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Paradise Alley
Paradise Alley | Kevin Baker
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They came by boat from a starving landand by the Underground Railroad from Southern chainsseeking refuge in a crowded, filthy corner of hell at the bottom of a great metropolis. But in the terrible July of 1863, the poor and desperate of Paradise Alley would face a new catastropheas flames from the war that was tearing America in two reached out to set their city on fire.
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mrp27
mrp27
Paradise Alley | Kevin Baker
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#bookmoods #beenonshelf4ever

These two have been on my shelf for at least 20 years. I swear I‘ll get to them some day.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤭😂 2y
Eggs They look interesting 👀 2y
sherrisilvera I bought Paradise Alley on bargain the last time the two of us were at Book Revue😁 2y
mrp27 @sherrisilvera oh wow! I don‘t remember you buying it. Heck, I don‘t remember what I bought. I know I got Paradise Alley at work. 2y
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Carissa-Green-Reads
Carissa-Green-Reads
Paradise Alley | Kevin Baker
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The flap copy tells me this image is from an 1858 Currier and Ives print. But I prefer to think it‘s a picture of Tom O‘Kane, our firefighter with a heart of gold.

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Carissa-Green-Reads
Carissa-Green-Reads
Paradise Alley | Kevin Baker
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Normally, I have borrowing privileges at three libraries. Today, after two months and 13 days, I finally got access to one of them again. Online requests and curbside pickup at the smallest of the three? Still paradise. I made the most of it and chose a 676 page novel. ❤️💙💚

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RealBooks4ever
RealBooks4ever
Paradise Alley | Kevin Baker
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People on the move. #CantStopWontStop #AndItsAugust

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MrBook
MrBook
Paradise Alley | Kevin Baker
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From yesterday's #libraryhaul! These are the books we bought. All for $10. Thank you #Litsyfam for showing @BookBabe and I that libraries sell books 😊👍🏻🙌🏻. I think I may be making this book a future selection for one of our #NYC bookclubs that we run 😎👌🏻. Any titles stick out to you as yay's or nay's?

DeeLew A Thousand Splendid Suns is amazing! 8y
LeahBergen I love Kate Atkinson's mystery series. 8y
StellaDz Love anything by Erik Larson! He is my non-fiction author! 8y
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Louise I second @DeeLew with a shout out for A Thousand Splendid Suns. It will knock your socks off and broaden your understanding of the world! 8y
Nonaroo In the Garden of Beasts is quite good. 8y
Zelma Kate Atkinson is fabulous but that one is part of her Jackson Brody series. I would read it order due to character development. Though I think you all have already read Case Histories (I could be wrong). 8y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I have The Glass Room in my TBR too - looks creepy. A Thousand Spendid Suns is amazing. Good haul!! 8y
Bookzombie In the Garden of Beasts is a pick for me. 8y
Jerame2999 In The Garden of Beasts is very good. A look at preWW2 Germany we don't see a lot. 8y
BookishShelly A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of my all time favorite books. 8y
emmanoble I read The Glass Room years ago but I remember loving it 8y
OrangeMooseReads Merrick is good, but most Anne Rice is. In the Garden of Breasts is a decent read, wasn't my favorite but solid writing. 8y
MrBook @DeeLew @Louise @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com @Bookishshelly Thousand Suns fandom is very large and consistent ???????. @LeahBergen @Zelma It's our 2nd Atkinson book after "Life After Life" ???. @StellaDz @Nonaroo @Bookzombie @Jerame2999 @OrangeMooseReads I'm a big Larson fan. Looking forward to this one! Is it your favorite of his? @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled.com @emmanoble Glass Room was @BookBabe 's pick ?. She adores the cover ???. 8y
MrBook @OrangeMooseReads Rice is consistently stellar ???. @BookBabe got to meet her and get our copy of "Lestat" ???. 8y
OrangeMooseReads @MrBook I would love to get a chance to meet Anne Rice. 8y
MrBook @OrangeMooseReads I forgot to add "signed", lol. I wish I had gotten the chance too, but other duties had called that night *sighs*. 8y
OrangeMooseReads @mrbook I have only read this one and 'The Devil in the White City' I preferred Devil, but that could be because I hadn't read anything about H.H. Holmes before. 8y
MrBook @OrangeMooseReads Ah, yes, that makes sense. 8y
Dogearedcopy Ooh! 'The Glass Room' is so very good! Not quite Roshomon, which is different POVs, it's one room through a succession of owners... Check out Villa Tugendhat online for pictures of the actual house!
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MrBook @Dogearedcopy You are a fount of knowledge 😁👏🏻👍🏻! 8y
Bookzombie @MrBook I have only read this one and I'm in the middle of Dead Wake. 8y
MrBook @Bookzombie Nice! 😊👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻 8y
StellaDz @MrBook Devil in the White City is my fave but that's because it was my first and I love the true crime aspect 8y
MrBook @StellaDz Niice ???! Have you read "The Girls of Murder City"? You may like that true crime book as well ???. 8y
LeahBergen Kate Atkinson has done 4 Jackson Brodie mysteries. You should really start with the first, Case Histories. They are so good! 8y
LeahBergen Oh, the one that you bought is #4! 8y
Zelma I agree with @LeahBergen. You definitely should start with Case Histories and read in order. And it's a fantastic book! The writing is excellent. 8y
LeahBergen @Zelma and I always agree! 😉 8y
StellaDz I haven't! Thanks, I shall look that one up! 8y
Belleandherbooks A Thousand Splendid Suns was the first book I read by Khaled Hosseini ❤️ I love it so much, it's amazing! PS: Great bookhaul! 😱🌟 I wish my libraries would sell English books 📚 8y
MrBook @LeahBergen @Zelma I can do that 😊👌🏻👍🏻! Go figure 🙄😆! @StellaDz 😎👌🏻🙌🏻! @Belleandherbooks Thank you 😁👍🏻🙌🏻! Looking forward to reading Suns! And get on your libraries' tails about that! 8y
anakolarec Great books, I didn't read all of them, but some are really awsome books 8y
MrBook @anakolarec 😁👍🏻🙌🏻 8y
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