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I wanted to show one of those cute bookstore stickers from the old days with an object people would recognize for size comparison. Just a reminder of the store you bought it from. Or maybe attract new business if it was a gift. I love finding these and bookplates.🥰

... It was a sort of romantic situation that she knew so well in fiction she hardly understood it in fact.

Weekly Report

Continuing on with these three biggish books. Nana continues to entertain, #Clarissa to rile up, and The Rainbow to expound.

I finished She-Devil in the Mirror, which was delightful; Diverse Spines for which I need to go back through and add all the books to my TBR; and Endless Nights.

I am, of course, still reading Clarissa. This is my weekly reminder that I need to continue on with Celestial Harmonies and The Rainbow and I want to start Future Home of the Living Good.

What a good description of what it feels like when you're drunk!

Fun #ThisorThat! Though I've cheated and selected both for so many!

This is writing that is modern and progressive by today's standards

The absolute genius of DH Lawrence, writing about incels way back in the early 20th Century

#WeekendReading @Andrew65
AS Byatt 's Frederica Quartet- fierce, immediate,still relevant
The Moon of Gomrath -delightful and thrilling
Tagged book-incredible writing,Lawrence paints a picture with language
Our share of night-way too much woo woo magic for me

There‘s no denying the rainbow 🌈 is a classic apparently no 48 of 100 books you should read before you die . In parts it is beautifully written the characterisation a marvel , the angst of first love 💕the rush of longing the hurt of rejection the passion of longing but in other parts it is so so wordy so descriptive so desperate to portray the longing it becomes dull and tedious.

So here we go two Lawrence‘s in a month for bookclub the rainbow 🌈 started today and then lady chatterleys lover , never read any Lawrence before so very ambitious to do two in a month & apparently some readers loath him ! 😆

#ColorofRainbows #AugustABC @Eggs

#AyUpAugust #ChasingRainbows this book came to mind , but I‘m chasing memories because I can‘t remember if I read this or not. 😳🤷🏻‍♀️.... maybe years ago, must have a look & see

Tagged book is the closest I could get to #rain, but the lyrics made me realise that I could do a collage of different weather phenomena! #ayupaugust @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain

This has mixed reviews but I adored it. It took me a while to see what all the length was in service of but once I did I loved the slow burn and build of Ursula‘s character. I love how Lawrence writes strong intense emotions, and the ending is probably gonna go down as one of the best endings of a book I‘ve read.

The Rainbow by D.H. Lawerence was banned because of charges of obscenity. It remained unavailable in England for 11 years. Is it really obscene? Check out my review at https://jyotiarora.com/review-the-rainbow/

Day 11 - #rainbowstack #literaryluck

I found D.H.Lawrence while strolling through Trieste. I was surprised not to find James Joyce or Italo Svevo, no doubt they were there somewhere! #backpackEurope @JenP @BookwormM

There were a number of required reading books that I understood why they would be "required reading." They convey a powerful message or expand young forming minds.

Then you have these. (Mind you, I have others. I just picked two.) These just made me think - what was the point?!? And oh my goodness, The Rainbow was so long! Excruciating.

Day 3 - Least Favorite(S) #requiredreadingredo

A #male writer I want to read more of. #litsyclassics #maylovesclassics

I‘m reusing an old pic. Saw these books at a bookstore, couldn‘t resist to take a photo. Now I regret not buying them. 😁
#magicalmarch #rainbow 🌈

My first Lawrence... the #1001books Goodreads group is reading Women in Love this month, and I wanted to read this one first. Lawrence‘s writing is beautiful - very descriptive and poetic, whether talking about sexual desire or the scenery. It‘s not really racy, but I can see why it was shocking at the time it was written. I‘m looking forward to the next book and more Ursula.

Narration is excellent for the audiobook, too!

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Day 2 back at work after my looong holiday vacation. No audiowalk again today, since my trails are covered with snow and it‘s ridiculously cold outside (today is actually warmer than the last few days)... so spending my lunch listening to my audiobook and staring at the walls. What a boring corner that is when I have the door closed!

I am really enjoying this book. 👍🏻

Classic bareness.
#uncannyoctober #bare @RealLifeReading

#FallintoBooks #BookRainbow @RealLifeReading

I could've sworn I had a third copy of The Rainbow, but maybe I got rid of it. #aprilbookshowers Day 8: #samebookdifferentcover

I'm a sucker for classic literature and long, "boring" books. ;)

Driving through rural Washington state and found this charming bookstore in Pomeroy.

I thought this book would never end.

"She would see Miss Inger in her bathing dress."

This book is so frustrating. Endless boredom and then these amazingly-naughty-for-1915 bits.

Read ten pages and then slept for an hour. This one is a slog. #ModernLibraryTop100

"The novel is a perfect medium for revealing to us the changing rainbow of our living relationships." DH Lawrence. #somethingforseptember #septphotochallenge #bookrainbow

Partly because I'm lazy, but mainly because I love this book, I'm putting up The Rainbow for my #rainbowbooks. As with many of DH Lawrence's books this one was banned in the UK when it was first published. It looks at sexual mores within a family and prominently features a lesbian character, so I always think of it as early LGBTQ literature as well. It's long, but it's a fascinating book. #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge #bookrainbow

"If I were the moon, I know where I would fall down. "
I just started The Rainbow as an audio book. It's impossible for me to choose just one favorite author, but D.H. Lawrence is definitely a favorite of mine. His words are so beautiful - like music.