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The Invention of Everything Else
The Invention of Everything Else | Samantha Hunt
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Brought together by a mutual fascination with pigeons, Louisa, a young chambermaid at the Hotel New Yorker, forms an unlikely friendship with the hotel's most famous and unusual resident, eccentric and pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla, during his final days. Reprint.
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LibrarianRyan
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#YeahBaby is just the catagories I could not fit anywhere else. Read any age to fill these prompts.

#BBRC

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Purrfectpages
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The character that makes it worth reading this novel is New York. New York City at the turn of the 19th century and New York after the great depression. Following Telsa, Louisa and Walter in New York is fun and interesting. Bryant Park, the New Yorker, the sounds of the streets, the smells make for a compelling portrait. Also Telsa. Parts are really not my cup of tea hence the so-so. #NYCfiction

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CJEskriett
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I wasn't sure about this one to start with (didn't like the cover!) but I was thoroughly absorbed. We're discussing this at book group next week and I know how the conversation will go: it jumps about and has different voices so some of my group will have been frustrated by that. I know what they mean but I found it fine, it hung together coherently enough that even my goldfish brain could keep up. #bookgroup

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CJEskriett
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I can't squish this picture darn it

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CJEskriett

just started this for book group. hoping it provokes discussion/passion. #bookgroup