so-soFran Lebowitz made a career out of New York sardonic social commentary with the foundation based on two books about New York life that have been combined in this volume. Now more of a public speaker and satirist, I find her more interesting live than in prose. Although, it could be that this book focuses on life in New York in the 70‘s and 80‘s and it‘s just dated.
bailedYes, I bailed on a book! (Probably only because it‘s a library book)
I‘m disappointed it was this book though. I loved the Netflix series Pretend It‘s a City and have been wanting to read this ever since. However I felt that Lebowitz‘s humour and acerbity just didn‘t come across on the page, and I found myself skim-reading a lot of the essays.
She‘s touring in the UK in June though and I‘m still looking forward to seeing her.
so-soHilarious. Also, watch the Netflix show “Pretend It‘s a City”!
pickI have tickets to an event with hero June and I wanted to prepare myself. I like her sense of humor and writing. The texts in this collection in the 70s and 80s and don‘t feel as dated as one would have thought.
From her essay “To Have and Do Not”.
On film rights being bought before the book is published and even written. And book being bought before it is written.
This is just too funny.
A combined #BookReport and #WeeklyForecast this week
I finished my advent reads Adventsstjernen and Seldas julekalender. I read The Christmas Train. Then I started Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery, but I didn‘t get along with it and DNF. Then I went straight for The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch.
Now I‘m currently reading The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List and I desember, and I want to finish in those.
Next up is the tagged
2-19-21: My 19th finished book of 2021! This reader is the two books Ms. Lebowitz has written: Metropolitan Life and Social Studies. Both are humorist essays with that signature voice, wit and sarcastic style. I highly recommend watching Pretend It‘s a City on Netflix to get a feel for who Fran Lebowitz is before reading these essays. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #franlebowitz 👍🏼📖#️⃣1️⃣9️⃣
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” Fran Lebowitz
pickFrom 3 of her essay collections. Many are dated, but they are still a really funny look at life in NYC.
"Reading is not a particularly popular pastime -- hence the warm welcome the majority of the population has extended to such things as snowmobiles, tape decks, and citizen-band radios." -- Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
NYT: If you could require the president to read one book, what would it be?
Fran: It would depend on who‘s reading it to him.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/books/review/fran-lebowitz-by-the-book.htm...
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not possibly have met.
When I'm waiting for the Goodreads app to load and the quote is kind of awesome so that I don't even mind the spinning thing. But you should think while you read too...
pickThis is a combination of Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, both of which are quite droll. Fran never disappoints; I just wish she was more prolific~
The Fran Lebowitz Reader | 
