Welcome to Litsy!

What an amazing #bookmail parcel to receive any day, but especially on a Monday after a blah day at work!

I have to admit, @Caroline2 I did emit rather a loud squeal when I saw the book - it‘s one I‘ve been wanting to read for ages, mainly because it‘s set in NYC.

Then there were bookmarks, chocolate, a Squirrel Nutkin postcard.... and a lovely note!

You‘re such a great friend 😘 and yes, let‘s do another #buddyread soon....⬇️

#QuotsyJuly19 #Lonely @TK-421

It‘s New Years Eve 1984 and Lillian Boxfish, aged 84(ish), is taking a walk through Manhattan. Formerly the highest paid advertising woman in the country, Lillian looks back on the highs and lows of a long life and career as she meets the diverse denizens populating a 1980s NYC in decline. Lillian‘s perceptions of the city and its people, both past and present, are so authentic, full of wisdom, generosity, and a welcome touch of the bitter.

“I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.”
-Kathleen Rooney, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk @stmartinspress
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I love Lillian Boxfish... what a neat character. The book makes me want to go back and take a walk in New York City. #summer2019reading

Having volunteered in nursing homes when I was younger, I know that the older people get, the more interesting stories they have to tell. You just have to be ready to sit back and go on a journey with them. I loved Lillian Boxfish's story. She is a character I want to keep with me and call up when I need strength.

#LetItBe
#BeatleMaynia

I thought of Lillian for this one because she wanted to be left alone in her beloved New York City ❤️❤️

It's cold and rainy here, so I think I'll stay inside and read about someone else taking a walk.

I told myself....”you have a ton of unread books at home”, “you have a ton of stuff to do today and don‘t have time” .... my car made the turn and took me to the Friends Book Warehouse (totally out of my control). At least I restrained myself and only bought these 3 books for only $7. #winning #NoWillPower #INeedAMeeting #BookloversAnonymous #IMayHaveAProblem #HelloMyNameIsChelleo #ButImALibrarian #ThisIsTotallyProfessional

I'm feeling very Lillian Boxfish. I've just had a stroll around the city now I'm dining alone. Except instead instead of interacting with fellow humans, I'm reading Lillian Boxfish. 😄

A strong main character in Lillian and lots of pieces of historical trivia about NYC which was fun. I listened to the audio book and the narrator was perfect - she was Lillian.

Excited to start this book as the year she “takes her walk” is the same as my birth!

Am a few chapters in, and I have fallen in love with Lillian!

I read this book ages ago, but I don‘t think I put it up here. One of my sisters sent a group text(3 sisters and mom)asking if any of us had read it. I have! So had my other sister, but not Mom. I feel so empowered! 😄 They‘re all voracious readers and I can‘t keep up with them. Anyway, the book is on sale Kindle today Although it‘s fiction, it is based on the life of a remarkable sounding woman.

#ANewChapter #MyTown Lillian spent a lot of time walking through her town, New York City. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

This was a part of #BOTMbuddyread organized by @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Completed this in December but a busy life and traveling made it impossible to post a review. Loved this book. It is based on the real Margaret Fishback. Set on the last day of 1984, the narrative entwines with Boxfish‘s own life as she takes a walk and meets really interesting characters. The novel throws up questions on feminism, identity, office and the home, and life.

I started this on New Year's Eve (because that's when Lillian took her walk) and had a hard time connecting to the story. One day I forgot the book and switched to audio. That did it. Xe Sands makes it feel like you're sitting and listening to a friend tell her story. I loved it.

@blondie thank you!! Can‘t wait to read this one ❤️❤️❤️
#kindlitsy

A quiet little story. If you didn‘t like A Gentleman in Moscow because there wasn‘t enough happening and you were bored you may want to pass this up. I started this on New Years Eve and that was perfect timing.

When I think about walking alone I think of Lillian. #boulevardofbrokendreams #musicalnewyear @Cinfhen @vivastory

I'm not used to encountering characters or other people with my name. I did quite a few doubletakes before I got used to it when Lillian Boxfish was showing up frequently in my feed. Still haven't read it though.

Was reading simultaneously with Fear (need something not infuriating to read at night so I can get some sleep); but, really not getting into it, after investing 32% / 2:51:18. No biggie.

This wonderful book is on sale for the Kindle today (US). #kindledeals

I loved Lillian because of quotes like this one. Her wit (and courage) to say what was on her mind while still upholding proprietary was fantastic. I enjoyed her NYE antics more than the flashbacks, because she sounds like a hoot of an octogenarian, but her past was an important part of the story. I hope to be able to walk as much as Ms. Boxfish as I age. 🚶🏻‍♀️#mountTBR #catsoflitsy

To read or not to read... is Never the question. 😂 #amreading

It's a cold, rainy and generally yucky day today. Which makes it a perfect day to stay home and read. This seems like an appropriate book.

For too many reasons to even list, I Loved it. Lillian‘s story doesn‘t exactly “go” anywhere but she walks 10 miles in her tale both physically and figuratively

Now THIS is vacation.

‪TOP TEN OF 2018 (part two): Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, Fly Girls, Displacement, the Grisha trilogy and the Red Rising trilogy. ‬

‪Bonus Books: Sleeping Giants, Lethal White, The Library Book, Bird Box, and The Day the World‬ Came to Town. ‬

‪What were your favorites? ‬

This is the second time I have read this book and have to say this is a thoroughly enjoyable book. Lillian is a wonderful character and great to travel the streets of New York with her , and come across the many people she chats to. Alongside this we have an excellent telling of Lillian‘s life, which is far from boring. A great book to read at this time of the year as most of the events take place on New Year‘s Eve. #BOTMBuddyRead

I so enjoyed reading this with the #BOTMbuddyread! Lillian was fascinating, and I loved walking around NYC with her on her New Year‘s Eve journey, meeting a cast of wonderful characters along the way. Her past reminiscences are woven together with the present, with the city as more than a backdrop—almost another character itself. And I was fascinated to learn that Lillian was inspired by a real-life poet and advertising woman, Margaret Fishback!

This was so good! I loved it more than I thought I would, just a dreamy book. Makes me want to get back to NYC.

I enjoyed this so much more than I thought I would. I came to it thinking it might be a bit too ‘sweet‘, but it wasn‘t! Based on the real life Margaret Fishback, Lillian really strives to live by her own rules. The magic of walking, walking to problem solve, walking to think, to connect with ideas and to to create space in the city was wonderfully explored. Social and class issues infuse the journey that Lillian takes across th city.

I do love the view from my reading nook this time of year! 🎄📚🌅 I‘m settling in for some time with Ms. Lillian Boxfish for #BOTMbuddyread, but I also need to finish Ann Patchett‘s “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage” for a book group on Monday, and four essays on dismantling racism for my EfM class on Monday... although I‘m gonna have to pick between book group and EfM, so it remains to be seen where that will land!

So I tried to go shopping today, but when we got to town it was sooo crowded, raining, and nasty that after going to one store we came back home!! I‘ll try again next week! Now I‘m back home with my #Bookandblankie 📚❤️

Discussion for Lillian tomorrow at 1pm CST!!

#BotmBuddyRead

Final discussion on Lillian Sunday at 1pm CST!! We chose The Air You Breathe for January!! We hope you all can join us!! All are welcome!! 📚📚📚📚

#BotmBuddyRead

Read this as a Buddy Read on Litsy and enjoyed it very much. 85 year old Lillian Boxfish was the highest-paid advertising woman in the country. New Year's Eve 1984 and Lillian is on a 10 mile walk around the city meeting and talking with lots of people. She talks about things from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic, the Great Depression to the birth of hip-hop. This is a witty and sad book at the same time that should not be missed!

Loved Lillian‘s character and the people she met along the way. I think I was hoping for a little bit more from the ending, but it was a quick, enjoyable read.

Just finished this up and I‘m in love! Lillian reminds me so strongly of one of my grandmothers, and of the best parts of New York that I couldn‘t help but enjoy every minute of this novel. The vocabulary was exquisite here and the dialogue was so well done my mind assigned each character a distinct voice I could really hear as I read even though my copy of this was print, not audiobook.

This is a book that I honestly didn't expect to enjoy. I loved it, though. I hope I'm as strong and witty as Lillian when I'm 85. 😊

Not sure if it‘s bad timing but I started out really enjoying this but got bored towards the end. The audio was great but I think I just wasn‘t really invested in Lillian or her story. I like the idea of it - wandering around the streets of NY on New Year‘s Eve meeting people and looking back over her life but it didn‘t hit the mark for me. #mcover70 #booked2018