pickI actually enjoy reading the correspondence of various writers — and Bruce Chatwin‘s is no different. In fact I enjoyed it as much as reading his collected articles, “What Am I Doing Here”
If you‘re not generally inclined towards letter reading then this won‘t be for you. But I find reading about the various trips they took, what they thought about people and events, all of that can be very entertaining.
My May #bookspinbingo card!
2 Bingos
6 books read
2 #serieslove2024
2 #unreadbookshelf
Read over 300 pages of my #chunksterchallenge2024
Looking forward to June! Thank you so much for hosting, Sarah!
@TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @Amiable
Not book related, but my oldest F is not in Kinder anymore. 😭🥹💛
pickAbsurd and disturbing and fascinating all together.
I mean, anything so centred on words, language is a good bet for me to love, and this is indeed as of now, a 2024 favourite.
To start with such a fanciful promise and then follow it to what history grimly indicates is the next step and then... 1/?
so-soMay #bookspin
Yay! I finally finished a book spin pick. Too bad it was just meh but glad to have this book off my shelves. A British woman struggling with anxiety writes a fan letter to a popular American author and the two strike up a friendship and bond through their mutual love of cooking.
Broke out my #Vonnegut pint glass. Best gift ever from @HeatherBookNerd 🩶 It‘s a beautiful evening in Tennessee, and the cicadas are calm (for now).
#dogsoflitsy
pick#StorySettings Day 17: The adorable dog, Ike LaRue is running for public #office. I really like how the entire series is a celebration of the unruly, respect for the occasional disarray, and the grudging admiration for Ike‘s capacity to extricate himself from trouble and redeem himself with such panache, humor, and word play. My review back in 2011: https://wp.me/pDlzr-Gr
pickAfter hearing about this book for years, I finally bought a copy and read it yesterday. I enjoyed the epistolary format. It was a different and fun way to get to know the characters. I‘m glad I finally read it. 5/5 ⭐️
