pickSan Francisco, loved for its beauty often vilified for its liberal politics. This history of the city from 1967 to 1982 shows that pendulum swings back & forth. The dark is here, Jim Jones & the People‘s Temple,The SLA & Patty Hearst, Dan Whites murder of Mayor Moscone & Harvey Milk.Some joys too,progress on gay rights, the saving of the Haight, which was not destroyed by urban renewal like the poor Fillmore district.Also, the rise of the 49ers.
pickSoft pick . I‘m a little old for the demographic!😄Yet it is disappointing that after all these years women who want to work in publishing are still expected to live in the New York metro area on horrible pay.As the book points out, some want to be writers, some are pushed back to university, graduate school ,because of over work & low pay.There are some laughs in the book too.The friends boost each other up,through the micro aggressions & such .
#VolumesAndVocals #FolsomPrisonBlues
About a year after Cash played & recorded in Folsom, he played & recorded at San Quentin . After a wild & wayward youth , Merle had ended up there and was in the audience during the show.That‘s when it occurred to Haggard there might be a better way to make a living!🎸
#Trollopeing As I tired of reading this on the e reader , I happened to stop by my local Antiquarian & used bookstore & found these . I have part of this Dodd,Mead & Company Trollope set already!
#BandOfTrollopes
pick3 narrators see cafe life through a enigmatic patron Louki, the 4th narrator is Louki herself . Full of mystery & mood , a beautiful portrait of Paris , of how people from all walks of life interact in the cafe. A love story to one‘s past , interwoven with the inevitability of loss & change. I wanted to stay in that world. 1st book read for #14books14weeks2023
Hope they are all this good!
Sometimes the universe is kind . I am so busy still with mom health issues , sorting & downsizing stuff . Took some stuff to Goodwill go in and find this vintage cotton bark cloth Hawaiian shirt! Yay!
#MayMontage #InternationalJazzDay late to the party ! Fiction loosely based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke .This book now in print as a #NYRBclassic .When they made a movie of it , Hoagy Carmichael was in it . He wrote the beautiful song Stardust , & actually played gigs with Bix IRL.
When you keep going to Goodwill & finding books from the same guy‘s collection! Cat butt no extra charge!
Ever have one of those days? I have a list longer than my arm of things to do , just feeling drained of all energy though I slept well.Managed one task , picked up library hold,perked up a bit , argh.
#14books14weeks2023 I was thinking about joining in , @Liz_M had such great picks ,got me motivated! I wanted a Virago and a NYRB book in my selections as well.Some have been on the #TBRMountain for a long time.
@TheHeartlandBookFairy
pick#serieslove2023 Irvin Irving , often an adversary of Bosch requests him specifically to investigate the death of his son .Suicide or murder? Bosch is also working a cold case, DNA points to a suspect, but the age of the crime would mean the killer was a child . Was there a mix up at the lab? The way the stories weave together is well done,Bosch is up to his neck in what he calls High Jingo, politics & manipulation from all directions!
#MayMontage #Dark Sherwood Anderson‘s Winesburg,Ohio was a leap forward in modern American literature.One might say at one time , Hemingway was a fan. In the longstanding tradition of “Kill your idols “ Hemingway writes Torrents of Spring as a parody of Dark Laughter mostly to sabotage his book contract so he could move to Scribner , F.Scott Fitzgerald‘s publisher with Maxwell Perkins as editor.
#MayMontage #Therapy No , I‘m not a therapist but I play one on TV ! Just kidding! I love a lot of 20th century literature which is heavily influenced by Freud & theories of psychoanalysis. More of a Jungian myself , thrifted !
#MayMontage #VictoriaDay I always say I don‘t really have books about Royals , yet I have books about Royals! 😁🤷♀️
#Virago I was in Goodwill and found this lovely black Virago .It‘s been a good long time since I have found a black or green, always looking 👀
#MayMontage #incarceration I haven‘t seen this for years, I remember it was really something else!😃
#MayMontage #ArmedForcesDay Appreciate all who have served & are serving! One of the sad things about my mom struggling with her health, she had to give up helping the VFW & the American Legion. She donated time & money to their meals & fundraisers that usually benefited Veterans & the community.She loved doing it.Like many families , I have various family members who served in all the branches of the service.
#MayMontage It‘s almost inevitable that when you read biographies about authors , you might find yourself digging deeper into their #letters
pickBosch remembers the owner of Fortune Liquor,John Li & vows to find his killer. Was it a shoplifter he threatened? He was paying protection, was it the triad? He enlists the help of the Asian Gang Unit , but he doesn‘t know them or know who to trust.When it looks like leads go to Hong Kong, Boschs investigation goes wider than it ever has gone before . Many gasp worthy moments in this one!
#SeriesLove2023
#MayMontage when you write a book about Brooklyn, chances are it will have that iconic #Bridge on the cover.
#MayMontage #MellowCharacter 😄 Electrical Banana!🍌
#Trollopeing #BandOfTrollopes how do you know you are reading a Victorian novel ? When the author says this novel is about Dr.Thorne but the background means you don‘t really meet the character till chapter 3 ! I borrowed ebook cuz I have a dozen Trollopes in the house yet none are Dr.Thorne!
pick#SeriesLove2023 Meant to read at least 1 in this series before May!🙄Brunetti is sent to the islands across from Venice, investigating a boat explosion that hides 2 murdered men.The islanders are tight lipped except to say the father was bad person, but they couldn‘t understand who would murder the son.I love Leon‘s mysteries, you always learn something about Italy! plus,Brunetti & family always take in & talk about wine & food.tenth in series.
#MayMontage #MothersDay I love the book and the movie. Shirley MacLaine brought Aurora Greenway to life!
Ever since the #NYRBbookclub read Malcom‘s In the Freud Archives , I seem to be finding Malcolm‘s or they keep finding me. Goodwill!
pickIt‘s weird when you go into Goodwill & find a book of poetry you end up loving. It‘s got some of that 60s & 70s feminism, linked with superb descriptions of life how it is in the everyday. I didn‘t know of her, reading the first poem gave me a hint I would like the book.
#MayMontage #InvolvesAWedding Even though our #NYRBBookclub disbanded awhile ago, many of the titles we read stuck with me. This one would definitely be in the top 3 of all of them.
pickProbably the best book I‘ve read this year. The Troubles are as much a character in this book as the people in it.Chusla lives with her mother , helps out at the family‘s pub.You feel the hope that she feels, that the children she teaches live to see better times. When she meets a handsome man in the family pub, she can‘t help her interest & things will get beyond complicated. A compelling read.
#MayMontage #ScienceRelated I was supposed to read this for the Science Friday NPR book club , got busy , still on my TBR.Hardly a day goes by where you don‘t hear about climate change and odd weather events everywhere in the world.This specifically relates to the U.S. Hope to get to it soon.
Thought the #WhartonBuddyRead folks & others would enjoy the few #vintage Whartons I‘ve found . The two on each end are 2 of the 4 of the Old New York series.I found all of these at the big sale they have here in Phoenix in February a couple of years ago.
#bookplates Haven‘t posted one of these in awhile. When I was reading things from the 1920s I was obsessed with finding this book, pre internet days . Wilson was primarily a critic , went to school with F.Scott Fitzgerald , his marriage to Mary McCarthy was tumultuous & detailed in several works. Not considered a great novel , more of interest because characters are based on people he hung with in Greenwich Village.Even kept hand written receipt!
When 27 of a 32 book run is at your library sale for 25 cents & 10 cents each , I grab them ! Hope I like them. 🤩
#MayMontage #SunSunglassesOnCover
I always wonder what Hunter would have wrote about the last 2 presidential cycles . 🤯
#MayMontage #22ndOnYourTBR Is it really 22nd ?Honestly, I shuffle my TBR like poker players shuffle cards so 😁🤷♀️
pickWhen Ada finds interviews on tape her art critic father recorded of friends discussing poet Frank O‘Hara, she feels she might be able to finish a biography that her dad didn‘t complete. She thought she could convince the executor of the estate to give permissions her father failed to secure. Nope . This book evolves into a memoir,a love letter to NYC, & the creative life.Despite differences w/ her father is grateful she grew up in St.Marks place !
When you find a book for 25 cents at the library and seeing the old Borders price tag makes you sad.
#MayMontage #YellowColor A significant novel I hear that I haven‘t read yet . Found it at the big book sale in February. #Jamaica
The last book from Book Depository .😔Came on Saturday.
#TemptingTitles #WithNew Been meaning to read this for years , I think I have a modern library edition around here somewhere , meanwhile , thanks internet!
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