Thrift store gold! Both for $1 !
#wondrouswednesday
1. Yes , in Long Beach,Ca. We shared a garden plot . Grow year round ! In winter , greens .Summer , green beans, tomatoes, basil , radishes , cucumber , watermelon, zucchini. 2. Now in Az . too hot have much, a couple of old citrus trees , 2 hibiscus, mostly low water desert plants . Want an English garden , never lived in the right climate or a too small space in SF.
3.Any garden book by Ken Druse
Anybody play!
pickWhen Danielle got word her mother is dying in Florida, she rushes to her side only to watch her slip away, her mothers life contained in a few suitcases, one loaded with diaries, cards,& photographs.Though both Danielle‘s parents had lives full of addiction, abuse,& abandonment she uses the material to make sense of her family‘s lives.Her ability to mine this material with such grace is amazing.
pickHere‘s the reality, & it will break your heart.Kara gets past the standard story by meeting the undocumented where they work& live .Abuse , wage theft, & exploitation are the tip of the iceberg. I pushed this to the top after reading @Suet624 her wonderful review.An essential read.
😳😱expected on October 18,2022. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Last-Chairlift/John-Irving/9781501189...
Didn‘t post my #BOTM selections earlier this week cuz I‘m so far behind , I‘m first!?!? 🤦♀️
The blue one belonged to my uncle , the red one found at a thrift this week.Both work, I find the ticking comforting. #retro #vintage
It‘s 92 outside, all the things I wanted to accomplish today started going haywire early on. Calling it NOPE!Reading & ignoring the other shit on tap!
My cookbook fandom also leans toward those cookbooks that came with a kitchen item or small electric you bought. Your mom or grandma probably had one in the drawer from the Sunbeam blender or your GE electric skillet! This one was produced by cutlery maker Cutco . 1956 love the cute illustrations throughout.
Again, thrift store .1925. I would tell you so I don‘t really collect cookbooks , how could I resist something so exceptional? Of course I‘d have to be up to my neck in Pecans to need 800 recipes!
Struck gold at the thrift store.It looks older than it is .originally published in 1957, this is a 7th edition, 1975. $1
Here‘s a blast from the past!Helping mom go through stuff I‘m pretty sure I gifted this to her, never used , dated on box 1985.So often sold in bookstores it actually has an ISBN.
Since Bull Durham is my favorite baseball film , I will have to check this out. #TBRmountain
pickCantwell came to NYC fresh from college w/$80 & a typewriter dad had given her .Her 1st job was at Mademoiselle,very soon after Sylvia Plath edited the college issue.She sought out Greenwich Village, the only neighborhood she had heard of, her writing about the area in the 50s & 60s delighted me , the village is my favorite too.She brings to life an era of publishing full of characters & challenging bosses. Bohemian living on the cheap.⬇️
pickJess figured she‘d get a new start, visit her brother in Paris.When Jess arrives , she can‘t believe Ben isn‘t waiting for her & is stunned the beauty of the Paris apartment.Her concerns growing, she realizes everyone she encounters seems to have something to hide .A fast paced & interesting read!
Amazon bestsellers in the category Censorship today.Gee, I wonder what‘s on a lot of peoples minds?
pick#stepsibs #spinster Pappy is a singer , Mamma is a dancer. Both had kids from earlier relationships. Maria,Niall ,& the youngest they had together,Celia.
Theater is an itinerant life, the stepsibs bond is strong & it gives them a different perspective on life than most families.I fell in love w/ this book , when they set out to a country house to meet the family Maria would marry into,well it‘s one of the funniest things I‘ve ever read ! Celia 🔽
#Indiebookstoreday My local indie did a nice thing , yes , Saturday was officially the day but they issued a coupon that was good 3 days for those of us who can‘t get there Saturday & aren‘t into crowds! I have many copies/translations of Flowers of Evil @vivastory commented about it so…tagged book looks like a tough read, but had a rave review on a shelf talker from one of the staff.I do love indies esp. ones with staff picks !
Happy May Day everyone! https://www.versobooks.com/
I posted this 3 years ago , but @LeahBergen has me revisiting great spines .There are a kagillion editions of Bullfinch‘s Mythology, but when I found this old edition with a bold centurion (is there any other kind?) on the spine I had to buy it.
Adding to the conversation @LeahBergen posted about spines , my friend came across these at some kind of used sale.He thought they were the best spines ever!😁
Borrowed this copy of the novel from the library for the #whartonbuddyread my copy of the often referenced Wharton biography, I know there is a newer one about her by Hermione Lee .Lee‘s Biography of Virginia Woolf was excellent!
#botm Good grief how is it May already! And of course I have many previous selections I haven‘t read yet.I‘m all stocked up for my mood reading at least. #morebooksreadingtimeproblems
#poetrymonth the somewhat forgotten modernist . He was an admirer of T.S.Eliot , Crane had the most exacting standards for his poetry, he had limited success in his lifetime. He was known as a wild man among his writing friends, he would go on wild drinking & sex benders,& sadly committed suicide jumping from a ship into the Gulf of Mexico at the age of 32.His reputation climbed after his death. One of those times when genius is close to madness.
pick#NYRBBookClub What did I just read now? 😄At times, lyrical & compelling.Sometimes funny & confusing. Overall , I liked it. It put my brain in the mixmaster! Looking forward to the discussion!
#poetrymatters #pattern Though not quite the same as a pattern poem, Patchen had a habit of interspersing written text , illustrations, & unusual typefaces in his books of poetry.I nearly fainted when I found 3 of his books for a Buck apiece at a Brandis book sale years ago.
Today would have been the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus.He died at age 57 leaving an exceptional body of work , though my mind wonders what more he might have done. I‘m gonna absorb some of his music tomorrow, could listen to this every day! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J0FcKOfRgvE&vidve=5727&autoplay=1
#poetrymatters here‘s a p word not on this month‘s list.Brecht wrote this as he was fleeing the Nazis. Breaks my heart that humans never stop harming each other. Thinking of the Ukrainians & people worldwide fleeing threats,war, genocide, environmental disaster,& tyranny wherever they may be.
#poetrymonth So Brecht wrote plays and Lawrence wrote novels & they both wrote lots of poems!
#wondrouswednesday
1.yes! Even pre Covid, my work life was unpredictable, so real life bookclub is tough . The one I‘ve managed to stick with and love is #NYRBbookclub here on Litsy 2. I tried doing a couple that were topic/Country or otherwise themed challenges but I never complete .very much a mood reader.
3. Listening to a Slaughter on audio , slowly reading Atwood‘s essay book.Need to start this months NYRBbookclub book.
96 & still a horse girl! Buybeck Nightingale & Buybeck Katie are the names of these Fell ponies .
#Litsyporn new to me vintage bookcase for $13 ! It‘s still empty & I bought it yesterday!😱💗
#poetrymonth often mocked & a subject of parody, I still love it for its simplicity. Always makes me smile.
#weremember #LarryMcMurtry Before he could make a living by writing, he was a book scout .Going from town to town , trying to find a treasure in the dusty used bookstores.He had a multi building bookstore in his hometown, Archer City,Tx.downsized it substantially before he passed.His son is a working musician, not available to work a bookstore job.In the tagged book Larry talks about his love & history w/ books & characters he met along the way.
pickWharton wanted to write of the era she was raised in ,that WWI & more modern ways ripped away. Newland Archer is set to marry the beautiful yet somewhat vacant May Walland.A perfect match as far as society would see.When Mays worldly cousin Ellen returns to the US from a marriage that proved disastrous to a Polish count, Newland imagines a life more guided by passion rather than duty might be worth it.Keenly observed details of society life.💗
#weremember #BeverlyCleary A little late , forgot I had this oldie in the stash.She definitely advanced the art of writing childrens books.Nacho paws!
pickThis one has been sitting on my Kindle for awhile.Bennett writes beautifully, her respect for her characters as they struggle with many situations growing up & how those decisions ripple out to influence others .I love that it took place in Oceanside ,Ca. ,a place that draws Marines & tourists to its beaches.Love ,friendship,loss,church ,& community all play a role. The Mothers are the church ladies that sit in judgment of us all. Loved this book!
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#poetrymonth Couldn‘t let the month go by without mentioning Ms.Sexton , who‘s poems I adore.Her daughter wrote a stunning book about her mother and was kind enough sign it for me. Genius, struggle, & complexity lives in her poetry.She came to poetry later than some, and was often underestimated because of it.If you love Plath & haven‘t read Sexton, you should give her a try . Their paths crossed occasionally.
#poetrymonth Wish I could remember the Rukeyser poem that hit me like a train . I like this one too.Anyone else out there like her poetry?
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