The History of Love: A Novel | 
My final #Book2Book swap arrived this weekend. This is another book I‘ve heard great things about!
Thanks @TheBookHippie for this one and @KateReadsYA for hosting. I really enjoyed this method of clearing a few books from my shelves and gaining some new ones.
Library stack today. I found The History of Love at the used book store attached to the library, and bought it because I loved it so much. Now I can loan it to people. I started skimming it and nope - I‘m in for a complete re-read. And a nap.
pickIt took me 2 days to contemplate what I had just finished!! It‘s a beautifully written story, plus stories within the story that all seem to coexist and eventually blend into each other in an artful musical piece…One-of-a-kind
#Pantone2023 @Clwojick
pickWhat a beautiful and profound book. I am not sure yet, if I have fully understood the meaning of this story. But it was beautiful and heart wrenching and has a lesson in it for anyone who reads it. Beautiful.
This book will stay with me for a long time. There are many amazing passages in the book that take your breath away, they are so profound.
pick252 pages of missed chances, regret, and sadness. But somehow I really enjoyed this book and found myself laughing often. Maybe it was the strength of the writing that kept me going through such loss. Although the multiple story lines got confusing at times, would still recommend.
“Her kiss was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
"At the end, all that's left of you are your possessions. Perhaps that's why I've never been able to throw anything away. Perhaps that's why I hoarded the world: with the hope that when I died, the sum total of my things would suggest a life larger than the one I lived." -- Leo Gursky (pg. 165)
Best way I can describe my current reading experience 😊
so-soI enjoyed a peek into a love so consuming but at times it was hard to follow the connection with the characters.
March Book 12/25 #LitsyLove #bookspinbingo
Hoping to make more significant progress with the tagged book before moving on to Dear Edward or possibly The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World.
Whenever I listen to Non-fiction titles, I try to find Fiction counterparts whose subject is complimentary and can be read in tandem with or immediately after completing an audiobook.
Does anyone else do this?
#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen
🎶 Second verse, same as the first 🎶
This week's forecast is the same as last week's (two audiobooks, four print books) with the hope that I might be able to start the graphic novels on the right once I finish Gender Queer.
Also hoping to make a little bit more progress on the book of poetry as that deserves to be savored and pondered, not rushed.
#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen
pickI have been meaning to read this book for years and I can thank @TheBookHippie and her #sundaybuddyread for giving me the motivation to finally take it off my TBR. I had trouble following the various story lines at times. However, this book has some beautiful passages.
so-soThere‘s so much love for this book and some of it is really lovely. But there are so many storylines introduced early on that it became a muddle for me. If not for doing a buddy read, I would have bailed. I would have preferred if the book was a bit longer and each storyline a bit more fleshed out before introducing the next.
pickGorgeous prose & an exploration of love & loss. I am still untangling it all in my head after finishing last night for #sundaybuddyread 💙This book intrigued me, made me smile & also brought a tear. And oh, all the quotes/passages I highlighted! I admire how the author wove everything together & the twists & turns. Our group discussions & reading it in chunks over the month made a book I might not have picked up otherwise a likely contender for ⬇️
pickI think I appreciated this book more due to the #SundayBuddyRead discussions and everyone's amazing insights. I think this was beautiful writing with interesting and likeable characters. Some of the plot was a bit disjointed and confusing though, so I liked it but didn't love it. @TheBookHippie
pickAdmittedly this is not a novel that I would normally read, but I'm glad I did. This is a book about love, especially lost love and how we handle it.
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's #SundayBuddyRead ❤️🩹
@TheBookHippie
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pickThis book hurt my heart in places. Beautifully written but at first I struggled with how the stories would link (for I felt sure they had to). When they do it‘s one of those moments when you pause on the page and a wave of emotion hits you. Leo Gursky is instantly likeable and you find yourself wishing throughout the book his life would have a different end but it seems just to have had a great love was enough. The world needs more Leo Gurskys. 5*
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️For beautiful writing
⭐️⭐️⭐️For story layout
This book was beautifully written and of course I teared up at the end. But I did feel like the story felt a bit too confusing for me. I think some things could have been made clearer earlier on in the story. I can‘t wait to discuss the ending with #sundaybuddyread this coming Sunday!!
pickA beautifully written story about a variety of people and multiple types of loving relationships. While it was confusing at times, it ended up being interwoven quite nicely. Books like these are why I love #sundaybuddyread! Because of the fabulous discussion, I try to read every selection of the group as I stumble upon gems like this that I wouldn‘t otherwise have read. Thanks @TheBookHippie 💙❤️
pickIt‘s been great rereading and discussing this amazing novel. Looking forward to last discussion next week. #sundaybuddyread
Holy Stopping Point this week! @TheBookHippie #sundaybuddyread
