
#WeeklyForecast
Finish the tagged #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
Hopefully finish Havanna Taxi and the butterfly book
Finish Remote Sympathy.
Read Galatea (on Libby), The Emperor‘s Babe and start on Checkout 19.
#WeeklyForecast
Finish the tagged #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
Hopefully finish Havanna Taxi and the butterfly book
Finish Remote Sympathy.
Read Galatea (on Libby), The Emperor‘s Babe and start on Checkout 19.
Today was all about avoiding the heat, delving into the current #nybrbookclub selection, and bonding with one of our new cats. 🐈⬛
This is another L.M. Montgomery book I don‘t remember ever reading before, and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it today. Yes, it was a bit predictable and the quick resolution at the end was a bit unsatisfactory, but it also included the humor, variety of characters, and descriptions of nature that I love about Montgomery‘s writing.
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It's a grey day on the St. John River. Fitting ambiance for this book about Black brothers convicted and hanged for killing a taxi driver in Fredericton, NB in 1949. Clarke, an acclaimed Cdn poet, uses his poetic license to re-imagine this historical event. He fleshes out the sad history of these two men and the poverty, racism, violence of their world, writng with "sympathy but not sentimentality." It is a bleak but beautifully written book. ?
Oh, Jane was a delight! So many classic L.M. Montgomery themes: the overbearing relatives who don‘t understand the delightful child in their care, the romantic quarrel/misunderstanding, quirky and lovable supporting characters in a rural setting, and lovely descriptions of PEI‘s natural beauty. And of course the ending was not surprising, but I loved it all the same! Looking forward to the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead discussion next Saturday!
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I'm really enjoying this one so far! I'm not quite halfway through, but there's a scene involving this Bonnard painting in the Toronto gallery the main character visits that is pretty surreal and, without preempting our eventual discussion where we can dig into its meaning, I'm wondering if those who've read it can confirm if my reading of the basic 'what's happening' level is the same as yours. I'll summarize in the comments...
#NYRBBookClub Join me Sun. 6/5 @ 12 CST as we discuss Weinzweig's novel. Reviews have been positive so far. Looking forward to the discussion. Discussion open to all.
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I continued the tagged #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
I finished Saturday Requiem and The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
I read Imagine Wanting Only This and Companion Piece.
I‘m currently reading the book about butterflies, Havanna Taxi and Remote Sympathy.
Shirley Kaszenbowski , a Jewish immigrant in Toronto, escapes her “basic black” life for a more exciting one: one with secret rendezvous all over the world with a mysterious lover, who is a spy for the Agency. They communicate by code an this time this leads her to her hometown.
While walking the streets of Toronto it becomes clear how unreliable our narrator is. I can‘t say too much without spoilers but it‘s quite the read!
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“She liked a candle better than a lamp. It went out so graciously…the thin trail of smoke… the smoldering wick, giving one wild little wink at you before it left you in the dark.”
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