Welcome to Litsy!

Holy wow! Chabon does it for me again. I won‘t say it‘s not problematic with a certain “California Dreaming” permeating the whole, and it was difficult to get the rhythm of, but once gotten this story takes off! Chabon drops cultural references weaving back and forth, side to side, jumping POVs like hobos jump freight cars! If Tarantino does another film he need look no further for a script!

At a reading/talk I attended, Chabon did confirm that this is indeed the same African Grey as in The Final Solution. A fact that makes me inordinately happy. 📚🔎🇬🇧

Still working on this month‘s #bookspin pick, but hope to finish it soon, so I‘m going to participate again for May. Lots of non-fiction — I just seem in the mood for it these days.

My first #bookspin! I'm excited. Odds were high I would get at least one Chabon, but I'm still pleased because #lovesmesomechabon.

“Baby Rolando had a nice, solid feel to him, a bunch of rolled socks stuffed inside one big sock, dense and sleepy, not one of those scrawny flapping-chicken babies one ran across from time to time.“ 😆

Two from this past winter. Separate shops, different days, both a total #thriftSCORE. Chabon is one of my favorite living authors, and I had read library copies of both these, but now I have beautiful hardcover copes as keepers.

#AyUpAugust Another Michael Chabon book 😉This one is on my TBR , the blurb sounds great but I‘ve seen mixed reviews. #AvenuesAndAlleyways 🎶For some reason, I keep humming 10th Avenue Freeze-Out 👂🏼🐛

Saw this while at the bookstore tonight and it stopped me in my tracks. Will Staehle‘s covers are just the best. His design/art is so distinctive, always eye-catching, and really photogenic—even with a price sticker slapped across the front.

#Hungryheart > Bruce Springsteen > I saw Bruce Springsteen in the Born in the USA concert in Oakland, CA > Telegraph Avenue is set in Oakland.

#marchintothe70s @Lizpixie @Cinfhen

This took a long time to get into. But it was good. 💖📚

A loving tribute to pop culture but the plot and characters left me rather cold. Not my favourite Chabon novel.

Today's Dollar Tree finds while I try to stay away from Prime Day 🙈

#TBRtemptation post 1! It's the summer of 2004. Nat & Archy are long-time friends who own Brokeland Records, a vinyl shop by Berkeley and Oakland. Their wives, Aviva & Gwen, are well-known midwives. When a very wealthy entrepreneur decides to open up a megastore across the street, the shop looks vulnerable. And the ladies are in their own professional bind. It's all soul and funk on Telegraph Avenue. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Day 2 @bookriot challenge: #yellowcovers #riotgrams #bookstagramchallenge #junechallenge #playingcatchup

Love today's daily deals. Looks like I may be filling in my holes in the Chabon collection over the summer!!!!

Bedtime reading. It'll either improve or put me to sleep.

32 pages in and I'm already kind of exhausted by the endless cast of precious characters.

For my very first Chabon novel I was pleasantly surprised. I think the book veered in a much different direction than I expected. It was very a very thoughtful novel, and Chabon's descriptive writing is exquisite.

Reading my first Michael Chabon novel, and I am so excited. Really hoping this gets me out of my rut.

I always love Chabon. Hope this one stays strong!

I loved Kavalier and Clay so much that I was worried this one would disappoint. It doesn't. Totally different but equally wonderful. Unforgettable characters and gripping story.

Welcome home girl. Found this gem tucked into the copy of a Michael Chabon book I got at the thrift shop yesterday.