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Young Man with a Horn | Dorothy Baker, Gary Giddins

#MayMontage #InternationalJazzDay late to the party ! Fiction loosely based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke .This book now in print as a #NYRBclassic .When they made a movie of it , Hoagy Carmichael was in it . He wrote the beautiful song Stardust , & actually played gigs with Bix IRL.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 📚 2y

BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one a lot though not as much as

Cassandra at the Wedding

Leftcoastzen @BarbaraBB I loved Cassandra so much ! Haven‘t read this one yet! 2y

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emilyhaldi

The Post-Office Girl | Stefan Zweig

I've been having so much trouble landing on a next book to read... it‘s hard to go wrong with a #NYRBclassic 🤞🏻

LeahBergen True! 👍🏻 4y

Reviewsbylola Ugh that‘s so me recently. 😭 4y

BarbaraBB Have you finished our#NYRBBookClub one yet? Did you like it?

The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story

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BarbaraBB @Reviewsbylola Me too. I find it hard to concentrate on books I normally would have loved. 4y

emilyhaldi I'm going to start our bookclub pic tomorrow! @BarbaraBB figured I would read it the week of our discussion so it's fresh in my mind 🤓 Have you read it yet?? 4y

Suet624 I‘m reading my current book (Cloudland) very slowly because I‘m enjoying it so much. It‘s been so hard to concentrate on books lately that I relish an absorbing read. 4y

BarbaraBB That‘s a good idea. I often forget about a book once I‘ve read another one afterwards 🙈 4y

emilyhaldi Me too @BarbaraBB 🤦🏻‍♀️ I‘m ashamed of how poor my memory is sometimes!! 4y

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emilyhaldi

The Expendable Man | Dorothy B. Hughes

Mixing it up with this #NYRBclassic and a #Persephone bookmark- two favs 💞

#NYRBBookclub

vivastory How are you liking it so far? 5y

merelybookish Im hoping to start this later in the week! 5y

Reviewsbylola I probably won‘t start this for a few more weeks. 5y

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Mdargusch I got the same book mark. 💜 5y

LeahBergen A perfect blend! 😉 5y

emilyhaldi @vivastory I'm hooked!! I love the noir vibes and writing style 🖤 5y

BarbaraBB It‘s good isn‘t it? I was blown away by the twist. Hadn‘t seen it coming - call me naive 5y

emilyhaldi I need to get back to it!! @BarbaraBB only about 50 pages in 😬 but I‘m on edge reading it... something‘s gotta blow up but I don‘t know what! 5y

BarbaraBB It will, soon! 5y

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