Welcome to Litsy!

It‘s a sunny day here, and a great day to be completely spoiled by @BarbaraBB !! Wow!! Two great book AND a Persephone pouch! 😍😍 Awesome bath and beauty items! And a Gladstone‘s pencil plus page flags!! (One day I‘ll get to go myself. 🤞🏻🤞🏻) Thank you so much, B!! Merry Christmas!! 🎄❄️

This is one of the few #PersephoneBooks I have with the color cover instead of dove grey - on purpose.
I just love this cover.
And want to get to know these people.
So now it is time to finally read it for #PersephonePick with my #buddyread partners. We will post here as usual, but will be testing out the #StoryGraph buddyread feature.
We will report back on how it goes!
#persephone

My #PersephonePick amongst all the terrific titles discussed in the hashtagged posts.

Seeing as @elkeOriginal knows I‘ve had this one sitting on my shelf since Christmas 2020.. I better join in on that buddyread.

My Storygraph is jessreadthis. Please add me if the buddyread is happening there and when do we start! 💃🏻

Have been spending lots of time with Mary this weekend and loving every minute of it.

Loved, loved, loved this book! There was so much rich, exquisite detail of the everyday business of growing up- the scenes of Mary as a child in the country, her days at drama school, and, my favorite, the way she remembers her wedding day in very specific snapshots. As soon as I finished, I wanted to go back to the beginning again. I will definitely be re-reading this one. #Persephone #PersephonePick

Hoo boy, I was not expecting this very specific flashback to my own years in drama school! As an aspiring actress with a slight case of femoral anteversion (a fancy way of saying my legs turn inward, or that I'm "pigeon-toed"), I heard many variations on this comment. ? Mary, I feel you, girl! #CurrentlyReading #PersephonePick

Been on my TBR forever and finally digging into it! It's my #PersephonePick of the month and I can't wait. #PersephoneBooks

I‘m just starting this 1940 novel and it‘s LOVELY.

The title character looks back on her childhood in the interwar years as she awaits news of the fate of her young husband, whose ship has struck a mine at the onset of WW2.

#PersephoneBooks

It‘s been a crazy two days of work so I was delighted to find the #justabookswap in my mailbox. @LeahBergen outdid herself with this gorgeous Persephone title, hot chocolate, tea, and adorable bookmarks. And yes, I‘m more than happy to buddy read this with you, Leah! @TheBookKeepers

After a spate of serious and demanding reads i wasn't be surprised that i liked this story of a yng woman growing up between the wars. It was very of it's period as our heroine mary toys with potential suitors from a childhood cousin, a French rich boy, + her future husband - scenes in English countryside fox hunting , pri schools, drama school, paris fashion houses make it an engaging read. Some slightly dodgy racial references but overall 👍

#NoFemmeber #screwed
I was scratching my head until i hit upon this sentence, changing your library book for something very....., definitely would cause you to screw up your face as if a bad smell - it doesn't explain however what book she got (noontide youth sounds quite racy)
After the joys of Dorothy whipple i am now enjoying more pre war english drama courtesy of persephone and monica dickens.

Went into town for a work appointment today... Casually popped into Kinokuniya "just to have a look, NO BUYING"... See a #Persephone book in the wild, the first I've ever seen in a local bookshop... Get very excited, hold it close to me, receive strange looks... Tell myself to walk away... Small, evil voice says, "But you've always wanted a Persephone book?? TREAT YO SELF"
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#treatyoself #alwaystreatingyoselfmightbeaproblem #weak

@emilyhaldi recently posted a review for Someone at a Distance and @batsy 's comment inspired me to post my collection of Persephone Classics. Persephone Classics is a selection of 12 of Persephone's "classic", most popular books. They feature beautiful covers but I believe you can still get all 12 titles in the signature gray cover if you prefer that. And apparently Amazon Prime offers the Classics at a great price!

Calling lovers of #persephone books I need a recommendation for a book gift for my mother. She likes 'clean' books. No sex here please! I was thinking of Mariana but I've not read any Persephone books myself. Thanks ☺ to anyone who can help 😍
@BooksForYears @LeahBergen @EvieBee

#ReadJanuary Day 5 - Dresses on the Cover

I would love to wear the frock that the girl on the cover is wearing. I'd also love to be at her picnic, but outdoor dining in today's 31F temperatures is probably not advised.

#DressOnTheCover #PersephoneBooks

#SeasonsReadings2016 Day 29 - 2017 Most Anticipated Reads

Although only one of them is released in 2017, I'm eagerly anticipating reading all four of these in 2017!

#winterofwomen2017 #mostanticipatedreads

Someone or something is telling me to buy more books......
#persephonebooks #bookmail

Fun Photo Friday: what books do you constantly return to? I am a bit ashamed to say it, but I cannot reread books. I did it incessantly as a child. Now I simply can't and don't like to reread. So for comfort, I buy books instead. 😂 This is a glimpse of my Persephone collection.