Sunday, March 10, 2024

March's bookish art...

 
Hermann Jean Joseph Richir--Young Woman Reading


"You know you've read a good book when you turn to the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend."
--Paul Sweeney


30 comments:

  1. And even worse when it ends before you think it will because 20 pages are taken up with the first pages of the next book! Feeling cheated? Yes!

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    1. Oh, I hate when that happens! And lately it seems to happen a lot.

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    2. They want you to buy their next book. Understandable but, oh, so annoying.

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  2. I love the picture and completely understand the quote. There are definitely books that I've felt that way about. Those that make you want to turn to the beginning and start reading the same story again...

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    1. Yes! I love books like that. (I just hate when they end.) :D

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  3. Yes!! I felt that way when I finished A Groom of One's Own by Emma St Clair on Monday! I am STILL sad it's over, LOL!

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    1. I so need to read that book! I've asked my library to purchase a copy...so fingers crossed. :D

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  4. Yes! Love that quote. That's a testament to a great book. :)

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  5. That is the best feeling! I'm always kind of at a loss as to what to do next haha

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    1. So true! Some books are really hard to follow with anything else.

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  6. Yes, I love it when I feel that way about a story. Great quote and pretty art!

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  7. I love the quote - and Cath's response to it because of how often that happens to me and I'm not prepared to have the book end so unexpectedly on me. ha

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    1. It's really annoying when you think you have 25+ pages only to discover nope. books over. Fooled you.

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  8. Absolutely! I can definitely relate to this quote.

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  9. A big yes to that quote! Reading hangover is so real. That's why I join groups of readers who are fans of the same book. Lol!

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  10. The quote is fantastic. And the art goes so well with it. She looks like she is totally engrossed in her reading. And even if it looks more like she's reading a newspaper, I bet it's one of those stories that were published in series in the papers first, like most of Dickens. I would have hated to have to wait even another day to be able to carry on with a story I love.

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  11. What a lovely painting! I like the quote too. I do feel that way sometimes when I finish a book. Maybe that's why I enjoy series books so much.

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    1. I think that's why I like a good series so much, too. :D

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  12. That's actually one of my favorite bookish quotes and I agree with it wholeheartedly.

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  13. I think that's why I love series because you get to revisit your friends over and over! I love the painting. It would be perfect in a cozy reading room.

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  14. Lark, I am loving this image and the quote - talk about a perfect combination! Thank you! Definitely made me smile :)

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