“Somewhere in this empty space, between my lies and fictions, is the truth”
“Tell the truth but tell it slant” (quote quoting Emily Dickinson)
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The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards: A Novel | 
“Somewhere in this empty space, between my lies and fictions, is the truth”
“Tell the truth but tell it slant” (quote quoting Emily Dickinson)
bailedThe characters were pretty insufferable and pretentious, but I had to bail when I got to the story within the story within the story. Massive EYEROLL. I don‘t have patience for this kind of thing.
I almost forgot, I‘ve received your postcard, @Louise ! Thank you, it‘s a lovely animal art by Alice Pattullo.
#litsypostcardexchange
bailedWithin the first 50 pages, this was starting to remind me too much of a book I hated and bailed on, Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon. I am deeply, deeply allergic to modern satirical novels. I'm done.
Jeepers, these opening lines have got my attention!
#QuoteOfTheDay
Guys, the #DollarStore is no longer a safe place to shop. I keep buying books. #bookhaul #dollartree
This is the only book I can think of that I've read with an #unreliablenarrator. I didn't like it very much - probably because of the unreliable narrator... #maybookflowers
@RealLifeReading
#day3 #maybookflowers I just LOVE an #unreliablenarrator and this book blurbed as "a matryoshka doll of a story" is a wonderful example.... With themes of truth, lies and storytelling, the narrator is unreliable and charming all at once. "F Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson"... ?. Recommended to me by my lovely friend @Tex
I honestly couldn't think of anything for "bad cover good book" I don't know yet If this is a good book, and I just think the cover is weird, not so much bad, but it's the best I could come up with. #AprilBookShowers #BadCoverGoodBook @RealLifeReading
pickReading this book felt like being in a sort of literary maze. I'm still not quite sure I fully understand all the narrator was up to. Thanks for the recommendation @Liberty and thanks for getting it for me @BooksForEmpathy 🙌🏻🙌🏻 See below for more spoiler-ish thoughts 👇🏻
"I've lost every book I've ever written." #firstlineofcurrentread #aprilbookshowers
These are my must reads for April....#litsygoespostalOG selection, Lab Girl for #litsybookclub, 200 pages for #lesmislovescompany read along, and two of my bookish gifts from @Laalaleighh and @BooksForEmpathy 📚📚📚
#apriltbr #aprilbookshowers
The Litsy book exchange that keeps on giving! @sisilia already had The Nakano Thrift Shop by the time my parcel arrived, so we agreed to exchange because I want to read it. I've sent her Inoue's The Hunting Gun and some other books, and last night this lovely package arrived! I've wanted to read the Jansma novel for a long time. And just look at the lovely Singaporean batik bookmark! Thank you Sisilia!
#CupidGoesPostal #ValentinesBookExchange.
#day6 #seasonsreadings2016 #bestblurbs This one 'had me at hello'! F Scott and Wes Anderson! I'm in! .... and it was just as wonderful as I had hoped.... 💕
pickWhoaaaaaa... what a smart writing!!! So masterful that I'm still in awe now. Yes, another book hangover 😬
Back in the office with the results of my Dollar Tree expedition during my lunch break. They didn't have much of a selection, but these looked good, and the price was right. Total including tax: $2.15. #dollartree #lunchtimereading
pick#Recommendsday..... A friend gave me this book, and I just loved it.... Unique, witty and compelling, with a charmingly unreliable narrator.... " a matryoshka doll of a story"
pickI loved this book! It's the story of a guy through his own writing, details change but emotions don't. Once, it's a story within a story, within a story. Often experimental, this book shows the creativity writers can have "telling the truth" but giving it slanted. A great fictional writer's guide!
Does it sting like this because I've been robbed or because it was never mine to steal? ... Maybe an idea, like love, cannot ever be stolen away, just as it cannot ever have belonged to me and only me.
