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#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

Finished this earlier in the week for this month‘s #SeasonalCozies after finding it doing a Google search for cozy mysteries set in September & finding out it was free for me on Audible. Honestly there wasn‘t much of a Sept presence/fall vibe but it wasn‘t a bad cozy mystery & I liked the characters overall. The main mystery was solved but it ended with a set up into a treasure hunt. The next one is set in October⬇️

Next up.... Big chunky volume! Picked this up after seeing posts from @trishb

#Two4Tuesday
1.That‘s hard ,love all museums !
MOMA NYC , The Art Institute Of Chicago
2. Tagged title. a fun book about coffee, friends, and a little artifact that gets lifted from the museum.
Everyone play !

Set in the midst of the pandemic,Jay,a once promising artist,now in his 40s&homeless runs into his first love,Alice&is confronted with the life&people he left behind.I gave this novel a pick bc I was intrigued but I feel it‘s more a so-so since the story& writing don‘t always work for me: overdone,pompous. BUT there‘s real depth, too. And the concept of life as art, some sort of modern philosophical Odyssey journey kept me engaged.The ending - hm.

It took me a little while to get into it, but that was mostly because I was reading several other books at that time. The Barbizon. It will make you fall in love with historical non fiction, make you want to maintain the beauty and grandeur in historic buildings, and will stir so much gratitude in your heart for places like The Barbizon that have provided a safe space for women to pursue their dreams and create a long lasting golden legacy.

#Naturalitsy #LitSolace #HyggeHourReadathon

For #HyggeHour tonight, I‘m finishing up my cards for the #FallCardSwap so I can mail them out tomorrow while listening to the tagged book for #SeasonalCozies

I‘m drinking raspberry lemonade (it‘s so humid) & noshing on mini lemon bars my coworker gave me. I guess I need to switch to a fall vibe soon. 😉

My mood is a little sad that tomorrow is Monday—I really could use an extra day off.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/26/a-history-of-the-american-bookstor...

Fun memoir about two Iowan college students having adventures and misadventures in Manhattan towards the end of World War II. They get to goggle at celebrities, almost get swept out to the ocean at Jones beach, and are part of the wild celebration of VJ day at Times Square.

I was a little disappointed because I expected it to be funnier, in the tradition of My Sister Eileen and Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. More smiles than laughs.

This will be my pick for September‘s #SeasonalCozies
It takes place in September, is first in a series (Merry Muffin Mysteries) & it‘s free as part of my Audible membership, so I‘m giving it a go. (Does that take on new meaning when talking about bran muffins?!) 😜💩😉

#AboutABook #SetinLibrary

Looking forward to our December #EuropaCollective book about Belle Greene and her tenure as librarian of JPMorgan‘s private collection.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks