pickThis is a low pick for me, which is on me not the book. The book is excellent. I appreciate how the language and tone shift from pov to pov inside of the stories, and each tenant is a full person. I think I just needed more depth at the moment. Some of these stories are only 10-15 pages and while you get a feel for each person you also feel like a lot of their story is missing.
Overall though this is excellently constructed.
pickIt took me a while to get into this, from the #ToBlonglist. I hadn‘t read the blurb and assumed that the book was about the titular Lazarus Man, pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed NYC building after several days.
It turns out it‘s also about 3 other characters indirectly involved in the incident as well and, once I realised this, the narrative became less disjointed and I started to enjoy it.
It wouldn‘t make my shortlist though.
pickThe end of an era 🥹 My daughter and I have loved all of the time we spent with the Vanderbeekers this year. We‘re sad to say goodbye. Highly recommend this series.
pickPrice has a gift in his ability to capture the spectrum of humanity, flawed as we are and still worthy of our own stories.
I wish I had this book in Elementary school! I didn't know some of the places talked about in this book!
“E is for Edgebombe Avenue...
...Can you imagine the interesting and important things people talked about in this building on Edgecombe Avenue“
1. I love both, but would probably go with spots if forced to choose.
2. My daughter & I are doing a read-aloud of the tagged book, which we borrowed from the library. ❤️ the Vanderbeekers ~ we‘re sad it‘s the final book in this series.
#two4tuesday
This is a great story to teach children about different cultures or to represent their own culture.
