The Heart's Invisible Furies | 
Just started this one and I‘m already hooked 📚
DavidDiamond I've read most of his books but this is one of my all-time favorites...hope you enjoy it! 7mo
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Just started this one and I‘m already hooked 📚
pickHow does John Boyne make you laugh, rage and feel like crying all on the same page? This character driven novel follows the life of Cyril Avery. Cyril is funny, smart, and lovable. He‘s flawed, but not as much as the world in which he lives. This book is heartbreaking yet hopeful, and showcases a point in history of both Ireland and the US that is not very favorable. Cyril will stay with me for a long time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ /5 ❤️📚
pick5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I have to sit with this novel weighing deeply in my heart…I don‘t think it will ever leave me! The Heart‘s Invisible Furies is nothing short of a spiritual experience, examining life/death/tragedy/queerness/love/friendship/parental relationships/childhood trauma/culture/society/found family/intolerance -- in all its complexity.
pickCatherine Goggin gets shunned from her small town of Goleen Ireland by her town‘s priest. She has gotten pregnant out of wedlock at the age 16, and soon gets labeled a whore. Shortly after Cyril is born. The star of our story. He gets adopted by a well-meaning couple that are a little strange and unconventional. This story is mostly hardships trough Cyril‘s life, but the sense of humor is unmatched. It‘s what made this story so lovable.
I finished Part II of THE HEART‘S INVISIBLE FURIES while I baked my mum a coffee cake and waited for it to cool enough to ice. Boyne backs off from the dark hilarity in this chunk and focuses on giving the reader (ie, me) MANY INTENSE EMOTIONS.
This is a hell of a book, y‘all. I‘m ready for Part III.
I made my first air fried stuffed pepper today. It was done so quickly I hardly had any time with THE HEART‘S INVISIBLE FURIES.
The book is GREAT. It‘s very dark and very funny; my favourite combo. I dunno whether I‘ll end up regular loving it or loving the hell out of it, but it‘ll be one of the two.
The freaky coincidence when you see a word or phrase you‘ve never seen before in your book right after seeing it on an Instagram post 15 minutes earlier!
I started my first John Boyne over breakfast, with Casey‘s bashful help, and I hope I can really sink into it over lunch! It‘s got a lot of promise so far.
It‘s also almost 600 pages, rather than 368 like Litsy says. If I‘d known that, I would‘ve suspended it until after I read FAYNE. As it is, I‘ve prioritized it because there‘re still 44 people waiting and no Express copies I can maybe nab if I don‘t get to it before the due date.
Rainy, windy and cold! Pretzel balls and a good book by my favorite author #JohnBoyne who could ask for more? #TheHeartsInvisibleFuries
pickI really enjoyed every page of this very long book. It was beautifully written. It spanned decades. How peoples views changed over the years! I some ways, I feel that we live in a better world today. Yet, do we? I felt close to many of the characters, and feel a bit sad to say goodbye now that the book has ended.
I have had this one on my shelf for so many years. Giving it a go for #setinthecityofdublin About 20% and it‘s interesting enough so far. Hope it lives up to the excellent reviews.
so-soPlease someone explain to me why they loved this book?
Everyone I know loved it and I tried so so so so hard to look past it‘s many flaws, and just appreciate the writing (which was beautiful). I read an interview explaining that the changes in the main character represented the changes in Irish society. Maybe there are more analogies that I didn‘t understand?
#litsylovereads
pick🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟How can I love a book more than this! It‘s been so long since I‘ve read an epic family saga and this just nails it! The ups and downs of life as a young gay man navigates his life through the oppressive years of Ireland that is ruled under the Catholic Church and bigotry up to current day. I can‘t believe I am no longer having this beauties in my life. ♥️
#manicmonday #LetterH @CBee
📚 (the) Heart's invisible furies - John Boyne
👤 H.P. Lovecraft
🎬 Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
👨🎤 Him
🎤 Helena - My Chemical Romance
📚 Tagged, Home (Marilynne Robinson), Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi), The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
🖋 Hosseini, Khalid, Herbert, Frank
🎞 Harry Potter and Hocus Pocus
🎤 George Harrison
🎶 Happy Birthday (Concrete Blonde) Hey Ya (Outkast) Hate Me (Blue October) Heart‘s Content (Brandi Carlile)
#manicmonday #LetterH @CBee
Ireland 🇮🇪 is on my bucket list!! I would bring the tagged book, some thrillers, and a travel guide!!
#Two4Tuesday
Want to play @thereadingpal @AprilMae @tracey38
#ArtfulAugust #FavBOTM Well , this listing gets the *
Just because I adore this book & it was a Book of The Month selection in 2017 before I was a member. I have many selections stacked up on the TBR , but I would say my fave during my membership is Kristin Hannah‘s The Four Winds a detailed historical fiction about a family facing the extreme effects of the Dust Bowl.
#AlphabetGame Letter H
This book made me laugh and cry and loving every page. It also reminds me of great Litsy times when everyone was reading this and raving about it!
#AlphabetGame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
The book that started my author obsession with John Boyne
Dear Jennifer, @jdiehr , this was such a sweet thoughtful gift! Thank you so much! I‘ve been wanting this book for a long time and I thought I‘d get it during Boyne‘s month for #authoramonth but I just couldn‘t squeeze it in so I kept passing on buying it even though it‘s been high on my tbr list. So I was so delighted when I opened your gift. It was a wonderful surprise! Thank you!!! #litsylove
#BookMoods
There are books that have been on my shelves longer, but the ones I feel most guilty about not reading yet are these two from #BOTM that have #BeenOnShelf4Ever
I genuinely want to read them, but I just can‘t seem to get them started. It‘s even worse because they seem to be so loved by most everyone too. 📚📚📚🤦🏻♀️📚📚
Pride Month: Day Seven! 🌈
Today I'm featuring a book that is ALSO featured in my adult book rec video for the week! This story is so heartfelt, emotional, and poignant. It's one that I have loved ever since I first read it! 💜
YA Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1D3hxE8_s4&t=1s
Adult Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilqlibK1RNk&t=48s
#pridemonth #queerbooks #lgbtq
so-soI am so far behind in posting reviews! Just reading like a fiend + life getting thrown in my face = not. enough. time. sigh.
I did finish this book in April the #AuthorAMonth author for April. I had been warned that it was a really good book and that I would need a box of kleenexes. I didn't. I found it more melodramatic than dramatic with sparse detail given it was supposed to be an historical novel. ⬇
@Soubhiville
panThis might be my most unpopular opinion yet, but I did not enjoy this at all. This was my second Boyne, and it‘s definitely my last. I didn‘t connect to the characters, I found it tedious and implausible. Boyne‘s style just does not resonate with me in the slightest. But! I‘m thankful for the #AuthorAMonth challenge as this has been sitting on my shelf for years, and I finally had an excuse to read it. @Soubhiville
1. ✔️
2. A little bit, insomuch as I won‘t typically read, say, Elin Hilderbrand novels in autumn or Christmas/winter centric stories in summer. That kinda thing.
3. 🌷🌱
@Chrissyreadit @sprainedbrain @j9brown @wanderinglynn
#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94
Right here. Every emotion. I feel like I need to read this again right away so I can properly sort what I just read. Like once was not enough to get it all inside my heart.
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
pickI‘ve had this book on my TBR for years and I‘m glad #AuthorAMonth2022 finally got me to read it. Every emotion was contained in this book and I easily give it five stars. #AwesomeApril book 2/6.
pickOne of the most intense and intriguing stories I have ever read. This is definitely an interesting narration spanning from when the baby was in the womb to his end. I especially love how his mom‘s life has changed during the whole book as well
pickIce storm day 100, but at least I had a good reread!
Once again, easily a 5⭐️ book. Boyne captures beautifully the arc of Cyril Avery‘s life. Born in 1945, he is adopted by eccentric, wealthy parents. Gay before it was talked about in Ireland, Cyril develops a crush on his best friend. Friends, family, and lovers come in and out of his life as the book checks in every 7 years until he is 70. He is a man who led a typical yet extraordinary life.
Ready for another month of #BookSpinBingo although I haven‘t read my #DoubleSpin pick for January yet 🙈
The snow has melted, hopefully my icy heart has melted, and hopefully this will warrant 5⭐️ again, as it did in 2017. 🤞🏻
“Long before we discovered that he had fathered two children by two different women ... Father James Monroe stood on the altar of the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, in the parish of Goleen, West Cork, and denounced my mother as a whore.”
#2 “I like to think I know what death is. I like to think that it is something I could look at straight.” From Sing, Unburied,Sing
@TheSpineView @Eggs @Elizabeth2 @EadieB @Crazeedi @DarkMina
pickHow brilliantly funny and sad was this. Absolutely loved it!
#Sundaysoapbox @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤
📚 The tagged one!
📚 A ladder to the sky - John Boyne
📚 Salem's Lot - Stephen King
📚 It - Stephen King
📚 Beautiful Malice - Rebecca James
📚 The 2nd coming - John Niven
📚 Dracula - Bram Stoker
so-soThis is a great story that starts and ends in a complete ⭕️. However, it is a long story that could be enjoyed by skipping parts… it‘s quite long. I can definitely imagine this as a movie akin to The Goldfinch. I love the exploration of the gay man growing up in the 50‘s through modern times being able to glimpse from a European and US first person POV the social changes in each decade including the aids crisis. It‘s a well told story for sure.
#12booksof2021 #March
Oh, this book ♥️♥️♥️ John Boyne is another favorite of mine now, thanks to Litsy 😊😊
@Andrew65
pickI had high expectations for this book. I've heard from many who say this is one of their most favorite books of all time. So I was disappointed at how the first half was. So sad. Such terrible things happened. But with such surprisingly funny lines sprinkled throughout. As the story continues to unfold, those funny moments increase. I really did enjoy the writing and how things ended up.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
pickIt is a pick, but just barely. I liked it, didn‘t love it and there is a lot to love about this book: the writing, the wit. However, the story progressed too slowly for me and the humour seemed a bit forced at times. I wish he had developed the character of Catherine Goggin more. I LOVED her and the first pages of the book. But fair enough - that‘s not the story Boyne wanted to tell.
pickThe story of Cyril avery from 1945 when his 16 yr old mother is hauled out of her pew by a priest + publicly humiliated as a whore in mass, through to hid final days had me at times laughing out loud to blubbing + wiping my eyes. A wonderful book that highlights the hypocrisy of religion, the definition of love,+ the fragility of humanity. I cld talk abt it for days 5*.
#Blackjack21 #booked2021 @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft
“Maybe there were no villains in my mother‘s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And failing.”
Running errands and stumbled across a library book sale set up outside right before a rainstorm. I rescued these beauties for $7!
pickThis was a book club read and I really enjoyed the read and the discussion . Very interesting . Very different to the other book of his I have read The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. #joysbooks2021
pickWell, the praise for this novel is certainly deserved. It follows Cyril Avery from birth to his final years and is a sprawling, funny, deeply moving novel about politics, family (both biological and found), friendship, loyalty, literature…I really, really enjoyed it.
