So I go to a “new to me “Library to get a copy of the
#nyrbbookclub book and I see this 692! page
#chunkster in the new books section! Like I need another ginormous book to read! Orwell,McCarthy,Greene, Hemingway,sheesh , couldn‘t help myself.

#nyrbbookclub my obsession with NYC is way beyond normal bounds so in part 3 where she describes her grubby New York existence,I‘m hooked.Had to look up bar mentioned as I had heard of it.

#nyrbbookclub I drove to another town and got another library card to read the selection everybody seems to be bailing on.😂

Bonus cover .Since @batsy posted an Avon cover of Gabriela ,Clove and Cinnamon thought I would post another Avon Amado. Both are on my TBR. #1980sCovers

#7days7covers #covercrush
If anyone wants to play please join in.The people I keep wanting to tag I think are already playing.😀
1 cover everyday for 7 days.No explanation needed .

This book could never feel as visceral as our journey with Offred in the Handmaids Tale.We were in real-time with her trying to figure out what the heck is going on.Now it‘s 15 years later & the testimonies of a girl from Gilead ,a girl from Canada who learns of Gilead in school interwoven with the hidden writings of an Aunt ,the system seems to be degrading.
Atwood reminds us :Dictatorship/Theocracy have appeared before,they could again.Powerful!

RIP Rick Ocasek.😢

#7days7covers #covercrush day 6
1 cover everyday for 7 days .No explanation needed
Everybody play!

When all the books you are reading seem to be 500 to 1000 pages ,you need a short classic to make you smile that you can finish in one sitting!Dahl always makes me smile.

Another wild Saturday night! I think I got cork in my wine , I can use the fiber .🍷

#soulSeptember #melancoly I hunted for this book so hard ,and back in the day , there were very few reprints.(No online ordering either)I consider it a major failing that I haven‘t read it yet.For those in the #NYRBbookclub they have an edition. Hey , at least I‘m honest about it .😀

#7days7covers #covercrush day 5
@JoScho if you haven‘t already been tagged would you like to play? 1 cover everyday for 7 days .No explanation needed.

#Brothers #SoulSeptember

#positivity #selfimprovementSeptember I have re-read this book a few times mostly for the positive attitudes within.Wisdom, compassion, and living in the moment leave you open to new possibilities even if you have no intention of becoming a Buddhist .His stories reflect humor and heart .❤️

#7days7covers #covercrush day 4
1 cover each day for 7 days , no explanation needed.
 @Nute would you like to play?

#Radical. #QuotsySept19 @TK-421

#7days7covers #covercrush day 3
Everybody play!1 cover each day for 7 days , no explanation needed.

So I was at my AMC to see Margaret Atwood, noticed they had a couple special drinks for It part 2.😀

#7days7covers #covercrush day 2
@DivineDiana would you like to post 1 cover you love each day for 7 days , no explanation needed?

It was great! Was disappointed that it wasn‘t full !To be fair , there were about 6 different theaters in my area featuring this program.

#7days7covers #covercrush day 1
Thanks for the tag @batsy
Wanna play @vivastory ? 7 days, 7 covers you love, no explanation.

But wait, there‘s more..30 some years later!Not complaining.😀👏

#RedRoseSeptember #NeverForget Donna Leon often weaves references to real history in with her mysteries.

#redroseseptember #history The tagged book is a marvel, more of a cultural history of WWI , the horror of the modern war creates a cultural and psychological shift that gives us what is known as modernism in the arts.If you love the lost generation ,art,& music of this time ,it connects some dots.The Sleepwalkers is still on my TBR and is about the various crises that lead Europe to WWI.

I read this many years ago ,and especially since I watched the show on Hulu ( I am a few episodes shy of being done) and it expands beyond the novel ,I felt I should read it again before the sequel comes out to set the context.I was stunned by it in the 80s, the social climate was already getting more conservative but the novel still felt dystopian,upon my re-read , it feels like it could be more like tomorrow.😳What a great writer she is !

In the parking lot at the art museum today.Just has to share.

This is an example of why Amazons “mistake” is significant to other retailers.Please know I understand that readers in certain parts of the country/world don‘t have many choices of how to get books.I worked at independent and chain bookstores who always honored the release date. https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3572

I‘ve never read my Folio edition of this book .I‘m so behind on other titles but I need to read it again before The Testaments.😃😳Oh , and did you all see Amazon shipped some before the on sale date?

Gotta see this.

So this was in my email yesterday, listening to it now, well, not right now, after I finish this post. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/754859270/first-read-hear-margaret-atwood-tell-th...

Just went to a book signing & Q&A with Marika Meeks ! Can‘t wait to dig in to this inspiring story of how illness, recovery, and a marvelous pitt mix named Stella changed her life.Some of you may follow her on instagram or Facebook.This is the beginning of a book tour ,Ms. Meeks is well known for her rescue work & there is a TV show in the works.Daily on Litsy I see examples of how our critter families enhance our lives 🐕🐈🐇🦔🐍🐢🦜

#booked2019 #featuresAmusician Why did it take so long for me to get to this one? I don‘t like Opera?A visiting businessman is to be treated to an incredible birthday party in South America,an amazing soprano is to sing at the event.Gun-wielding terrorists burst in an hold international dignitaries hostage.As time goes on the character study of relationships takes center stage as the situation goes on.unexpected alliances form.

I am feeling lousy, think I‘m getting sick, the heat has been unrelenting, stressed with some of the BS of living!Sometimes I have to break from the news, crazy politics, & the sad stories everywhere you look.
I know when I visit Litsy, the humor, enthusiasm for books, & updates of many of the positives in life will make me feel better, no matter what!So again , Thanks so much, Littens!👏👍❤️Happy pet and kid pictures are always appreciated!

#SelfImprovementSeptember #hobby I feel like more of a bead book and bead hoarder lately.I realize I haven‘t made anything in a long time , and have given away all the pieces I made as gifts! Need to start making stuff again.

Happy #LaborDay all!Hope if you are working today you want to , & if you‘re not , you get to do something you enjoy, like read maybe?😃This Book is still on my Everest of a #mountainTBR

#Booked2019 #Spring I‘m behind on the challenge .I‘m 50 pages into this one,it‘s amazing! #featuresamusician

It‘s Labor Day weekend in the states , and I am lightly scheduled.2 of these books I‘ve been reading for months.I live in Az.not cooling down at all , in fact ,bad air quality and excessive heat warning 107?110? Not kidding.Think I will stay in and read.

Happy Orange Friday! @rather_be_reading is rooting for those blue fellas judging by her blanket! I‘m watching the game and doing sudoku.Only 1 month of regular season left.sigh.

#readingintranslation #Brazil translated from Portuguese.I‘m really glad I read these 13 stories about favela life in Rio de Janeiro.As in all lives, there is ,love ,friendship,and humor but growing up in one of the poorest communities in the world , there is violence, drugs, gangs, and exploitation by the police.There is a real vibrant quality to the writing that kept me wanting to know more about this place and the people who live there.

I wish I was having this right now! Me when my public library website is down.😧😫😡🤬🤯

Elwood Curtis is young man with a love of education but gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time .Sentenced to a “reform school” that is more a place of corruption & brutality, he calls on his inner strength & Dr.King for inspiration to survive.This book broke my heart, Mr.Whitehead is an incredible writer.I will never forget this powerful book, one of the best I read this year.

Tom Tom supervises the folding of the laundry and approves of my weekend reads . #catsoflitsy

Thrifted yesterday, all 1.50 or less.When you go to Trader Joe‘s and there is an organic wine called Well Read , what could I do but buy it to try it!
#wineandbooks

I thrifted these today.Nice , clean copies .I am going to reread some of these children‘s classics then donate them to my local little free library.I hope they will inspire some kids to love reading, I know they worked for me!

#xcellentread John Boyne‘s wonderful book will be one of my all time favorites! #ABCAugust

#AyupAugust When Eustace Conway was 12 he went #downinthewoods alone , empty handed , built a shack and survived just fine for a week.When he was 17 , he left home for the wilderness for good. On my #TBRmountain for years .Written by Elizabeth Gilbert before her Eat,Pray,Love fame. He may have eaten some squirrels,sorry @squirrelbrain

One room of the Friends of the Public Library Store.
Main branch of the Phoenix Public Library, named for Burton Barr.Where I found my Scurvy book!

#augustABC #wallofbooks This could be my least organized bookcase.Needs a good going through.
Still , love em all !

Took an item back to the library, took a peek in the store.I have books about so many topics , but not this!
Could not resist !

#NYRBBookclub A pick for me! Barry Gifford writes in the intro. to this nicely crafted Noir that it‘s a shame Chaze has not been remembered as much .He‘s not In the other book pictured here.Books like these feature brassy women & brazen men ,usually with criminal plans & secrets in their past they don‘t want to share.I think the writing is on par or a cut above classics in this field.Great pick @mklong can‘t wait to discuss!