Little, Big | 
pickYet again, I've finished reading this book. Yet again, I'm utterly enchanted by it. Yet again, I'm not really certain what it's about. But it's beautiful. And I'll continue to ponder the story for a long time to come....
#20in4 @Andrew65 Finished my fourth partially-read book this weekend. Decided to read the last chapter rather than listen to the audiobook (hence it taking much less than two hours to get through).
pickBizarre, whimsical, often very beautiful Tale which reminded me somewhat of Gaiman. I'm not entirely sure that I totally followed the plot or indeed that I was meant to. It was a bit of a slog at times but overall I enjoyed it.
I have wanted to read this book ever since I read Ka by John Crowley. Thank you so much, @Bookgoil for sending me this #JolabokaflodSwap gift. I‘m already “sampling” the truffles. My fave! Yum!!!
so-soThis was my #bookspin for September. I started it and I loved the start of the book, but a bit later in it was a bit slowgoing, a bit boring, a bit difficult and I knew someone who I wanted to send this book to. So I've decided to give this book to someone in New Zealand and maybe I will someday find this book again. I hope I'm not missing out on a great story though.
TBR since July 5th. 2015; 538 pages.
@TheAromaofBooks
so-soAnother success on my #tbrbingo!
Unfortunately I didn‘t like the book that much and would‘ve probably DNF‘d it if I hadn‘t purchased it. As is it‘s not going to stay in my collection. I‘m learning that I should really only purchase books I already know I love.
Anyway, this one starts off like it‘s going to be a slow burn family saga with fairies and tarot cards but then basically nothing happens till the end.
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Little, Big by Crowley
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Lullaby by Billy Joel
#ManicMonday #LetterL @JoScho
#screamathonphotochallenge
#tarotreading
In Little, Big the character Violet Bramble has a special deck of tarot cards that tell the members of the Drinkwater family “the story” as it unfolds.
edited to add:this tarot deck is The Herbal Tarot by Michael Tierra and Candis Cantin.
Happy Rugby World Cup day! I'm so excited for this to start - think I'm going to be a bit distracted from books for the next month! 🙊 🇮🇪
(I did manage to start Little Big today though)
#7days7covers #covercrush Day5
@eri.reads, mind showing your favorite covers once a day for 7 days without explanation and tagging different Littens each time? 🌸
Stop 8 on today‘s home-library tour!
Do you own or have you read any of these books?!
#MrBooksBooks
Little, Big is the multi-generational story of a family caught up in a mysterious magical world that they scarcely understand. The ending is worth the wild ride.
So, uh, for the third month in a row I made zero progress on my #tbrbingo.
Next month is December, though, meaning Christmas holiday reading binge. I can do this! #12hppofxmas
❤️ The further in you go, the bigger it gets.
#manicmonday
My #colorcollage choice was deeply inspired by my morning coffee (as are many things in my life ☕️).
The tagged book is a #chunkster that‘s been sitting on my TBR shelf forever!
The shoes are stupidly expensive so they‘ll remain a wishlist item for longer than that book will be sitting on my TBR, I imagine. 😉 They‘re from the Etsy shop Faerysteps.
The toy is Moxie‘s, made by fishcakes.net
Thanks for a fun prompt, @JoScho!
“She had always lived her best life in dreams. She knew no greater pleasure than that moment of passage into the other place, when her limbs grew warm and heavy and the sparkling darkness behind her lids became ordered and doors opened; when conscious thought grew owl's wings and talons and became other than conscious.”
#sleep #QuotsyJan18
You should read this book. All the sentences are that good.
#Recommendsday
pickBeautiful and of course magical, this classic lived up to the hype I had heard about it and oh so much more. 💜
#tuneintonovember #odetosleep
There is a little girl called Lilac in this novel who is stolen by the fairies and sleeps for 25 years. Now that‘s some sleep!
This is a huge labyrinthine novel, beautifully written but at times I was quite lost. Probably the fairies at work again! And the amazing parts made up for that anyway 😊If you loved the fairy parts of Jonathan Strange this could be just what you need.
Day19 #riotgrams #opposites. The vastest point, the center, the infinity - Faery, where the gigantic heroes ride across endless landscapes and sail sea upon sea and there is no end to possibility - that circle is so tiny it has no doors at all. - Little,Big. This is one of my favorite, non-series, fantasy novels. I love it so much I took my user name, VioletBramble, from one of its characters.
#aQuoteaDay This is one of my favorites that I've committed to memory and I write on notepads during meetings to look like I'm paying attention.
So much information packed into this one perfect sentence.
"She had always lived her best life in dreams. She knew no greater pleasure than that moment of passage into the other place, when her limbs grew warm and heavy and the sparkling darkness behind her lids became ordered and doors opened; when conscious thought grew owl's wings and talons and became other than conscious."
G'night folks. #aQuoteaDay
Thanks to @BookishMarginalia for telling me about the Vanilla Pen app for making these cool images! I figured I'd try it out with my favorite quote from one of my favorite books.
have been lugging this around with me for ages, i am determined to read it now. his prose is so beautiful and yet it won't stick in my head yet... but i will push on through.
Around a year later and I'm starting to read "Little, Big" by John Crowley. Bought it as an ebook after being nearly impossible to find! Last year I read "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" - which I LOVE - and I saw some comparisons made to "Little, Big".
Home from vacation, and rounding out the weekend with some excellent books
