Mayflies was indeed a touching trip down memory lane for me with the second half relating to ageing and dealing with life’s challenges and visions on one’s life and moral insights! Thank you for recommending this book ❤
Hi FEMKE, thanks for the top 10 list. I've been a long time lover of Jude the Obscure, I agree it's a little over the top, the whole Father Time thing is kinda weird, but the underlying idea of “we are too many” is profound…I’ve been an antinatalist my whole life. Have you ever tackled any Flannery O'Conner? The Lame Shall Enter First is a great, super creepy adjunct to Jude. I definitely will be reading The Woodlanders. BTW getting out of an unhappy marriage is still not easy, your best is to just not marry the wrong person, twice, ask me why I know! 😭 I was a DJ🕺🎶 in 1986, can't wait to read Mayflies. Many Thanks.
❤📚📚❤️ I read The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy this year and loved it! Jezebel's Daughter and Foster are on my list.😊 Persuasion is the only one I haven't read and I'll be reading it for Jane Austen January.
Mayflies was indeed a touching trip down memory lane for me with the second half relating to ageing and dealing with life’s challenges and visions on one’s life and moral insights! Thank you for recommending this book ❤
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Hi FEMKE, thanks for the top 10 list. I've been a long time lover of Jude the Obscure, I agree it's a little over the top, the whole Father Time thing is kinda weird, but the underlying idea of “we are too many” is profound…I’ve been an antinatalist my whole life. Have you ever tackled any Flannery O'Conner? The Lame Shall Enter First is a great, super creepy adjunct to Jude. I definitely will be reading The Woodlanders. BTW getting out of an unhappy marriage is still not easy, your best is to just not marry the wrong person, twice, ask me why I know! 😭
I was a DJ🕺🎶 in 1986, can't wait to read Mayflies. Many Thanks.
Enjoy Mayflies! ✨ I’ll add ‘The Lame Shall Enter First’ to my TBR list for 2025. Thanks for the recommendation!
Foster's definitely my favourite by Claire Keegan!
It's just so good!!
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I read The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy this year and loved it!
Jezebel's Daughter and Foster are on my list.😊
Persuasion is the only one I haven't read and I'll be reading it for Jane Austen January.
I’m glad you loved The Woodlanders as well! And I hope you’ll love Persuasion as much as I do when you read it ⭐️
@femsfables Thank you. 🤗
"Foster" is a master piece
It truly is!
There is a film of Foster called The Quiet Girl.
I didn’t know that! I’ll have to look it up and watch it sometime :) thanks for letting me know!