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@Andrew65

I‘m sorry to say I‘m not finishing this one, friends. 😬 It was quite an experience for Patrick growing up & Mame was a truly unique woman (Sophie‘s giving her Girl Power pose), but I just wasn‘t enjoying the story. However, I‘m so glad this was chosen for our group because I‘ve wanted to get to it for years! But I don‘t think I‘ll get to Auntie Mame Abroad 🤪 If anyone would like it, I‘d be happy to mail it!

Has anyone watched the Mame films?

An orphaned Patrick Dennis goes to live with his Auntie Mame in the 1920s.

Not as funny as I remember from when I read it 50-odd years ago but it still does have its moment.

#coffeeandabook

It has rained all day. Not that I mind rain, but this is the day I promised to put up the screens and take my kid to the beach.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Next up! Thanks, Sarah!

This book is a lot of fun! I wish I‘d been able to read it more slowly since it did feel repetitive, but it‘s hard not to love the irrepressible Mame. Warning: there‘s a lot of racism in this book. It‘s mostly played for laughs, which seems odd, but it‘s clear that the explicitly racist characters are uneducated or unsympathetic. There is also a lot of Mame using her wealth for good.

It‘s been previously established that Patrick can draw down about $8,000 a year in interest from his inheritance. I think he‘s being a little modest 😂

Edit: On reading a bit more of this chapter, I think it‘s 1944, but that still comes to well over $100k!

Look how old this #interlibraryloan book is 😍

And yes… I sniffed it and it smells just as good as you‘d expect!

The best thing I can say about this book is that it fulfilled a lot of prompts for various reading challenges in which I‘m participating. Written in 1955, the book has not aged well. I was appalled at the numerous racial slurs and prejudiced comments used by Auntie Mame‘s many snobby friends. ⬇️⬇️

#alphabetgame
#letterZ

I've got 2 books with the Z on my "read" list, both 4⭐..
Zia Mame (italian translation of Auntie Mame) and Z for Zachariah.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#AuntUncleDay #JulyJam
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I've long loved the movie version of Auntie Mame, but even though I've had the book for years, didn't get around to reading it until now. I think part of me worried that I might not find Mame equally enchanting on the page. But, I need not have been concerned! Super enjoyable and funny. I'm glad I finally took it off the shelf.

"But darling," she said dramatically, "I'm your Auntie Mame!" She put her arms around me and kissed me, and I knew I was safe.

This fun and quirky book landed itself on my favorites shelf long before I even finished reading it. I also enjoyed learning about Patrick Dennis when I looked him up after the foreword; he is someone I would've liked to have met! I'll be reading his other books if they are half as fun as Auntie Mame is!
LGBTQ friendly!

What a hilarious and exciting character! I loved the perspective of Dennis and laughed many times at the lovely dry wit. Written beautifully! I'll not lie, I feel like I may be a little too similar to our ditsy, passionate heroine haha

I loved this as much as I thought I would. I didn't expect it to make me homesick for the party life. Before we go into lock down, I think I need to get a few bottles of champagne, some foie gras, and decent caviar... I don't actually know if we are going back into lock down, but the numbers are not looking good.

I'm too busy digging up my yard to focus on reading. I have about a dozen more books about to become overdue from the library TBR. I'm 2/3 the way through Mame and it's hysterical, and a treat after hard work. #adultingsucks

Can you find our frog, Froglecia? She (supposed gender) lives on our front porch and provides loads of froggertunities. Auntie Mame was one of my (two actually) favorite movies. So I had to get the book when I celebrated independent bookstore day. Finally starting it. It takes place in 1929. Women were still powerless and dead brothers could still control spinster sisters ⬇️

There have to be injustice and unlikable characters in this story to illustrate Mame‘s open mind and accepting nature, but the language and socially accepted behaviors of the 1950‘s made me cringe. I actually stopped listening for awhile. I did push through and really did like the story (based a real person). The reader was very good and did different voices and accents. 3/5🌹s

O my goodness. I had no idea how hard I would fall for this book. It made me laugh so much and I just couldn‘t stop listening to it. This is definitely going to be one of go to listens when I‘m having an off day. Each chapter is basically a separate story about an adventure for a boy and his eccentric aunt.

I found this on Audible Plus and absolutely loved it! If you‘re in the mood to laugh, then I‘d highly recommend reading/listening to this. I want to read it again with my eyeballs within the next year or so because I always feel like I miss little bits and pieces when I listen to the #audiobook because my mind tends to wander. Hopefully it‘s not just me! But anyway, this book is great. Gotta get my hands on the movie now. 5⭐️

Mame's quirkiness combined with Patrick's laissez faire attitude mix to make such ridiculous situations that I couldn't help but be amused as I read. I particularly enjoyed the stories of their later years, where Patrick is older & a more active participant in their various adventures. Despite some things aging a little less well than they might, it was a fun little book.

Saturday night with Zia (Auntie) Mame..

This was a delightful read that I enjoyed immensely. Auntie Mame‘s adventures with her nephew were irreverent indeed and I loved reading of their madcap escapades. I remember watching the very beginning of the movie with Rosalind Russell when I was much younger but don‘t think I saw the whole thing. I‘ll have to remedy that now and go watch the movie too.

First line Friday: “It has rained all day.“

"Labor Day. That's sometime in November, isn't it?" It's movie Auntie Mame not book; but Iove it! Anyhoo, I finished expert level of #goodreadssummerreadingchallenge with a couple of days to spare. Time for #fallreading list even if September in Oklahoma doesn't feel any different than August. ? #saugust

I‘m certainly not going to reach 24 hours in 48, but I‘m reading as much as I can this weekend! I‘ve read more than 2 hours; just keep restarting my timer so I don‘t lose it! #24in48 #readathon

Always a delight to revisit my role model as a Aunt. I've done well. He takes me to dive bars to drink whiskey. #lifeisabanquet

Like Bunny (I think?) says in the movie, “Aren‘t books so wonderfully decorative?” Or something to that effect.

I‘ll keep my books for function and enjoy their form incidentally, thanks.

I know #high and drunk aren‘t exactly the same, but when I saw the prompt for QuotsyJuly18 I immediately thought of Auntie Mame, a book I recently read at the insistence of my brother. In the above quote, she has told her nephew to write down any words he doesn‘t understand, so he can improve his vocabulary. The words on his list illustrate her lifestyle perfectly! @TK-421

I loved this book!!!! I have seen both film versions and while amazing in their own (Ros Russell and Bea Arthur steal their respective films) the book is truly a different beast as Dennis said it is a singular freak that shouldn‘t work but does!

1. Dear Martin
2. I had four great-aunts when I was growing up.
3. I'm from the South. We say "Ain't" for aunt. I've learned to say "ant" in professional company.
4. Grits (I said I'm from the South!)
5. ??new people!
#FriYayIntro @jesshowbooks

#fantasy #quotsyfeb18 @TK-421

First book club meeting with this book tomorrow.

Avrei presto scoperto che per «mattino» zia Mame intendeva l'una del pomeriggio. Le undici erano «mattino presto», mentre le nove corrispondevano a «notte fonda». #libri #leggere #ziamame #adelphi

Nothing sets the mood for reading about a NYC socialite like the great outdoors, right? #OffroadReading

#Riotgrams Day 17: #Freebie Here's a book I got for free. I loved the movie so I'm really looking forward to reading the book.

I had a hankering for Dear Auntie, so off to the library I went. These holds were available when I checked out. Score! #librarystack #bookstack #bookhaul

'She thought 9am was in the middle of the night'

My Role Model as a Aunt.🍸 @RealLifeReading
#dysfunctionalfamily #photoadaynov16

My niece's friend tagged her on Facebook. She "blames" my niece for introducing her to too many books. Gosh, I am such a proud aunt. #AllTheFeels

Definitely the best kind of "reading" there is! #theatre #plays #musicals #acting

"Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" @RealLifeReading #booktober #unforgettablewomen #myrolemodel

My beloved Aunt Moe died yesterday. I spent the weekend at her bedside. She was a librarian and she instilled a love of reading in me as a young child and fostered the development of my book nerd self enormously. She was another parent to me. I am gutted by this painful loss.

When I was a child, the nearest library was in the next town, ten miles away. My mother drove me over once every two weeks or so. While there were sections marked "children's" and "adult," I don't remember anyone ever chasing my eight or ten year old self away from the shelves in the latter. So, weirdly, this is the first book I remember choosing. I expect I had to climb up on one of those little steps to reach it. #FunFridayPhoto @Liberty

Goodwill haul today. Always picking up books to add to my daughter's library and I remember enjoying bunnicula as a child.

Essential. Such a fun romp.

A loan from a friend and I love it so far.

A true classic. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a funnier book.

Wonderful!! I laugh for every single word.....