Every once in a while I going the #OverBooked readers on Litsy and read along with their choice for the month. I put it on hold at the library and it came in early!
565 pages
24 hours start to finish🏆
Binge Reading🤍
Some people binge Netflix.
I binge books.
I’m often asked how do you read so much, how do you read so many books at one time. Well, how do you watch so many different TV shows and movies ?
A lot of my reading is scheduled: a chapter or two a week, a poem a day, an Act of Shakespeare per week- for Bookclub, discussions, ReadALongs and groups I’m in. I prioritise reading, there’s always a book on me. If I sit down to wait for anything, I read. I read with morning coffee, evening wine… voracious is how Mr BookHippie describes my reading.
I get into a book like this, so intriguing and well written and it has no schedule -other than it needs to be finished by end of July for discussion- I was so enthralled I read it until my eyes wouldn’t stay open and then woke up to finish it on a rainy Saturday morning! Ack it was so good.
Book description:
An epic saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.
Most castles are protected by men. This one by women.
A founding mother…
1774. Gently-bred noblewoman Adrienne Lafayette becomes her husband, the Marquis de Lafayette’s political partner in the fight for American independence. But when their idealism sparks revolution in France and the guillotine threatens everything she holds dear, Adrienne must renounce the complicated man she loves, or risk her life for a legacy that will inspire generations to come.
A daring visionary…
1914. Glittering New York socialite Beatrice Chanler is a force of nature, daunted by nothing—not her humble beginnings, her crumbling marriage, or the outbreak of war. But after witnessing the devastation in France firsthand, Beatrice takes on the challenge of a lifetime: convincing America to fight for what’s right.
A reluctant resistor…
1940. French school-teacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an orphan’s self-reliance and wants nothing to do with war. But as the realities of Nazi occupation transform her life in the isolated castle where she came of age, she makes a discovery that calls into question who she is, and more importantly, who she is willing to become.
It is just so good! TOP TEN FOR 2021 for me!
