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I‘ve been listening to Brideshead Revisited this past week, but I‘ve felt like I‘m not listening closely enough when I read the posts and comments. Today, I found this podcast and listened to a few episodes. They look at it from more of a religious aspect, and they also discuss a variety of passages that help me consider it in more depth. I‘ll put a link to the first episode in the comments.

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I enjoyed listening to this audiobook although it often made my heart hurt. Baldwin absolutely has a way with words. Seeing as this was his first novel, I think it would be interesting to see how his writing goes on from this very church oriented story. I did feel that the end was a bit abrupt.

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📷: I listened to quite a bit of this while walking with Luthien and working in the yard this weekend.

I read a few books, Two #1001Books. Fresh Dirt from the Grave was mostly set in #Bolivia for #FoodandLit. It and Voyager are #WomeninTranslation. Patsy worked for #LGBTQIA2025 bingo and Three books were for #192025. Martyr! was just because I had been recommend it so many times.

This book is honestly beautiful and so well-crafted. It‘s a war novel. It‘s a romance. It‘s a mystery. You have damaged souls all circling each other, scared to get too close lest they detonate like the German mines that surround them. A lovely adventure to be on, this novel. I can‘t wait to watch the movie. 246/1,001 #1001Books

I managed to read 13 of my #14Books14weeks stack. Considering I peppered in some #1001books I had been putting off, I am pleased with the result. I still want to read Fado Alexandrino; it will be on September's list (again).

Five books were exceptionally trippy which made for an odd summer - A Void, The Unconsoled, Lananrk, The Castle, I Who Have Never Known Men.

I was lovely to read some of the contemporary books from my shelves,.

Well, that was a wild ride. My eyes glazed over at some of the philosophizing bits, but the drama builds until I absolutely couldn‘t put it down towards the end. My first Murdock, but it won‘t be the last.
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This book provided a different perspective on Victorian London told from the perspectives of two very different young women whose lives become intricately entwined. There are three parts, and although I liked listening to Sue‘s story more, Maud‘s also completely held my attention. The twists and turns of their stories frequently surprised me and always kept me invested in listening.

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#TBRTakedown August 2025

This is a light pick. I found the narrator‘s story interesting because I could sympathize with the difficulties she faced as a woman, but she was also unbelievably lucky while seeming to have no qualms about moving on from one family to another. She‘s without morals through most of it, and I‘m not convinced she‘s truly penitent at the end. I did like how her story came full circle from Newgate to Virginia and both again.

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I agree with several reviews I read for this one. It started out fairly interesting; I enjoyed the flow of the writing and description of the country as they traveled. However, it got old as each section seemed to repeat the same aimless travel to a different place with never enough money, but through some work and theft, they managed enough for drugs and to find another woman to love and leave.

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I listened to this on my drive to see family yesterday, and it was a strange read. I didn‘t particularly enjoy it, yet I felt compelled to keep listening. After the sudden death of her mother, the narrator spends some time trying to understand more about her mother‘s life and her connection to her. It was often a confusing and disturbing read.

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