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It's so lovely (and heartening) when you finally get to a book that you've long had on your shelf and been looking forward too, and it's just as excellent and you love it just as much as you expected.

Editing this post because I finished the book (and the bottle of wine) and don‘t have the energy to find a thoughtful photo. Book is good. I love E.Taylor‘s writing. This is May‘s #BookSpin!! 😵‍💫🍭
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My Scruffy Head Red arrived! And it is good. #EstherFest #Whpg #Griff4short #Wirehairedpointinggriffon #readingoutside #BookCovermatchesWineLabelmatchesTheDog 🐶🍷

“She opened her eyes as she spoke, but when she heard the door slam after Beth she closed them again quickly, yet it seemed as if she did it needlessly, for the darkness which rushed over her came not from outside but from within.”

Loving this book, intrigued where it is headed. #buddyread #readICT #Flowers #Platycodon

“No gulls escorted the trawlers going out of the harbour, at teatime, as they would on the return journey; they sat upon the rocking waters without excitement, perching along the sides of little boats, slapped up and down by one wake after another. #FirstLineFridays #BuddyRead #readICT

I shop at indie bookstores! #bookstoreroadmap

#readict

Traded some books today. Looked for future reads for the #NYRBBookClub , no luck.Bookmans has 2 branches in Phx /Mesa .The one nearby is more a general neighborhood store .The Mesa store gets more odd stuff as it is close to the university. I started the #Virago scan with success & found an oldie I didn‘t know about. Happy Sunday!

IRL bookclub... done via Zoom. Nothing can stop us 😆

Delightful & charming & sad & funny & real & so perfectly of its time. Loving this story... it seems almost every seaside harbour town I know has an Anchor Bar ... perfect 👌🏻in so many ways ❤️
Please more suggestions from Elizabeth Taylor fans

Now , as he walked the length of the quay before bedtime, he wondered about this .. Life breaks through...
.... But even now 2 days in this place and the tide creeps up,begins to wash against me ... “ Cut Away from all I knew , in a strange place , I thought I could achieve all I have dreamt about and intended sinse I was a young man .... but the tide creeps up , begins to wash against me and

✨Life Breaks Through ✨

Enjoying this one

4⭐️ I truly enjoyed Taylor‘s writing in this one. Just like the light from the lighthouse, she swept over all the characters in this harbour village with her usual lovely quiet tone. She‘s really a master in offering various perspectives, shifting from one character to another

It‘s Sunday morning, and I‘m starting this book. I heard only good things about this, so am excited for another good read

#7days7covers Day one. #covercrush

Thank you so much for the tag @Centique It was fun looking at my shelves and thinking about what covers I especially love!

@CocoReads are you interested in participating if you haven‘t been tagged yet? Just post a cover you love for seven days with no other explanation and tag someone new every day.

Quite the disappointment after worshipping her later masterpiece Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont. Marred by one of the most irritating characters in all of 20th century British lit, some doddering old artist wannabe, Bertram, who fussed and meddled with all the women in town and annoyed the crap out of me. And there was way too much processing of emotions here, between two-dimensional characters that stayed flat on the page. Bailed halfway through.

@saresmoore Did these lovely goodies come from you?? Either that or I've been making Amazon orders in my sleep again...

Up next in my year of reading all of Elizabeth Taylor‘s novels. I‘m becoming a huge fan! 👏🏻

Surprise book mail from my fabulous #litsypenpal @Litlady !!!! Both books sound (and look) great and check out that sweet doggy pen! 😍🐶👀 Such a nice letter and fun gifts to brighten up this stressful week! Thank you so much Ginny!!!

#BookMail Bk3 is a particularly pretty #ViragoModernClassics Edition of A View Of The Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor(am I the only one who thought it was the actress at first?) With a foreword by Sarah Waters, set in a small coastal village, it‘s a novel about secrets and lies. And did I mention how pretty it is?😍

I took two boxes of books to Half Price Books and left with only two books and some cash. Pretty proud of myself 🏆 And I'm really excited about what I found!

#FlowersOnCovers 🌺 #FeistyFeb

"The young imagine insults, magnify them, with great effort overcome them, or retaliate. A waste of emotion Bertram thought, forgetting how much emotion there is to spare."