@bookishbitch Pt 2 - What Oscar Wilde said.
( Pt 1 see previous post re: Fox Hunting 🦊 🐴 🐶 😢)
Last bit: It was banned in Scotland in 2002 and the rest of United Kingdom in 2005
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@bookishbitch Pt 2 - What Oscar Wilde said.
( Pt 1 see previous post re: Fox Hunting 🦊 🐴 🐶 😢)
Last bit: It was banned in Scotland in 2002 and the rest of United Kingdom in 2005
#AuthorAMonth
Pg 205 (Part 1)
Fox Hunting 🦊 Yuck! 😡
It was banned in Scotland in 2002 and the rest of United Kingdom in 2005
Incredible it took that long to band it sounds so cruel. #AuthorAMonth
pick25 Nov-26 Dec 24
The Blue Sisters grew up with an alcoholic father and a mother who had prioritised him over her four daughters. Now, 12 months after an opiate overdose by Nikki, the most conventional of the four sisters, the remaining three are each unravelling. Mellors tells the story of the sisters‘ grief and of the friendship and friction between them incredibly well. I love Mellors‘ stories and their (primarily) NYC backdrop.
I‘m reading the version of the book with annotations and this morning came across an annotation about this once famous and now forgotten author. It made me think of all the lost books in the past, and which books will be lost and that so few will be saved in the future! I hope I have read some of the memorable ones!
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Oh, and I forgot to post my out of control pre-new year book outlet binge #bookhaul.
The sale was too much for me to resist. I need serious help.
This is how I feel when I do someone else‘s dishes- not the bossy part, but it seems easier than doing my own!!
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I find it interesting to learn about authors who take over other another author‘s series once the original author has died.
This annotation came up on page 56 in reference to ‘Lord Attenbury‘s emeralds‘ which was in reference to Lord Peter Wimsey‘s first case.
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This cover freaks me out every time I open my kindle, ( the shape of the face!), but I‘m enjoying the maps and hyperlinks with annotations. #AuthorAMonth
pickA perfect read to start the New Year; I love Patrick Gale. Here the writing is incredibly gentle and I loved how the chapters dipped in and out of the characters lives at different ages whilst keeping the overarching narrative, it worked perfectly. I was gripped and had the time to read in huge chunks, completely absorbed. It‘s about faith, morality, family and love. It‘s quiet, sad, moving and also uplifting. I absolutely loved it.
