is no Frigate like a Book to take us lands away.โ ~ Emily Dickinson ๐ : : : : : #bookstagram #scavengerhunt #sixbookchallenge #bookchallenge #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #katemorton #karenhawkins #ashleyclark #lmmontgomery #deliaowens #katherinereay #thereadinglife #booksbooksbooks #bibliophile
Happy Saturday!!!! What are you reading today? #thereadinglife
Iโve been thinking a lot about mothering. Since becoming a mother, sure, but especially when reflecting on the way mothering shows up in my reading. And the ways in which you decidedly do not have to have a child of your own to engage in the act of mothering. It was in this frame of mind that I went into TELL ME HOW IT ENDS: AN ESSAY IN 40 QUESTIONS by Valeria Luiselli. In this slim book, Luiselli chronicles her time working as a volunteer interpreter for the New York City immigration court, interviewing unaccompanied refugee children from Central America. This book is gutting. The horrors that these children face getting from their home country to the US, once in US โcustodyโ, and when trying to stay in the United States, prove that we are failing our worldโs children. Whether you are a parent or not, you cannot help but feel devastated by the stories that Luiselli conveys here. Cannot help but feel enraged by an immigration system devoid of humanity. Hearing about some of the horrific Bush- and Obama-era policies left my blood boiling and was further proof of our broken political system. In WE LIVE FOR THE WE, Dani McClain talks a lot about combatting systems of oppression as an act of mothering. I am left with more questions than answers, but wondering what I can personally do for the children that are not mine but that could be mine if circumstances were reversed. Toni Morrison tells us that, โthe function of freedom is to free someone else.โ A sentiment that echoes through these pages and makes me want to commit to tangible action. Grateful to Luiselli for opening my eyes on this topic because now they will not be able to close to this injustice. Image ID: an image of the cover of the book Tell Me How It Ends is imposed over a photo of blue sky, sand dunes, and scrub grasses
Tea Cooper writes historical fiction with a bit of mystery set in Australia. This is my fifth book by her and she has definitely become an auto buy author for me. Iโve truly enjoyed every thing Iโve read. Historical fiction and mystery is the perfect combination for me, but the thing that sets hers apart is the setting. She writes so vividly about Australia and makes the setting come alive along with fascinating historical elements inspired by actual events. : The Woman in the Green Dress is a dual timeline story connecting people and events from the 185Oโs to those in 1919 just following the end of World War I. I loved the way the pieces came together and the storylines merged. : If you enjoy historical fiction, literary travel and following an interesting mystery then I would encourage you to pick up a novel by @tea_cooper. If you do, come back and chat with me, @sabines.literary.world, @farmer_floss or @carosbookcase . We canโt seem to get enough of her books.๐๐ฟ๐ : : โข Description: 1919: After a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards canโt wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the Great War. But when word of his death arrives on Armistice Day, Fleur learns he has left her a sizable family fortune. Refusing to accept the inheritance, she heads to his beloved home country of Australia in search of the relatives who deserve it more. In spite of her reluctance, she soon finds herself the sole owner of a remote farm and a dilapidated curio shop full of long-forgotten artifacts, remarkable preserved creatures, and a mystery that began more than sixty-five years ago. With the help of Kip, a repatriated soldier dealing with the sobering aftereffects of war, Fleur finds herself unable to resist pulling on the threads of the past. What she finds is a shocking story surrounding an opal and a woman in a green dress. . . a story that, nevertheless, offers hope and healing for the future.โ : : : : : : #bookstagram #teacooper #thewomaninthegreendress #historicalfiction #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #booksbooksbooks #thereadinglife #aussieapril #historicalmystery
The Matchmakerโs Gift is a treat from beginning to end.๐ธ๐ฟ๐ : Sara has been helping people find their soulmate since she was ten years old and she introduced her older sister to her future husband on the boat to America in 1910. She doesnโt do it for money like the traditional male matchmakers of NewYorkโs Lower East Side. She does it for the joy of joining two people who belong together. : Fast forward to 1994 and we meet Saraโs granddaughter, Abby. Abby is a successful Manhattan divorce attorney who is discovering that she has the same gift as her grandmother. She can see when two people belong together and she is discovering that helping people begin a marriage is more rewarding than helping them end one. : When Sara dies, she passes along all her journals from when she was a matchmaker to Abby. As Abby reads the journals we get a glimpse into what it was like to be a matchmaker back then and the couples she brought together. In alternating chapters we see how Abby is trying to navigate her new found gift in her own life. : I really enjoyed both timelines and main characters as well as the glimpse into the Jewish customs and traditions. I also enjoyed the bit of magical realism sprinkled in along with the fact that the inspiration for the book came from stories shared by a friend of the authorโs daughter whose own grandmother was an Orthodox Jewish Matchmaker. The book was so much fun but also quite moving. : Iโm so glad that I picked up this lovely book by @lloigman and look forward to reading more by this author. This book has so much to offer - endearing characters, historical perspective , family ties, heartwarming but also with plenty of depth. โThe heart is big enough to hold both grief and love.โ : What great books are you reading this week? Have you discovered any new authors yourself? I hope you find time today to get lost in a book. Happy reading!๐ผ๐ฟ๐ : : : : : : #thematchmakersgift #lyndacohenloigman #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #magicalrealism #bookstagrammer #booklover #booksbooksbooks #thereadinglife #booksofig
โข #twofortuesday ๐ฉต : Two of my favorite authors released a new book today and Iโm here to celebrate! ๐ I have read and loved everything @kristycambron has written and this latest has so many things I love including a second chance romance and not just one but two bookstores. @amy.harmon.author continues to amaze me with the variety of subjects and people she writes about. Iโve heard great things about this latest book and I canโt wait to read it too! ๐ฉต๐ฟ๐ : โข The Outlaw Noble Salt: Outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight but knows in order to go straight he will need to become someone else entirely. Singer Jane Toussaint, knowing his true identity, requests his protection on her upcoming American tour. โAs they set forth on their journey, Butchโs past and Janeโs secrets put them at risk from threats far greater than the law, and this legend of the American West will have to decide what matters mostโhis life, his legacy, or the woman he loves.โ : โข The British Booksellers: Amos and Charlotte cared for one another when they were young but the Great War tore them apart. He fought in the war and she married a future Earl. Twenty five years later, Amos has returned from the war and Charlotte is a war widow. Their paths meet again when they both are operating Coventry bookshops. โFrom deep in the trenches of the Great War to the storied English countryside and the devastating Coventry Blitz of World War II, The British Booksellers explores the unbreakable bonds that unite us through love, loss, and the enduring solace that can be found between the pages of a book.โ : : Are there any April book releases that youโre excited about? Iโll be sure and share more about each of these once Iโve read them which will be very soon!โบ๏ธ : : : : #bookstagram #krฤฑstycambron #amyharmon #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #historicalfiction #thereadinglife #booksbooksbooks #newreleasetuesday #theoutlawnoblesalt #thebritishbooksellers
โThe work for which we are fitted โ which we feel we are sent into the world to do โ what a blessing it is and what fullness of joy it holds.โ โ L.M. Montgomery Some words to ponder from L.M. Montgomery on this #lmmontgomerymonday. ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ผ : I hope youโre day is off to a great start and that you may find blessings and joy in the week ahead. : : : โข This lovely mug is courtesy of @carrottoppapershop ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ผ : : : : #bookstagram #lmmontgomery #lmmontgomeryquotes #favoriteauthor #carrottoppapershop #bookstagramer #booklover #mugmonday #thereadinglife
LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL: MOTHERING AGAINST โTHE APOCALYPSEโ by Emily Raboteau was a thoughtful, intimate, imploring collection of essays and street photography. Raboteau centers herself as a Black mother amidst the overlapping and intertwined crises of racism, climate change, and COVID-19 in New York City. Journalism, cultural critique, memoir, and art take turns at center stage and the result is an exquisite and somehow seamless telling of both the current state of affairs and how to be a global steward and mother amidst it all. For fans of GOOD TALK by Mira Jacob and WE LIVE FOR THE WE by Dani McClain, LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL made me feel simultaneously connected to a web of motherhood and aware of my duty to the work of mothering on a grander scale. I currently have three children under the age of three and it can feel so incredibly consuming. And Raboteau, while never shaming, connects the intimate acts of mothering her two boys with the broader social implications of things like climate change, state-sanctioned racism, and the genocide of Palestinians. The whole book made me want to take more intentional care of my community and our planet. Because despite all of the devastating facts and figures Raboteau shares, this is ultimately a book about still mothering against those devastations. And in that it is hopeful. What a gift. Image ID: an image of the cover of the book Lessons for Survival is imposed over a photo of two adult geese with a gaggle of baby geese trailing behind them
Recent backlist purchasesโค๏ธ what should I read first? . . . . . . . #bookhaul #backlistbooks #backlist #tbrpost #tobereadlist #tbrpile #whatshouldireadnext #bookloversofinstagram #lifeofareader #thereadinglife #womenwriters #loverofbooks #bookwormlife #lifeofabookworm
If you are looking for a Christian Fantasy series I just finished and LOVED The Dancing Realms by Sharon Hinck. In the past I have struggled to finish series, but I blew through these and it gave me hope that maybe I can be a series lover one day ๐. Do you love series or do you prefer stand-alone books? Swipe to see each book followed by my review of it! Here are a few of my favorite quotes found in this seriesโ โThe problem with perfection is that it wasnโt a fixed point. Each time I neared it, it danced away, tantalizing and mocking.โ โEven terrifying challenges can become routine in time.โ โSometimes the hardest things to believe are the most important to accept.โ โOne lesson is learned as a dancer: give full focus to the work. No room for self-condemnation or doubt.โ โWhat art is worth making apart from love?โ #christianfantasy #avidreadersofchristianfiction #thereadinglife #bookpeople #bookloversofinstagram #bookloversunite #christianfictionreaders #christianfictionlovers #booklove #authorlife #booklife #avidreaders #sharonhinck #dancingrealmsseries #hiddencurrent #forsakenisland #windwardshore
Post-procedure sandwich appreciation ๐ฅช๐Also, big shoutout to my lovely friend @roxyisreading for introducing me to the captivating world of โNorth Woodsโ by Daniel Mason. ๐๐ Itโs like Lauren Groffโs โThe Vaster Wildsโ with a more beautifully intricate storyline. Canโt get enough! #SandwichLove #BookRecommendation #NorthWoods
The newest chapter of the podcast dropped today! ๐ Our favorite (and not so favorite) books of the first 3 months of 2024 are the topic of discussion. (Link in bio). What is your best (or worst) book of the year so far? Tell us in the comments! ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ #podcasts #bookpodcast #booktalk #books #reading #thereadinglife #favoritereads #quarterlyreadingreview
Been trying to get back into my bookstagram so I have been trying to post my current reads on Mondays. Going Zero by Anthony MacCarten is my read for book club. This is a fast-paced adventurish story about a beta test where people go off the grid, and this organization tries to find them. If you can stay missing for 30 days you could win 3 mil. But there is so much more to it than that. This is also in my ears ๐ง in addition to a physical copy. ๐ The Quartet Murders by J.T. Ellis. This is my new favorite series. Read the first book last week. The main detective Oldroyd is an enigma but also an old soul. He loves to invest in those around him. And atmospheric all over the place. It is set in West Yorkshire Great Britain and has me Googling like crazy. Reading this on ebook and it is available on Kindle Unlimited. Lastly, Hercule Poirot's Casebook by Agatha Christie is on my nightstand. This is a chunky book of short stories that I am tackling a few a week. What are you currently reading? #Housefullofbooks #current reads #thereadinglife
Do you have a friend who you send books to and they send you books back? If you donโt, you need one. Shoutout to my one and only @roxyisreading for this lovely book parcel ๐๐๐๐ cos book friends are the best friends ๐ฏโโ๏ธ๐๐
March Reads ๐ โ๏ธ #librariansbookshelf #readersadvisory #readmorebooks #marchreads #librarylife #librarian #thereadinglife #tbr #readmore #readbannedbooks #whatsonyourtbr #readinglog #readersofinstagram
Currently reading. #deannaraybourn #murder #mystery #library #thereadinglife
โจโThe Cruel Princeโ follows Jude, a human, who has to find her place and identity in faerie world admidst all the treacherous faerie politics. Betrayal and romance awaits her, as she fights for survival and power in a world where humans are inferior. . โจโItโs my first Holly Black book, and the reason why I picked this book was because I just wanted something fantasy, but easy and fluffy to get through. For YA, the writingโs better than what I expected, enjoyed the range of characters, and the enemies-to-lovers trope for Jude and Cardan was nicely built up. I just thought that the characterisation of Jude can be deeper, as jn, I didnโt really get much insight into Judeโฆ it was still mostly straightforward for me, but I guess itโs just YA pitched at a certain group of people. The plot was decent enough for me to want to continue reading the rest of the books. Should I? Maybe on a day when I want to read quickly. Hmmm. . #thecruelprince #hollyblack #fantasy #ya #thefolkoftheairseries #thereadinglife #thewickedking #2024readingchallenge #kindle #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagramsg #romantasy #readersofinstagram #bookrecommendations #bookreviews #fiction #thequeenofnothing
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A Cup of Silver Linings/Karen Hawkins Gallery Books/06-Jul-2021 Genre: Women's Fiction Thank you @netgalley, @gallerybooks and @karenhawkinsauthor for my gifted copy in exchange for an honest review. ๐ตBacklist Book Review๐ต I don't know why it took me so long to read this lovely book because I have read and enjoyed this author's other books.. This is one of those rare stories that will leave you believing in the magic of everyday moments!! ๐ต This is the second book in the Dove Pond series and centers on Ava Dove, the penultimate sibling in a family of seven sisters. Just as she stands on the brink of opening her new tearoom, her world begins to unravel. The teas she concocts, renowned for their soothing effects, begin to produce unforeseen consequencesโsparking vivid dreams, revealing concealed truths, and inciting profound reflection in those who sip them. ๐ต In her search for clarity, Ava confronts a disturbing secret she has kept hidden. Meanwhile, Ellen Foster, a distinguished architect, arrives at Dove Pond to confront the aftermath of her estranged daughterโs death and to determine the future for her granddaughter, Kristen. Their paths intertwine in a poignant journey of healing, friendship, and family ties, set in a locale where the mundane is touched by magic. ๐ต The book is a blend of fiction, magical realism, romance, and contemporary themes, wrapped in a cozy narrative that will capture your heart.ย Itโs a story that celebrates the power of community and the unexpected twists of life that lead to silver linings. QOTD: Do you have books that were published in 2021 that you haven't written reviews for yet? Please tell me I'm not alone๐ #acupofsilverlinings #karenhawkins #gallerybooks #dovepond #dovepondseries #magicalreads #magicalrealism #bookmagic #teacup #teaandbooks #beautifulbookcovers #thereadinglife #amreading #readersofinstagram
๐ตBacklist Book Review๐ต A Cup of Silver Linings/Karen Hawkins Gallery Books/06-Jul-2021 Genre:ย Women's Fiction Thank you @netgalley, @gallerybooks and @karenhawkinsauthor for my gifted copy in exchange for an honest review. I don't know why it took me so long to read this lovely book because I have read and enjoyed this author's other books.ย This is one of those rare stories that will leave you believing in the magic of everyday moments!! ๐ต This is the second book in the Dove Pond series and centers on Ava Dove, the penultimate sibling in a family of seven sisters.ย Just as she stands on the brink of opening her new tearoom, her world begins to unravel. The teas she concocts, renowned for their soothing effects, begin to produce unforeseen consequencesโsparking vivid dreams, revealing concealed truths, and inciting profound reflection in those who sip them. ๐ต In her search for clarity, Ava confronts a disturbing secret she has kept hidden. Meanwhile, Ellen Foster, a distinguished architect, arrives at Dove Pond to confront the aftermath of her estranged daughterโs death and to determine the future for her granddaughter, Kristen. Their paths intertwine in a poignant journey of healing, friendship, and family ties, set in a locale where the mundane is touched by magic. ๐ต The book is a blend of fiction, magical realism, romance, and contemporary themes, wrapped in a cozy narrative that will capture your heart.ย Itโs a story that celebrates the power of community and the unexpected twists of life that lead to silver linings. QOTD:ย Do you have books that were published in 2021 that you haven't written reviews for yet?ย Please tell me I'm not alone๐ #acupofsilverlinings #karenhawkins #gallerybooks #dovepond #dovepondseries #magicalreads #magicalrealism #bookmagic #teacup #teaandbooks #beautifulbookcovers #thereadinglife #amreading #readersofinstagram
โAdventure is out there!โ โ Charles Muntz, Up : I decided to start the week with a #matchyourmugstack. I love the movie โUpโ, so I couldnโt pass up this Rae Dunn mug when I saw it at TJ Max. Iโm enjoying a slow start to my week and even though Iโm home waiting for my new dishwasher to be delivered, adventure can still be found in the pages of a book. Here are the books that I chose for my stack. Have you read any of these? : โข Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers : โข A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith : โข The Ensemble by Aja Gabel : โข A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner : โขCrossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner : Happy Monday! I hope that youโre enjoying a great start to your week!๐๐งก๐๐ฉต : : : : : : #bookstagram #dorothysayers #bettysmith #ajagabel #susanmeissner #wallacestegner #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #bookchallenge #raedunnmugs #thereadinglife #upthemovie #matchyourmugmonday
โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ A great book about how to continue your life in times of war. She was a university teacher of English literature when Saddam Hussein declared war on Iran and for a while already the sharia laws were applied, but as the laws bacame more and more oppressive, she sees her students change, what can she do? She teaches lessons from the English books she teaches with so they can try to relate. . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
. . โจ ๋ฐ์ง์ด์ง ์์๋ ์ฌ๋์ด ๋๋ค. ๋ด๊ฐ ์ด ์ฑ ์ ์ฝ๊ฒ ๋ ๊ณ๊ธฐ๋ ์ ์๊ฐ ์ต๊ทผ์ โ๊ตญ์ด ์ํ๋ ์์ด๊ฐ ์ด๊น๋๋ค.โ๋ฅผ ์ ๊ฐ์์ ๋ณด์๊ธฐ ๋๋ฌธ์ด์๋ค. ๊ทธ์ ์ ๋ ๋๋ ์ ์์ ์ํ ๊ธ์ฐ๊ธฐ ํน๊ฐ์ ์ฎ์ โ์ฑ ์ฝ๊ณ ๊ธ์ฐ๊ธฐโ๋ฅผ ์ฝ์๋ ๊ธฐ์ต์ด ์๋ค. ๊ทธ๋์, ๋ฌธ๋ ์ธ๋ฌผ ๊ฒ์์ ํ๋ค๊ฐ ์ ์์๊ฒ ๋ชฐ๋๋ ์ฌ์ค์ ์๊ฒ ๋์๋ค. ๐ซข (์คํฌ์ผ๋ฌ) ๋๋ฏผ์ ์ ์๋ ์์ธ ๋ํ์ฃผ๋์ ๋ธ์ด์๋ค! ๋ด ๋ฏฟ์ ๊ตฌ์์ธ ๋ฐ๋ฆฌ์ ์์ฌ์์ ๊ฒ์ํด๋ณด๋ ์๋ฒ์ง์ ๋ธ์ด ๊ฐ์ด ์ฐ์ ์ฑ ๋ ์๊ณ , ์ด ์ฑ ์ด ๋จผ์ ๊ฒ์๋์ด์ ์ฝ๊ฒ ๋์๋ค. ๐ ์๋ฅผ ๋งค์ผ ์ฝ๊ณ ๊ฑฐ๊ธฐ์ ์์์ ์ป๋, ์ ์๋ ์์ธ๋ ๊ตญ๋ฌธํ๊ณผ์ ๋ค์ด๊ฐ์ ๋ฐ์ฌ๊ณผ์ ๊น์ง ๋ง์น๊ณ 12๋ ๊ฐ ๊ธ์ฐ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ๊ฐ๋ฅด์น๊ณ , 2015๋ ๋ถํฐ ํ์ฌ๊น์ง ๋์์ผ๋ณด์ ์ํ์ ์ฐ์ฌ์ด๋ค. ์ ์๋ ์๋ฅผ ์์ ๋ง์ ๋ฐฉ๊ณตํธ๋ก ์ผ์์ ์ด์ฌํ ์ธ์์ ์ด์์๊ณ ๋ช ๋ ์ ์ ๋ฐํํ ์ด ์์ธ์ด๋ ์์ ์ ์ถ์ ๊ฐ๊ณ๋์ ํจ๊ป ๋ฐ์ถํ๋ ์์ธ์ด๋ผ๊ณ ํ ์ ์๋ค. ๋ฌผ๋ก ๋ํ์ฃผ ์์ธ์ ์ผํ๋ ๋น ์ง ์๊ฐ ์๋ค. ๊ทธ๋ ๋ ์ด์ฌํ ์ด๊ณ ๊ณ ๋ฏผ์ ํ์ ์ด ๊ฐ๋ํ๋ฉฐ ์ฉ์ฉํ๊ฒ ์์ ์ ํ์ฅ์ ๋๊ฐ๊ณ ๋ ์์ด์ ์๋ง์ด์ ๋์ด๊ฐ ๋ค์ด๊ฐ์๋ ๋ถ๋ชจ์ ๋ธ๋ก์ ์ด์์จ ๋ฐ์ง๋ฐ์งํ ์ด์ผ๊ธฐ๋ค์ด ๋ฌถ์๋ค. ์ ์๊ถ ์ด์ผ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ๊ฐ์กฐํด์ ๋ฐ์ท๊ธ์ ์ฎ๊ฒจ์ ์ ์๋ ์์ง๋ง, ๋ธ์ด๋ผ๋ฉด ์๋ง๋ผ๋ฉด ์๋ฅผ ์ข์ํ๋ ์ฌ๋์ด๋ผ๋ฉด ๊ณต๊ฐํ ์ ์๋ ์ง์ํ ์ด์ผ๊ธฐ๊ฐ ์๋ค. ์ ์์ ์ ๋ฐฐ๋ค๋ โ๊ด์ ์ฐ ์์ฌ๋ค์ ๋ฌธํ์บ ํโ๋ฅผ ์ด ์ ๋ ์์ผ๋ฏ๋ก ์ ์์ ์ ๊ฐ๋ ๊ด์ฌ์ด ๊ฐ๋ค. ๋๋ ์๋ค์ด๊ณ , ์๋น ์ด๊ณ , ์์ง ์๋ฅผ ์ข์ํ๋ ์ ๋๊น์ง ์๋์ง๋ง~ #๋์ #์ฑ #์ผ์์คํ๊ทธ๋จ #๋ถ์คํ๊ทธ๋จ #์ํ #bookstagram #book #booklove #reading #fiveline #์ง๊ธ์ฝ๊ณ ์์ต๋๋ค #๋ถํ๋ฆฝ #๋ถ์คํ #์ฑ ์คํ #TheReadingLife #๊ธฐ๋ก์ฉ #์ฑ๋ฆฐ์ง #์ฐ๊ธฐ #์ฐ๊ธฐ์ฑ๋ฆฐ์ง #๋ฐฑ์ผ์ฑ๋ฆฐ์ง #๋๋ฏผ์ #๋ฐ์ง์ด์ง์์๋์ฌ๋์ด๋๋ค #๋ํ์ฃผ #๋ฅ์์ค
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club is my first book by J.Ryan Stradal. The cover makes this book appear like a fun summer read but it actually has quite of bit of depth and covers some rather serious subjects. : At the heart of this book is Betty, Florence, Mariel, and Julia, four generations of women and their relationship with the Lakeside Supper Club. Itโs about the legacy thatโs passed down from mother to daughter and what that means. : Iโve never actually been to a Saturday Supper Club but through the pages of this book Iโve experienced all that it has to offer. There is so much nostalgia and Midwestern small town charm in this book, but also a keen insight into women which I find is a rare gift for a male writer. : This is not my usual type of book, but I find myself already looking forward to reading my thrifted copy of Kitchens of the Midwest which is also by J Ryan Stradal. What great books have you discovered by venturing out of your normal comfort zone? : I hope youโre having a great Saturday!โ๏ธ : : : : : #bookstagram #jryanstradal #saturdaynightatthelakesidesupperclub #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #thereadinglife
โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ . #3 de la sรฉrie Armand Gamache par Louise Penny, on suit encore les agents de la brigade des homicides de la SQ jusqu'ร three pines pour รฉlucider un autre drame! . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ . #2 de la sรฉrie Armand Gamache de Louise Penny! Tout les livres de cette sรฉrie sont vraiment accrochant, c'est difficile de les dรฉposer une fois commencรฉ! . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
I absolutely loved this book by @katherinereay! Katherine has been an auto buy author for years, but I think this latest book may be my favorite. : Luisa Voekler is a code breaker for the CIA when one day at work she comes across a symbol that sparks a memory from her childhood. That memory leads her to the discovery of some letters that had been written by her father who she had been told died when she was a young girl. The letters are written in code but once she deciphers them she begins a journey to uncover the past and open her eyes to the truths about her family that she never knew. : I donโt want to give too much away because part of the joy of this book is the way it propels you forward to find answers to so many questions. The story is told from both Luisa and her fatherโs perspective and begins the day the Wall went up in East Berlin and finishes the day it came down. : I loved getting a more intimate account of this part of the Cold War and Katherine does a great job of pulling out so many interesting aspects and providing so much understanding. : I love learning about history in the midst of a story and the Cold War is such a fascinating subject because itโs such recent history. I highly recommend this book along with her previous book, A Shadow in Moscow, to gain a greater understanding of the Cold War while enjoying two great family stories! : : : : Bookmark courtesy of @sweetsequels : #bookstagram #theberlinletters #katherinereay #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #historicalfiction #booksbooksbooks #thereadinglife #harpermusebooks
A little #whatthisweek ๐ reading: Off the Beaten Path by @authormadisonwright and its giving me all the Luke & Lorelai vibes so far ๐ง listening: Royally Rearranged by Emma St Clair- itโs SUCH a fun ride ๐บ watching: finishing season 2 of Traitors & catching up on the Bachelor (do any of you also watch? who do you think is gonna be the next bachelorette??) โจobsessing over: all the sunshine lately โ๏ธ ๐looking forward to: ARCS!!!! This weekend I am closing ARC applications and going through and selecting the team!! Thanks to everyone who signed up IโM SO EXCITED. If youโre selected youโll get an email by Monday! And then Iโll be sending LLHN not long after that ๐ ๐ผ Now I wanna hear what youโre up to this week!
** Book Review ** Out tomorrow (March 19) Another winner from Rebecca Serle! Recently named one of LoanStars March 2024 top picks, Expiration Dates is a story about Daphne, a young thirty-something woman, who knows the exact length of time each of her romantic relationships will last as she magically receives a slip of paper with a relationship expiration date for each man she becomes involved with. She becomes used to relationships ending and the idea that love is fleeting. But when she receives a note with a name (Jake) but no expiry date, she thinks the universe is telling her that she has finally met the one meant for her. That heโs everything she should want. But what if who she loves is her choice and not predetermined as she has lived her life believing? What if she embraces the unpredictability of life? This is a story about romantic love, friendships, and familial relationships. But it has some great depth to it via an unexpected development that occurs mid-way through the novel and which really added to the plot for me and made Daphne more understandable. I also really liked her relationship with Hugo, a former boyfriend and best friend. This was a quick read with an interesting concept. If you like a bit of magical realism and romance with some depth, then definitely check this one out! Thanks to @atriabooks and @netgalley for this complimentary copy. All opinions are my own. Q: do you think the universe has a plan for you? #expirationdates #magicalrealismfiction #romanceread #rebeccaserle #atriabooks #booklover #avidreader #thereadinglife #bookstagram
I was recently tagged by Caroline @arrow_reads to do the Summer Scavenger Hunt.โ๏ธIโm always up for a scavenger hunt! Here are the six books that I found on my shelf. Iโll tag six more people, but if you enjoy scavenger hunts as much as I do, please give it a try. ๐ : โข ๐ Wave or Ocean: Next Year in Havana : โข ๐ Summer Hat : The Blue Sapphire : โข ๐ Sunset: The River : โข ๐ฌ Sea Creature: The Moon-Spinners : โข ๐บ Tropical Plant or Flower: Tender is the Night : โข โต๏ธ Water Sports: Apricot Sky : : Do you see any favorites? Iโve only read one of these so Iโd love to know if you see one that you would recommend. I hope youโre having a wonderful weekend! : : : #bookstagram #summerscavengerhunt #sixbookchallenge #booksofinstagram #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #chanelcleeton #destevenson #peterheller #marystewart #fscottfitzgerald #rubyferguson #bookchallenge #scavengerhunt #booklover #bibliophile #thereadinglife
Currently reading. This is such a great series! Best thing ever is rainy day reading marathons. #thereadinglife #reading #ladygodivaslibrary #cormoranstrike #murder #mystery #detective #rainydayreading
What do you like to read? Children's picture books, reimagined fairytales, or action-packed Christmas stories? โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ If any of these tickle your fancy, I've got you covered. โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Just click the link in my bio for purchase links to Amazon. โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Happy Reading! ๐๐ * * * #booktograph #readingislit #readingday #pageturner #ellwynautumn #bibliophilefeatures #goread #readingislife #pickupabook #thereadinglife #booksmakemehappy #bookstack #bookwormsofinstagram #fortheloveofbooks #bookhoarder #librarydweller #weekendvibes #saturday #bookobsessed #booksalways #readthisbook #wanderlust #bookfun #readingchair #readingspot #readingisfundamental #readinglove #readingfestival #readingbreak #readingrocks
Donna Tarttโs The Secret History was a bit dark for me but it was Oh so beautifully written!!! I just love her way with words. Happy Friday Bookstagrammers!! . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookish #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #bibliophile #thebookishlife #thereadinglife #currentread #currentlyreading #currentreads #recentlyread #recentreads #donnatartt #thesecrethistory
. ๐์์ง์ ๋ณด - ํ์: ํ๊ฐ - ์ฑ ์ ๋ชฉ:<<์๋ณํ์ง ์๋๋ค >> - ์ถํ์ฌ: ๋ฌธํ๋๋ค - ์ถํ์ฐ๋: 2021 - ๊ฐ์ธํ๊ฐ: ์ฝ์ด๋ณผ๋งํฉ๋๋ค. ๐ง ๊ฐ์ธ์ ๊ฒฌํด ํ๊ฐ์ ์ฅํธ์์ค '์๋ณํ์ง์๋๋ค'๋ ํฌ๊ฒ 2๋ถ๋ก ๊ตฌ์ฑ๋์ด ์๋ค. 1๋ถ ์ 2๋ถ ๋ฐค ์ญ์ฌ์ ๊ฒฝํ์ผ๋ก๋ถํฐ ๋ฉ๋ฆฌ ๋จ์ด์ ธ ์๋ '๋'๋ ํฐ ๋ถ์์ ๋นํด์ ๊ฐ์๊ธฐ ์ ์ํ ์ค๋ ์น๊ตฌ์ ๋ถํ์ผ๋ก, ์น๊ตฌ์ ํ๋ ๋จ์ ์ต๋ฌด์๋ฅผ ์ด๋ฆฌ๊ธฐ ์ํด ์ ์ฃผ๋ ๊น์ ์ฐ์์ ์๋ ์น๊ตฌ์ง์ ํฅํ๋ค. ์ธ์ ์ด ๋๋ฌผ๊ณ , ๋๋ณด๋ผ๊ฐ ๋งค์ญ๊ฒ ์น๋ ๋ฐค, ๋ชฉ์จ์ ๊ฑธ๊ณ ์ฒ์ ๋ง๊ณ ๋์, ์์ฌ๋ฅผ ๋๋๋ค๋ฉฐ ์ง์ ๋๋ฌํ '๋'. ๊ทธ ๋ฐค์ '๋'๋ ๊ฟ๊ณผ ํ์ค, ์๊ฐ๊ณผ ๊ณต๊ฐ์ด ๋ค์์ด๋ฏ ํผ์ณ์ง๋ ํ์ ๊ฐ์ ์ด์ผ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ๋ฌ๋ ค๊ฐ๋ฉฐ ์น๊ตฌ์ ์ด๋จธ๋์ ๊ทธ ๊ฐ์กฑ์ด ๊ฒช์ ์ญ์ฌ์ ์ธ ์ฐธ๊ทน์ ์จ๋ชธ์ผ๋ก ๊นจ๋ซ๋๋ค. ์ ์๊ฐ ์ฑ์คํ ๊ณต๋ถํ๊ณ ์ธํฐ๋ทฐํด์ ์ป์ด๋ธ ํ๊ตญ์ฌ์ ์ด๋์ด ์ด๋ฉด์ ๋ํ ๋ด์ฉ์ ๋ฌธํ์ ์์๋ ฅ์ ๋ํด ํผ์ณ๋ด๋ ์ด์ผ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ์ ํ๋ฉฐ ์ ์์๊ฒ ๊ณ ๋ง์์ ๋๋๋ค. '์ญ์ฌ๊ฐ ์ฐ๋ฆด ๋ง์ณค์ง๋ง, ๊ทธ๋๋ ์๊ด์๋ค' ๋ผ๊ณ ๋น๋นํ ์์ํ๋ ์์ค๋ ์์ง๋ง, ์ญ์ฌ๊ฐ ์ฐ๋ฆด ๋ง์ณค์ ๋ ๊ทธ ๊ฐ์ธ๋ค์๊ฒ ์ ์๊ด์ด ์๊ฒ ๋๊ฐ. (์ฌ๋ํ๋ ์ฃฝ์ ์ฌ๋๊ณผ) ์๋ณํ์ง ์๋๋ค ๋๋ ์๊ฒ ๋ค๋ ๊ฐ์ค. ์ด ์ฑ ์ ๋ฐฐ๊ฒฝ์ด ๋๋, ๋ ๊ฐ์ง ํฐ ์ฌ๊ฑด์ ํ๊ตญ ํ๋์ฌ์ ๋น๊ทน์ด๋ค. ๋๊ตฌ ํ ๋ช ์๊ฒ ๊ทธ ์ฑ ์์ ๋ฌผ์ ์๋ ์๋ค. ์ญ์ฌ์ ์ฌ๋ฌ๊ฐ์ง ์์ธ์ ๋ณตํฉ์ ์ด๋ค. ๊ทธ๋ฌ๋ฏ๋ก, ์ด๋ฌํ ์ฌ์ค์ ๋ฐฐ์ ํ ์ฑ ๊ทธ ์ฌ๋์ ์ถ์๋ง์ ํ ์ ์๋ ์ผ์ด๋ค. ๊ทธ๋๋ ์ ์ ๋น์์์ง ์๋๊ฐ? ์ ์์๋ ๊ทธ ์ ๋์ ํฌ์์ ๋ถ๊ฐํผ ํ์ง ์๋๊ฐ? ์ด๋ฆฐ์ด์ ์ฌ์ฑ๊ณผ ๋ ธ์ธ์ ํฌ์๋ ์ด์ฉ ์ ์์ง ์์๋๊ฐ? ๊ทธ๋ค์ ๋นจ๊ฐฑ์ด ์๋์๋๊ฐ? ๋ถ๊ฐํผํ ํฌ์์ ๋ํด ๋ฌผ๊ณ ๋์ด์ ธ์ ๊ทธ ๋ถ์ ์ญ์ฌ์ ๊ณตํ์ ์ ๋๋ก ๋ณด์ง ์๋ ์๋ ์ขํ ์๊ฐ๊ฐ ์๋๊ฐ? ๋ง์์ด ์๋ค์ด์ง ์ฌ๋์ด ์๋๊ฐ? ๋ผ๋ ์ง๋ฌธ์ ๋ํด ์๊ฐํด๋ณธ๋ค. ์ฝ๊ณ ๋์ ์ข์ ์ฑ ์ค ํ๋๋ ์ฝ์ ์ด์๊ฒ ๊ผฌ๋ฆฌ๋ฅผ ๋ฌด๋ ์ถ๊ฐ์ ์ธ ์๊ฐ์ ๋ถ๋ฌ ์ผ์ผํค๋ ๊ฒ์ด๋ผ๊ณ ์๊ฐํ๋ค. ๐ Quotes ๋ฌผ๋ก ์ถ์ธกํ ์ ์์ด. ๊ทธ ์ฌ๋์ด ์ธ์ผ์ด์ด์๋ค๋ฉด ์ด๋ป๊ฒ๋ ์ดํ ์ฌ์ผ๋ก ๋์์์๊ฑฐ๋ผ๊ณ ...... ํ์ง๋ง ํ์ ํ ์ ์์๊น? ๊ทธ๋ฐ ์ง์ฅ ์์์ ์ด์๋ ๋ค์๋ ์ฐ๋ฆฌ๊ฐ ์์ํ๋ ์ ํ์ ํ๋ ์ฌ๋์ผ๋ก ๋จ์ ์ ์์์๊น? *์ด ์ฑ ์ ์ฐ๊ธฐ ์ํด ์ฐธ๊ณ ํ ์๋ฃ๋ค ์ค ํนํ ๋์์ ๋ฐ์ ์ ์ฃผ 4.3 ์์กด์์ ํธ๋ผ์ฐ๋ง ๊ทธ๋ฆฌ๊ณ ๋ฏธ์ ์น๋ฃใ(๊น์ ๊ฒฝ ๊น์ธ๊ทผ ์ง์, ํ์ง์ฌ, 2014), 4ยท3๊ณผ ์ฌ์ฑ.๊ทธ ์ด์๋ธ ๋ ๋ค์ ๊ธฐ๋กใ(์ ์ฃผ4.3์ฐ๊ตฌ์ ์ฎ์, ๊ฐ, 2019), ใ๋น๋ ๋ชป๊ตด, ๊ทธ ๋์๋ ์ด๋ ์์์ใ(์ ์ฃผ4.3์ฐ๊ตฌ์ ์ฎ์, ํ์ธ, 2013), ใ๋, ์ฃ ์ด์๋คใ(์ด๊ท์ฒ ์ฌ์ง. ์ ์ฃผ4.3๋๋ฏผ์ฐ๋ ๊ธฐํ, ๋๋น, 2019), ์ ์ฃผ4.3์ฌ๊ฑด ์ง์์กฐ์ฌ ๋ณด๊ณ ์ใ(์ ์ฃผ4.3์ฌ๊ฑด์ง์์กฐ์ฌ๋ณด๊ณ ์์์ฑ๊ธฐํ๋จ ์์ฑ, ์ ์ฃผ4.3์ฌ๊ฑด์ง์๊ท๋ช ๋ฐํฌ์์๋ช ์ํ๋ณต์์ํ, 2003). ์ง์์ ์๊ฐ๋ฝ ํ๋ใ (ํ๊ธฐ์ ์ง์, ์ฐฝ๋น, 2018). 4.3๊ทธ ์ง์ค์ ์ฐพ์์ (์์กฐํ ์ง์, ์ ์ธ, 2015), ๊ตญ๊ฐํญ๋ ฅ๊ณผ ์ ํด๋ฐ๊ตด์ ์ฌํ๋ฌธํ์ฌใ(๋ ธ์ฉ์ ์ง์, ์ฐ์ง๋, 2018). ๊ตฌํ๋ ์์ ์ ์นํ(ๅญฆ)ใ(์ด์ ํ, ๅฒฉๆณขๆธๅบ, 2004), ใํ ๋ง์ ํฌ๋งใ(์ ์ ์ง ์ง์, ๊ฐ๋ฅด์ค์ฐ๊ตฌ์, 2018) ๊ธฐ์ต์๋ชฉ์๋ฆฌ (ํ์์ค ๊ธ, ๊ณ ํ์ฃผ ์ฌ์ง, ๋ฌธํ๋๋ค, 2021), <๋น๋ >(์ํฅ์ ์ฐ์ถ, ๋ฐ๋ฌ,2012), <ํ์>(์ํฅ์ ์ฐ์ถ, ๋ฐ๋ฌ, 2017), <์ฐ๋ฆฌ๋ฅผ ๊ฐ๋ผ๋๋ ๊ฒ๋ค>(์ํ์ ์ฐ์ถ๋ฐ๋ฌ, 2019), <๊ธฐ์ต์ ์ ์>(์ด๊ธธ๋ณด๋ผ ์ฐ์ถ, ๊ณ ๋, 2018)์ ๊น์ด ๊ฐ์ฌ๋๋ฆฐ๋ค. #๋์ #์ฑ #์ผ์์คํ๊ทธ๋จ #๋ถ์คํ๊ทธ๋จ #์ํ #bookstagram #book #booklove #reading #fiveline #์ง๊ธ์ฝ๊ณ ์์ต๋๋ค #๋ถํ๋ฆฝ #๋ถ์คํ #์ฑ ์คํ #TheReadingLife #๊ธฐ๋ก์ฉ #์ฑ๋ฆฐ์ง #์ฐ๊ธฐ #์๋ณํ์ง์๋๋ค #ํ๊ฐ #๋ฌธํ๋๋ค
โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ In Did you ever love me we go through the trauma of Toni being abused by her father and her complying mother letting it all happen. We see how this abuse affected her social life as a child and as an adult and the scars that this kind of treatment leaves on people. . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksandcoffee #booksbooksbooks #booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookstababe #bookish #whattoread #bookcommunity #booklove #thereadinglife #thatswhatsheread #bookishladiesclub #bookobsessed #mybookfeatures #mybooklife #tbr #library #hookedonthebooks #booklady #allthebooks #bookfiend #bookchallenge #mylibrary #readersofinstagram #bookoftheday #booksofig #prochainelecture.
๐ Our Hideous Progeny, by @c_e_mcgill ๐ Inspired by the classic Frankenstein, this book is a fast and fun read, focusing on not just the rights that women deserved but struggled for in the UK in the 1850s, but also the wrongs that they were believed to be incapable of, simply because they were women. ๐"We shall steal fire from the heaven, and I shall not repent, even for one minute - for what sort of god would condemn us to a cold world without it?" ๐ We live through Mary's lonely childhood, followed by her transition into an infuriating marital world, the lies she is fed, and opportunities that never fall in her lap - the ones so easy to come by and foolishly thrown away by her husband. We get to know the women around her, who are smart, and sharp, and meant for great things but easily dismissed or sucked into the traditional roles. ๐ Mary, with her smarts and inclinations towards paleontology, inspired by the discoveries left in the form of letters by her late Uncle Frankenstein, finally decides to push her struggling mediocre spiteful scientist husband towards starting a project of her own. It infuriates you to see her perform the lion's share of the work here with no hope of getting recognized for it unless attested by "credible" men. What gives us a satisfying closure is how she uses society's disbelief in women in her favor and brings about a satisfying justice for herself in the mostย twistedย way. _____ โข โข โข #ourhideousprogeny #cemcgill #bookreview #bookreviewer #booksofinstagramย #readersofinstagramย #bookwormย #bookstagrammerย #thereadinglifeย #booksandflowersย #botmย #bookcommunity #reading #goodreads #fiction #kindle #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookblogger #beautifulbooks #bookreels #bookstagramindia #goodreadschallenge #goodreadschallenge2024
Late post. I read Wallace Stegnerโs Angle of Repose last year. This was a beautifully written story about a family who lived in the American West when it was still unexplored. Itโs always nice to learn about history as it unfolds through the eyes of a family. Apart from the bigger plot, Iโm always drawn to the day to day details of how people lived at that point in time. Have a great week Bookstagrammers! . . . #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksofinstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookish #bookworm #bookaddict #bookaholic #bibliophile #thebookishlife #thereadinglife #currentread #currentlyreading #currentreads #recentlyread #recentreads #wallacestegner #angleofrepose
THE THIRTY NAMES OF NIGHT by Zeyn Joukhadar was such a beautifully wrought book about loss and survival and love and joy. It is breathtakingly queer, full of stunning avian imagery, and steeped in Syrian and Syrian American culture. And I just really really loved it. The novel centers two storylines - that of a trans boy in Little Syria in New York City in present day and that of an artist named Laila Z immigrating from Syria to New York City in the 1920s/30s. Sometimes dual perspective novels donโt work as well for or one character feels less developed. Not so here. I cared deeply not only for these two characters but for their exquisitely vivid friends and lovers and family members. This was multi-generational queerness with an expansive heart, lyrical writing, and a dust of maybe-magic. There is tragedy here and heartbreak, missed opportunities and loss AND there are happy endings. Joukhadar gifts us hardship mixed with joy. Enchanting, thought-provoking, and ultimately hopeful, this book made me proud to be queer (and want to take up birding). Cannot wait to read more from Joukhadar. Image ID: the cover of the book The Thirty Names of Night is imposed over a photo looking straight up into a gray sky with a lamp post, electrical wires covered in the silhouettes of birds, and one bird with spread wings flying
Your diet is not ONLY what you eat... It's what you watch, What you listen to, What you read, The people you chose to spend time with... Be MINDFUL of the things you put into your body, physically, emotionally & spiritually. #bookedbymysticvenus #booksknowledgegrowth #mysticvenusbookclub #readingisawesome #thereadinglife
I read somewhere where someone compared this serie to the Game of Thrones series. The YA version. I've never read GoT or watched the TV series so I can't really say or compare the Falling Kingdoms to GoT but what I can say is when my favorite characters gets killed in the Falling Kingdom series I did not like it one bit. ๐คฃ Hurted my heart. I'm also reminded how much I love reading fantasy when I got back into reading again this January and found this series again stored away. . . -Kelly . . . #fantasybooks #readabook #bookstagram #bookbookbook #booktok #fallingkingdoms #bibliophile #thereadinglife #lifeofareader #booklover
โจThought this is one of the more tender, hopeful and brighter moments in โHell Bentโ, when juxtaposed against what the story is mainly about, which is journeying to hell to get Darlington. โจFor some inexplicable reason, โlive in an apartment with good lightโ stood out to me - it emphasised the quiet desperation in Alex for me. . โจAlso thanks for this quote, I now have the obscure knowledge of โMorning Becomes Eclecticโ. . #hellbent #leighbardugo #leighbardugoquotes #alexstern #darkacademia #fantasy #bookstagram #bookstagramsg #bookstagrammer #thereadinglife #readersofinstagram #currentread
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune had me hooked! The characters were relatable, the plot kept me engaged, and the chemistry between Percy and Sam was undeniable. I truly believed I was reading a 4-star (or even 5-star) romance. Unfortunately, the ending fell flat. It felt rushed, frustrating, and unnecessary, leaving me completely unsatisfied. This disappointment brought my overall rating down to 2 stars. The ending left such a sour taste that Iโm hesitant to pick up another romance novel for a while. Maybe itโs time to return to the epic world of The Way of Kings! . . . . . #EverySummerAfter #CarleyFortune #bookreview #romancebooks #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookish #whattoread #almostlovedit #disappointingending #backtofantasy #thereadinglife . Every Summer After Carley Fortune Review Book Review: Every Summer After Every Summer After - Ending Discussion Carley Fortune - Romance Novels Book Recommendations