pickI listened to this in prep for vacay time! It focused heavily on the 18th and19th centuries with only a chapter or two on more contemporary times. I was hoping for more balance…but now I know all about its time as alternating French and Spanish settlements along with it being the main hub for the slave trade in the US in the 50 or so years leading up to the Civil War. It was so informative I zoned out of long periods of time 😴
#bookspinbingo
pickI visited New Orleans twice. I purchased find book on my second visit.I wish I‘d read it before I visited.It definitely makes me want to go back!This book is non-fiction, but it doesn‘t read as such.I felt glued to the pages and to the characters.I googled many locations and street addresses. I also googled the 9 individuals who were interviewed and was pleased to see that some are still in the city. I have to go back and visit Joanne‘s Kajun Pub
so-soI actually read the second book this #NOLA based series first—& I‘m glad I did because I didn‘t enjoy this one as much. Fake dating can be such a fun trope, but this set-up between Hollyn and Jasper fell a little flat to me. I think I expected this to be a funnier rom-com than it was… I appreciated the Tourette‘s representation here, but this was more an agreement to be friends with benefits rather than really fake dating…also a little too steamy!
To mark my upcoming 40th Birthday my Partner and I are in New Orleans. And I could not come here and not go to Baldwin and Co. Coffee and Bookstore to browse books and grab a coffee 🖤. NOLA feels like home. No other way to explain it. #nola #jamesbaldwin #homeofmyheart
I have been fighting a cold for a week now, so it's time for a nice, healing bath. Also a great time to get started on the next books in my #neworleans #tbr for my upcoming trip to #nola . I've already read books on Voodoo, Marie Laveau, and Madame Lalaurie. Next up are The Awakening, The Axeman, and Nine Lives. Any votes for which one I should start with??? #readinginthebath #bathtimereading
pickVery powerful. The book follows nine Lower Ninth Ward residents and culminates shortly after Katrina.
The book is a sad reminder of how our government failed New Orleans
so-soIt was hard to keep track of the people with how the book was written so that took some away for me. I was just in NOLA so interesting to read about the areas devastated by Katrina.
This store was crazy! #NOLA
As a nod to my upcoming first time trip to New Orleans November 19 to 22. Frightens I‘d read this and re-read Interview with a Vampire just because...
