Book lover, film lover, art lover, wine lover. I write about books at JacquiWine's Journal. https://linktr.ee/jacquiwinehttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mlxi4xmge22nFrom the archive for H. E. Bates, #BornOnThisDay in 1905, my thoughts on FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE, a brilliant novel about love, loss, trust & uncertainty, set in midst of #WW2. I adore this beautiful book, a poignant, gripping gem! #BookSky #BOTD 💙📚 https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/fair-stood-the-wind-for-france-by-h-e-bates/16 May 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxi4xmge22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mlxgfujd7s2kFATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Jim Jarmusch, 2025). I loved this. A beautifully observed wryly comic triptych of family reunions, each involving a pair of siblings. Questions of how well we can ever know our parents ripple through this film, the success of which rests on >> (1/2) #FilmSky16 May 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxgfujd7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mlvrbov3zs2d'And this is how it goes, this oscillating life. There is seldom a week when I do not experience some lurch, some punch of rejection, followed, a few days later, by a surge of elation. I am never free of him – he has taken over my mind.' #BookSky 💙📚 https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/a-beautiful-loan-by-mary-costello/15 May 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvrbov3zs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mlvoi3v6ek24OSAKA ELEGY (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936). A dark Mizoguchi melodrama in which a young woman becomes her employer’s mistress to pay back her father’s embezzlement debts. This is a society in which women are exploited for their sexual currency then abandoned, even by those closest to them. (1/2) #FilmSky15 May 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvoi3v6ek24https://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mlv26pdsy22qA few days late with this... From the archive for Rachel Ingalls, born on 13th May 1940, thoughts on the utterly captivating novella MRS CALIBAN. A subversive feminist fable that blends the everyday and the extraordinary to thrilling effect! #BookSky 💙📚 https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/mrs-caliban-by-rachel-ingalls/15 May 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv26pdsy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mlsb257ye22u…I am trying to understand what went on in my mind over two decades – the miasma of thought, of appetites and instincts, the little tremors of fear or shame; all those inner movements and emanations, those dimly perceived undercurrents that have agency... 💙📚 https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/a-beautiful-loan-by-mary-costello/14 May 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsb257ye22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mltet7m76k2cDouglas Sirk’s brilliant mid-century melodrama IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) is currently available to stream on Channel 4’s catch-up service! (On the platform for the next 4 weeks.) #FilmSky https://www.channel4.com/programmes/imitation-of-life [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltet7m76k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mls5yjjfkc2uNew on the blog today, I've written about A BEAUTIFUL LOAN by Mary Costello. A closely observed, character-driven novel about a woman coming to terms with who she is, the choices she has made and what she needs from life to give it meaning. #BookSky 💙📚 https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/a-beautiful-loan-by-mary-costello/14 May 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls5yjjfkc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jacquiwine.bsky.social/post/3mlsoh7e2qk2zOne for #BookSky people in Belfast! @cathybrown746.bsky.social @staggerlee42.bsky.social @cjdonnelly72.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:fprst3lassczjfbypyjgaubc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsoh7e2qk2z