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pickDefinitely a soft pick for me. I enjoyed spending time with Stephen before and during the war. His time in the trenches kept me engrossed. Reading about the tunnels in the first war was also fascinating to me. There‘s more I could say, but I‘ll leave it with this: I‘m glad I read it. I found it to be moving in certain parts. It‘s also one more book I can cross off the 1,001 list. And lastly, there are parts of this book that will stay with me.
First line: “The boulevard du Cange was a broad, quiet street that marked the eastern flank of the city of Amiens.”
Attratta dalla copertina e dal titolo sono andata a leggere la trama. Ora sono a metà.
E' diverso da come mi aspettavo e credo che mi stupirà ancora. Una storia d'amore, una storia di guerra e, fin dove sono arrivata, una storia alla ricerca delle proprie origini. Cercavo una lettura meno impegnativa, ho trovato un libro a tratti crudo ma appassionante ed emozionante che però non riesco a leggere tutto d'un fiato.
Le pagine devo sedimentare.
#AlphabetGame Letter B
Your favorite book beginning with B
At one time in my life I was obsessed with reading about WWI and it‘s aftermath. Of the soldiers who survived the terror of the trenches many did so heavenly traumatized. Pat Barker wrote the outstanding Regeneration Trilogy about it and at least as good and heartbreaking is this one.
As much as war isn't my favourite genre, this prose is why I love Sebastian Faulks.
To finish off 2020, what better book to finally read than Birdsong. This is a book that has sat on my parents shelf for decades and despite having read many of Faulks' other works, I've always held off from getting to this one. I think now is the time to get stuck in to finish off my year of reading.
Day 25 - #Love #BeautifulWords
#BirdsongANovelOfLoveAndWar #SebastianFaulks
Love is more of a feeling that a person feels for another person. People often confuse love and lust. Love means to be deeply committed and connected to someone or something. The basic meaning of love is to feel more than liking towards someone.
I read this awhile ago but loved it very much!
#Kindledailydeal UK
This is my ultimate favourite book (as you can probably tell from my handle) so grab it while you can.
Also I don't know why it is stated that it is a number one best seller in love poetry as it is a NOVEL it does have romantic elements but definitely isn't poetry.
"The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings that normally we keep locked up in the heart"
So beautifully said, and I couldn't agree more ?
#bookblurb
I regarded my #mysterybook from Moley & Mustard with much trepidation after seeing the wrapping, as I‘m not a big reader of romance, but it contained the tagged book, Birdsong, so I‘m quite happy as it‘s a book I‘ve been meaning to read. (Got cool stickers and a bookmark too).
Birdsong has been described as “a mesmerising story of love and war spanning three generations between WW1 and present day” and “an exceptionally moving and unforgettable portrait of the ruthlessness of war and the indestructability of love”.
#AboutASoldier #MagnificentMarch
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pickA stunning depiction of the horrors of war, I thought this was beautifully written. Can one really come back from something like that and live a normal life? It's so hard to imagine. I wasn't too keen on the romance but the rest will stay with me long after the last page.
#Booked2019 #soldiersstory
#LitsyAtoZ Letter F
Love this quote from the end of the Birdsong play and thought it quite fitting for Remembrance Day.
#Lestweforget
I am using the stage version of the tagged book for this prompt for my #52booksin52weeks challenge which was adapted by Rachel Wagstaff.
I have seen this play twice as you can see by the same but different programmes in the photo with the book in the foreground.
@Schnoebs
pickSet around the trenches and warfare during World War One. Devastatingly poignant intense utterly fantastic. Full review here: https://thecuriousmagpie2018.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/audiobook-review-birdsong-...
Bit obvious this one, but about all I could come up with...! 🤣
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#blackbird
pickGreat book! Difficult to read at times for me when it focused on the men in the trenches of war. Great generational saga.
I am using the tagged book for this prompt for my #52booksin52weeks challenge
@Schnoebs
pickVery good. Love the powerful imagery used in all parts of this book especially the War parts as you feel immersed in the action. Also love the beautiful love story which lasts down the generations. Highly recommended as it stays with you for a long time.
#Vintage
@TrishB #buddyread
pick@Birdsong28 finished last night but wanted to absorb my thoughts! What a wonderful book about a generally horrific subject. I think the author‘s introduction to this version is so spot on - did actions in this war change the benchmark for what was acceptable in depravity and humanity?
The little stories embedded in the main one were just as powerful as the main story.
@Birdsong28 100 pages in 😁 loving it so far. I‘m hoping for a couple of hours tonight to get really stuck into it.
Quick lunchtime read (at 2.45pm, meetings til now!).
Doing a #buddyread with @Birdsong28 😁 - you can probably tell she likes this book!
Gifted to me by the lovely @Cathythoughts
Won‘t get much more reading done today as off to see Liverpool match.
When do you want to start our #buddyread @TrishB ? 😘 I am free to start at any point just let me know and if you want to make it later in the year that is fine with me. Also if anyone else wants to join when we get going please feel free just let me know in the comments so I know who to tag when we talk about it. 😁📚📖
pickSo evocative of a time & the feelings - love & pain - in a beautifully written tale. However, a bit like Captain Corelli's Mandolin, it's a book of two pieces and could have been better tied together.
#MarchIntothe70s #AllTheYoungDudes I loved this book & Im thinking of all those young dudes who went off to war - who go off to war ... any war , every war .... 💔
1. Birdsong is one of the worst books I've ever read. I've tried the times and have never managed to finish. Faulks days nothing about WWI that isn't done better 1000x better in other books.
2. Salty!
3. Neil and Jean
4. The Princess Bride
5. Lucerne
@howjessreads #friyayintro
pickHaunting. WW1 is dark subject matter and some parts of this were very difficult to read. Reading this satisfied my desire to learn more about this time period. Beautiful writing! This will stay with me for a long time! 😊
@Birdsong28 I can see why you love this book! 💕
I have been re-watching Downton Abbey and feel the need for some more WW1 era drama. I think this will fit my mood nicely. 🤓
When my son is playing his music at full blast and I‘ve got writing and reading to do! Slap this ambient sound on loop and imagine I‘m out in the countryside and not hemmed in by rap music!!
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This prompt made me think of the soldiers in WWI spending those harsh winters in the trenches.
I read Wilfred Owen‘s WWI poetry this year for a challenge (book you were assigned in school and hated!) and was so incredibly moved by it.
I added this Faulks novel to my #TBR soon after...
About a young man tasked with tunneling during the war, I‘ve heard great things about it...
May use this for #booked19 #soldiersstory
1. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
2. I Heart Paris by Lindsey Kelk
3. Women and Children First by Gill Paul
4. Witch Child by Celia Rees
5. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
#SundayFunday @sebrittain
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