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I just kinda like books.
I'm Vee and I just wanted a place to share some classic books, modern books, poetry, quotations and other literary things! Feel free to message me! (Replies will be from @city0fflowers)
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I like to collect classics, and I realise now not all classics are written equal.
What are your most disliked books that are considered classics?
(mine is personally a diary of a country priest, I put myself to sleep reading that book).
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Interesting things I read this week.
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“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
― Victor Hugo.
#booklr#books#bookblr#fiction#book#quotes#book quotes#quotations#quote#book quote#reading#read#long reads#victor hugo#learn#light#fire#spark#books and reading#bookworm#book lover#new books
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Listening to this today.
#isabella hammad#enter ghost#books#penguin#fiction#literary fiction#booklr#bookblr#audiobook#audiobooks#audible
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Review: Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack.
Eleanor Dash, author of the Vacation Mysteries series, is on a book tour on the gorgeous Amalfi Coast when she finds life imitating art as her ex-boyfriend is targeted by a killer. Eleanor’s sleuthing skills are about to be put to the ultimate test as, among the literary rivals, rabid fans, a crazed stalker and former flame Oliver, suspicions on tour are flying faster than paperbacks off a bestseller shelf. But who is really trying to get away with murder?
Reading the premise, I knew this was a book I'd dive headlong into and I certainly did!
I will say this, I am a sucker for footnotes. If you have footnotes and use them well (like this does) I am going to be there reading that thing til the very last page, no exception. The narrative voice in this book is so good and made me want to keep reading - I also really appreciate the characters and there were moments I was like, yeah I get it. I often find characters tend to be unrelateable, here not the case.
This book also has such a great pace, we do not hang around to find out what's going on and we are taken straight into the story that makes this book when you begin difficult to put down. I finished this book not long ago and with that ending, how am I meant to sit here and wait for the next one? I can't wait for more from this series for sure.
Funny, gripping and relateable for a murder mystery (they don't happen in real life to me, at least) I would definitely recommend this for every vacation you're planning to take this year, it's the perfect beach read.
(thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the ARC for review!)
#booklr#books#bookblr#fiction#book#mystery#cosy mystery#every time i go on vacation someone dies#catherine mack
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Literary highlights on the bookshelves of the charity shop I work in.
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Library choices.
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Interesting things I read this week.
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“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
#booklr#books#bookblr#fiction#book#quotes#book quotes#quotations#quote#book quote#reading#currently reading#libraries#books & libraries#library#support libraries#support your local library#neil gaiman#the ocean at the end of the lane
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How is your day going?
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Review: The Orange And Pink Sunset by Ivy L James.
The Orange and Pink Sunset, Ivy L. James weaves a tapestry of her life as a queer woman, from childhood crushes to the labels she’s tried on to religious discrimination. Her raw words express agony and joy in equal measure. She provides a refreshing perspective with an understandable voice, and her narrative style feels like sharing a pot of tea with a close friend. This impactful poetry chapbook is a vulnerable discussion of what it’s like to find herself as a lesbian, and in the end, James chooses love over hate, even in moments of pain.
I was lucky enough for the author to send me a message on Tumblr about this chapbook, and I am so grateful to them for doing so.
A beautiful collection packed with love, joy and learning to be the person you are, The Orange and Pink Sunset is a fantastic chapbook that delves into how it feels when you lose a family over who you love, but gain one because of whom you love too.
Poems such as 'I'm Not Letting Go' are powerful and filled with love that is zealous and all consuming, which makes for such a powerful read this followed by 'Let Me Be Yours' makes for a poetic pairing that flow and work together that makes for such beautiful reading.
'To Women' speaks to the confusion I myself often felt growing up trying to figure out who I was and though I ended up somewhere else, I still love reflecting on how all the signs were there and this is certainly a poem that is about reflecting, growing and learning who you are that makes for relatable and tender read.
A fantastic collection of beautiful poetry, my favourite is The Word Thief, but a short and sweet collection nonetheless.
#booklr#books#bookblr#book#poetry#lgbt#sapphic#lesbian#pink and orange sunset#ivy l james#chapbook#poems#poetess#reading#non fiction
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My current ARC's.
#booklr#books#bookblr#book#fiction#book covers#reading#arc#arc's#readers#fantasy#horror#self help#novel#novels
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The book, the sky today.
#booklr#books#bookblr#fiction#book#i love all the discworld books so just picked a random one#discworld#men at arms
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Interesting things I read this week.
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This week's classic.
#booklr#books#bookblr#book#the republic#plato#classics#my collection of classics is just so random and I wanna read them all so here we are
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“Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat…giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy; Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien.
#booklr#books#bookblr#fiction#book#quotes#book quotes#quotations#quote#book quote#j rr tolkien#j r r tolkien#reading#jrr tolkien#tolkien#tolkein#lord of the rings#middle earth
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