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I hope everyone has had a good weekend so far. My blogging hasn’t been great this week but I have really tried to push my reading.
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I haven’t been able to put this down this week, it is so good.
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Happy Friday!
I hope everyone is well. I have had a lovely day which has involved some book shopping and an Eeyore purchase.
My chosen poem today is by the painter and poet W. J. Turner ( 1889-1946).
The Lion Strange spirit with inky hair, Tail tufted stiff in rage, I saw with sudden stare Leap on the printed page. The stillness of its roar For midnight deserts torn Clove silence to the core Like the blare of a great horn I saw the sudden sky; Cities in crumbling sand; The stars fall wheeling by; The lion roaring stand: The stars fall wheeling by, Their silent, silver strain, Cold on his glittering eye, Cold on his craven mane The full-orbed moon shone down, The silence was so lid, From jaws wide-open thrown His voice hung like a cloud. Earth shrank to blackest air; That spirit stiff in rage Into some midnight lair Leapt from the printed page. W. J. Turner
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I thought it was time for my monthly challenge update. Although I read seven
books in July, four of them were Kindle books so I need to work out approximate
heights for those. I will add any Kindle books on at the end of the year.
Terrible Picture Time!
The stack now measures 33 inches so not much of an increase from last month.
I now have 34 inches to go.
Look at that stack grow!
I have two big books currently on the go so hopefully these will make a big
difference in the height once I have finished them. I’m massively behind with
my Goodreads Challenge as well so I really need to up my reading to catch up on
my book challenges.
I hope your book challenges are going well this year.
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far.
My chosen quote this week is by one of my all time favourite authors, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy
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Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I have been going through my vast TBR again and have found another book that I would love to read but forgot about. I’m really intrigued by this book and would love to read it.
Four brides. One Dress.
A tale of faith, redemption, and timeless love.
Charlotte owns a chic Birmingham bridal boutique. Dressing brides for their big day is her gift . . . and her passion. But with her own wedding day approaching, why can’t she find the perfect dress…or feel certain she should marry Tim?
Then Charlotte discovers a vintage dress in a battered trunk at an estate sale. It looks brand-new-shimmering with pearls and satin, hand-stitched and timeless in its design. But where did it come from? Who wore it? Who welded the lock shut and tucked the dog tags in that little sachet? Who left it in the basement for a ten-year-old girl? And what about the mysterious man in the purple vest who insists the dress had been “redeemed.”
Charlotte’s search for the gown’s history-and its new bride-begins as a distraction from her sputtering love life. But it takes on a life of its own as she comes to know the women who have worn the dress. Emily from 1912. Mary Grace from 1939. Hillary from 1968. Each with her own story of promise, pain, and destiny. And each with something unique to share. For woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte’s heritage, the power of courage and faith, and the timeless beauty of finding true love.
Please drop me a link with your Goodreads Monday and I will head over for a visit.
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I hope everyone is well. Blogging and reading have gone reasonably well this week.
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Still plodding along with these two although I’m reading The Cicero Trilogy more at the moment.
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I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I will be honest all my reading challenges are getting behind at the moment except maybe my reading my height in books. I really hope I can start moving forward again and start to catch up.
Here are some of the books I hope to read in August.
Books I hope to finish in August
I have been reading these books for what seems like forever so I really hope I can get them finished in August.
Books I hope to read in August
In all honesty I suspect most of August will be taken up with Babel and The Cicero Trilogy but I really hope I get to read these books as well.
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Happy Friday!
I hope everyone has had a good week so far. It’s the weekend tomorrow woo!
The poem I have chosen today is about a shark and the reason I have chosen it is because I am obsessed with films about sharks. I love a good shark film and I am throughly excited about going to see Meg 2 next week at our local cinema.
The Maldive Shark About the Shark, phlegmatical one, Pale sot of the Maldive sea, The sleek little pilot-fish, azure and slim, How alert in attendance be. From his saw-pit of mouth, from his charnel of maw They have nothing of harm to dread, But liquidly glide on his ghastly flank Or before his Gorgonian head; Or lurk in the port of serrated teeth In white triple tiers of glittering gates, And there find a haven when peril's abroad, An asylum in jaws of the Fates! They are friends; and friendly they guide him to prey, Yet never partake of the treat - Eyes and brains to the dotard lethargic and dull, Pale ravener of horrible meat. Herman Melville
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I hope everyone had a good July. I did a lot better with my reading in July. I suspect my holiday helped with this but I’m hoping to have a better August as well because I don’t currently have any school teaching.
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Goodreads Challenge: 38/80
Still behind with my Goodreads Challenge but I live in hope that I will manage to catch up.
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My chosen quote today is by the poet Robert Frost who was one of the United States’ best loved poets and playwrights. He had four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and a Congressional Gold Medal.
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”
Robert Frost
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