so-soThis was my #doublespin for July. It was fine - I did not like the audio narrator but the story was good enough to press on. Ultimately I felt like it was too long. @TheAromaofBooks
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3y
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The Chaperone | 
so-soThis was my #doublespin for July. It was fine - I did not like the audio narrator but the story was good enough to press on. Ultimately I felt like it was too long. @TheAromaofBooks
pickWonderful book about a staid woman named Cora who agrees to act as chaperone when 15 year old contemptuous Louise Brooks from Wichita, KS goes to NYC to study with a prestigious dance school for the summer. Both of their lives are changed dramatically by what occurs that summer.
I have a weakness for library book sales and as this was the first one my library has held in quite some time of course I couldn‘t stay away. Despite the fact that I still have many books yet to read from past sales, I couldn‘t resist picking up more.
pickI‘ll be honest...I wasn‘t much interested in this book. But then I watched Masterpiece‘s production and LOVED it. So now...I‘ll read the book 🤪
pickSo I totally judged this book by its cover, title, and description...it‘s so much more. Cora is not just an amazing character but an amazing woman. Don‘t even get me started on Louise Brooks. This was a book I read for my mailing book club and probably would have never picked it up. I was impressed by the story and writing. I will elaborate more on Goodreads later. Also, I hear the same people who brought us Downton Abbey is making this one.
Posted my first review of 2020 and my first in 7 months http://jaynesbooks.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-chaperone-laura-moriarty.html?m=1
pick4⭐️ First book read for 2020!! I read this book back in 2013. Looking back on my review of the book back in2013, I clearly enjoyed it, as I gave it a decent rating, but having forgotten the story, I think I enjoyed it more the second time around. A very interesting and fascinating read. #bookreview #2020 #bookstagram #litsyatoz2020 #litsyatz #c #bookclub Yep I still have my Christmas tree up.
pickA good read 👍🏻 I went into it thinking it‘d be a fun, light book about a woman chaperoning a young girl on a trip to New York in the 1920‘s. Well, it was that, BUT there‘s a lot more to the story. It got real heavy and very dark in a few parts. Overall though, a good read but there were a few parts I‘m glad no one was reading over my shoulder
✅ Christmas cards done (not sealed cuz hubby‘s gotta sign, but all written & stamped)
✅ Tree decorated
✅ Seasonal beer opened and book ready to be opened
The gift list is far from being done, but for now, I can take a breath 😁
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. A lot of reviews have suggested skipping part 3 but I disagree. 🌟
I kept thinking, “I know this voice, I know this voice......”
Then the name of the MC is Cora, which kept niggling my brain and BINGO. 💡 (Cora, Elizabeth McGovern from Downton Abbey) Couldn‘t be a better fit, love her voice, so smooth and relaxing. Her characterization of Cora‘s Kansas best friend and the KKK conversation was a delight.
I couldn‘t wait 😬.... & I‘m thrilled to pieces with these books... Thankyou so very much Cindy. I‘m so delighted 👍🏻♥️♥️♥️♥️Cathy Xx
#audiobooking #audioknitting
This book is read read by Elizabeth Mc Govern - she does a fantastic job! Too bad all audiobooks aren‘t read by great actresses.
Cora Carlisle has a #tickettoride to NYC from Kansas on the train as the chaperone to young Louise Brooks.
#heyjune
My #summerdays #juneTBR. It‘s preliminary but I‘m hoping to read all my required reading and one or two from my #MtTBR.
#juneitselectrifying #readingresolutions
A few good finds at the thrift stores this weekend.
“That's what spending time with the young can do—it's the big payoff for all the pain. The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges. But they can also drag you, as you protest and scold and try to pull away, right up to the window of the future, and even push you through.” Enjoying the exploration of generational and societal changes in The Chaperone by Moriarty.
I'm a couple years late on this, but if you're missing Downton Abbey, this audiobook is perfect -- it's read by Elizabeth McGovern, and the main character is even named Cora! I'm really enjoying the book so far.
60 kids
3 chaperones
1 trip
#SpaceCampBound with @saraisabel #TeachersOfLitsy
pickI anticipated this being my last book of 2017, but I just finished it with hours to go. It was one of those books that I grabbed of my shelves on a whim after owning it for years. What a lovely surprise. Cora is a married mother when she offers to chaperone a young Louise Brooks to New York. Her reasons for volunteering are laid out as the book progresses. It took many turns that I didn‘t anticipate, but I loved every minute of it.
pickI went into this for the Louise Brooks angle, but ended up pleasantly surprised that it was more about the fictional Cora.
My daughter is attending a hs homecoming dance in a neighboring state tonight so we got a room in a local hotel. I‘ll spend the evening reading while she spends it dancing. I think I have all of my reading bases covered.
so-soThe Chaperone started off well and nose dived all to hell by the middle of the book. I did learn one amazing fact. Lysol was originally sold as a feminine hygiene product.
"Just the year before, there'd been an article in 'Ladies' Home Journal' that warned that the new jazz craze was a real threat to young people, as it regularly led to a base form of dancing that stirred up the lower nature."
so-soA historical novel set at a time when attitudes regarding women and their condoned behaviors were changing radically. The book relates an almost 90 year period of "The Chaperone's" life and highlights her interactions with the silent movie star Louise Brooks. I had a difficult time seeing the world through the mind of the heroine and felt some of her decisions did not coalesce. It no doubt reflected reality but I did not enjoy it that much.
This is one of my four main bookshelves. The top shelf holds the books I said I'd read for LitsyAtoZ but haven't finished many of yet. #SPACEJAM @Liberty
pickTHE CHAPERONE by Laura Moriarty
Historical Fiction set in New York City during the summer of 1922. This story take place during a time when social attitudes and public values towards women teetered on the cusp of radical change. Nevertheless, until they did, Cora Carlisle had to navigate the systems and regulations that kept women securely tethered to society‘s expectations–breaking a few of those rules to etch a life for herself regardless.
PBS is making a movie of The Chaperone. http://www.willowandthatch.com/chaperone-pbs-masterpiece-movie-adaptation-news/
Just got an email saying this will be Masterpiece's first feature film so I jumped on Amazon and got a cheap hardcover with dust jacket. Anyone read it? Liked it? Film has writer, director and star of Downton Abbey!
I'm having my traditional Mother's Day afternoon out alone! Found a shady strip mall to pace some steps, since it's too hot for a walk at the park, and then gonna sit and read in a coffee shop for a bit! 🙂
pick⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Want to read a great book? It will make you think!
It's set in the 20's and beyond and covers many of the movements that changed the world...Prohibition, The Great Depression, and many of the issues of women's rights that changed the world as was known then. I loved how the author blended the past, present, and future and allowed us to see how some women were finally allowed to shatter the boundaries for the possibility of change. Top 10!
