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I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I am still really behind with my book reviews so I am hoping that in the next few weeks I can catch up.
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I am still plodding along with this but I must admit I am not getting into it very well but I am determined to finish it.
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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.
Happy Monday!
I was back at school today which was a bit of a shock to the system but it was nice to see returning students and meet new ones.
My chosen book to feature today is another recent addition to the Goodreads TBR. I’m really excited to read this book because as a musician I’m intrigued read about Austen’s love of music and hopefully find out which composers were her favourite.
She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music by Gillian Dooley
Like her much-loved heroine Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen ‘played and sang’. Music occupied a central role in her life, and she made brilliant use of it in her books to illuminate characters’ personalities and highlight the contrasts between them.
Until recently, our knowledge of Austen’s musical inclinations was limited to the recollections of relatives who were still in their youth when she passed away. But with the digitisation of music books from her immediate family circle, a treasure trove of evidence has emerged. Delving into these books, alongside letters and other familial records, She played and sang unveils a previously unknown facet of Austen’s world.
This insightful work not only uncovers the music closely associated with Austen, but also unravels her musical connections with family and friends, revealing the intricate ties between her fiction and the melodies she performed. With these revelations, Austen’s musical legacy comes to life, granting us a deeper understanding of her artistic prowess and the influences that shaped her literary masterpieces.
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I hope everyone has had a good weekend. I’ve now got back into my blogging routine which is good and I’m doing well with my reading.
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I’m really enjoying this so far but I find there is a lot of French to understand which disrupts the story for me at times.
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Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.
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I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I’ve managed some reading today which has been lovely. I had two books arrive this week that I had preordered ages ago.
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Happy Friday!
My chosen poem this week is by Henry David Thoreau born 12th July 1817 and died 6th May 1862. Thoreau was an American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Men Say They Know Many Things
Men say they know many things;
But lo! They have taken wings,-
The arts and the sciences,
And a thousand appliances;
The wind that blows
Is all that anybody knows.
Henry David Thoreau
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I will be honest my August TBR didn’t go very well and I only read one of the books I planned to read.
I will try better with my September TBR I promise!
I really hope I get to read some of these but I have just started Villette by Charlotte Bronte and i know that will take me quiet a while now I am back at work.
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August didn’t go as well July reading wise but I still managed to read 3 books. I bought a lot of books in August so I must get reading them all!
Statistics
Books
Pages: 480
Format Read: Hardback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
Review to follow
New book
Pages: 226
Format Read: Kindle
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
Review to follow
New Book
Pages: 557
Format Read: Paperback
Dragon Rating: 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲
Review to follow
Old Book
Goodreads Challenge: 41/50
Old Books: 1
New Books: 1
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I hope everyone has had a good weekend so far. I have had a lovely weekend of reading chores, knitting and reading.
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I just started reading this today and so far so good.
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Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.
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This week has involved a lot of book shopping and a preordered book arriving. I can’t wait to get stuck into reading them all. I went to my favourite bookshops in Bath this week and had one delivery from Waterstones.
Persephone Books
I’m not going to do pictures of these books because they all have the same cover and are never very clear in the pictures. My dream is to own the complete set of Persephone Books and one day read them all.
Mr B’s Emporium
I’ve seen some interesting reviews of the Great Eastern Hotel by Ruchir Joshi so I thought I would purchase it and give it a read. The book is huge so it will take me a while.
Unfortunately She Was A Nymphomaniac by Joan Smith looks like a very different history of Rome’s Imperial women.
Toppings and Company Booksellers of Bath
I always try and add another Alison Weir book to my collection and I am thoroughly looking forward to reading Elizabeth The Queen because Elizabeth is my favourite monarch.
Phoenicia Rogerson is a new author for me but I am looking forward to reading her version of Aphrodite.
She Played and Sang by Gillian Dooley looks like a fascinating read about Jane Austen. As a musician myself I am looking forward to reading about Austen’s love of music.
Waterstones
This was my preordered book. R. F. Kuang is a bit of an auto buy author for me so I am very excited to read her new book.
I can’t wait to get reading!
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My chosen quote this week is by American writer and designer Edith Wharton born Edith Newbold Jones (1862-1937).
“If only we’d stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
Edith Wharton
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