Not our traditional holiday but pleasant nonetheless.
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A book about books and authors and bookshops and Paris and a strong woman
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pickA book about books and authors and bookshops and Paris and a strong woman
Book club is Thursday and I‘m already starting the book. Maybe this month I‘ll have finished in time to discuss it as this is a good 2-3 days before I‘d normally start (and then not finish about 50% of the time). LOL!
So happy to be traveling to Paris thru the #Staycationintimeswap . Thank you so much @Jerdencon !! The book and tote combo are perfect. And you even found French treats! β€οΈβ€οΈ
Thank you o @Chrissyreadit @DinoMom for hosting!
Pride Month: Day Twenty Nine! β€οΈπ§‘ππππ
This wonderful book features the story of Sylvia Beach and the publication of Ulysses! And while I obviously loved reading about James Joyce and Ulysses, I also really loved how the author took a lot of time to craft a beautiful story about the love between Sylvia and Adrienne Monnier, which is an aspect of her life that I think gets overlooked often!
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pickThis was an interesting read about the birth of the Shakespeare and Company Book Store in Paris and the role that its owner Sylvia Beach played in publishing James Joyce‘s Ulysses. While I still have no desire to attempt reading Ulysses again, the story of its initial publication in France during a time that it was banned in the US was compelling.
pickI‘m fascinated by the ex-pats inhabiting 1920-30s post WWI Paris. I‘m particularly intrigued by this Paris bookstore, and I‘m always down for books about the publishing industry. So this biographical fiction is an obvious pick for me. I knew little of James Joyce so that was a plus, as well. I do think it helps if one is interested in at least a couple of these things going in to this book. β
pickπ 5-5-22 || Historical | Literary | Inspiring
Kate Quinn has called this book βa love letter to books, bookstores, and book lovers everywhereβ β¦and I wholeheartedly agree! Such a great read. Focusing on Sylvia Beach, this story explores how she started the famous Parisian bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, and was the first publisher of James Joyce‘s Ulysses. Fun cameos by writers like Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and others!
pickA very interesting read about Sylvia Beach and her bookshop Shakespeare and Company. I‘ll admit I knew 0% about either subject prior to opening the book, but Kate Quinn‘s (one of my insta-buy authors) quote hooked me, βA love letter to books, bookstores, and book lovers everywhereβ. I agree 100%!
And just like that, we‘re back to winter π I believe we are in the βsecond winterβ phase of Chicagoland Winter. Next up is fake spring and back for one last taste of winter and then maybe we‘ll hit spring sometime in May π€π·π₯βοΈ
This tells once again the story of how Sylvia Beach founded Shakespeare & Company and of her friendship with Adrienne Monnier.
This is a picture upstairs at Sh& Co, ages ago, at a reading.
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Great book about Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare and Company, and the publishing of James Joyce‘s Ulysses. It‘s a great companion piece to read along with Ulysses. I‘m reading Ulysses along with Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James Joyce & some of my Litsy Book Club members
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This was a fun read. Not a biography of Sylvia Beach but a beautifully told historical novel about the famous bookseller and her Paris bookshop.
Getting a start on this one before heading into work! πππ
pickI enjoyed this historical fiction novel about how Sylvia Beach came to open Shakespeare and Company. Its focus is on Beach‘s endeavor to publish James Joyce‘s Ulysses, (her own Odyssey), and the friendship/ tumult she had with Joyce. The book also features other famous authors that frequented her place and what an influence she and her shop had on everyone in Paris, as well as her longtime romance with Adrienne Monnier.
π: About to start the tagged book. @Andrew65
HUZZAH!!! π The tagged book just arrived today and I couldn't be more excited! πππ This is a historical fiction about Sylvia Beach, who was one of my favorite people ever! I love the story of her bookstore and I can't to jump in! I had to include my two other books about her as well, because it's hilarious to me that all three of them have both her and Joyce on the cover! π I was lucky enough to visit her archive in Princeton a few years ago!
