Bit of a rainy day but the Brooklyn Book Festival is on!
Great as always, even in the rain. Came home with 5 new books for the TBR pile!
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Bit of a rainy day but the Brooklyn Book Festival is on!
Great as always, even in the rain. Came home with 5 new books for the TBR pile!
pickIt‘s possible this is the book that proves I never quite learned to read straight nonfiction without a narrative thread running through it. I went into this very interested, and at times I found myself captivated by the piece of history being revealed, but then I‘d struggle to focus, or find myself wondering about the author, or about bias in the writing.
#SummerSouls #Rollercoaster I am fascinated w/all things NYC & Coney Island in particular. This book is a tale told in postcards from its grand times in the 1880s to WWI . There were 3 large amusement parks that eventually were lost to fire. Nicknamed Sodom by the Sea w/ rail connections hundreds of thousands would come per day.There is a record that 1 day in 1906 200k postcards were mailed from Coney. I treasure this book I‘ve had for decades .
Think someone is trying to make up for the desiccated mouse I found on my meditation cushion when I woke up? I can‘t very well wake such a cute snuggle kitty just because I can‘t reach the book I wanted to read. Good thing I have a new audiobook all cued up to start.
pickBrooklyn is a gentle story about the challenges of being alone, far away from home, and making big decisions about the direction your life takes, who you want to be, and where you want home to be. I didn‘t always love, or even like Eilis Lacey. At certain points in the novel she‘s hopelessly naive, a bit prejudiced, thoughtless, or helpless. But I think that‘s what makes her such a real character and so I never begrudged Eilis these imperfections.
pickToibin is one of my favorite authors but this was not one of my favorite books. It was a soft pick (more of a so-so). At the risk of sounding like a book snob (sorry 😭), this one read more like commercial fiction than the ones I‘ve loved (Heather Blazing being a favorite) although it was shortlisted for the Booker. He is quite brilliant at writing the voices of women though. It follows the life a young Irish woman who moves to the U.S.
pickA lovely little book. The story itself I‘ve more or less read before - a quiet Irish girl sent to make a living in America, leaving the life she‘s known behind - but it was told in a gentle and sparing way that I really liked. Loved the conflicted ending, and now looking forward to the upcoming sequel (although maybe that ending should be left as is).
pickI enjoyed the historical fiction story about a young Irish woman who left Ireland in the early 1950s for America when work couldn‘t be found at home. The characters were interesting. The courage need for a young woman to pack up and head off so far from home made an impact on me.
