I brought some library books to Chicago with me, but I finished both of them in the car ride over. I went walking in search of a new book for the drive home and ended up getting absolutely lost in after-words bookstore for like 3 hours. They have every book you could ever want and I love how it's set up. This is what I got!
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The City & The City
#JuneSpecials #Flag playing catch up. This book was published in 2004 .So much has changed in the political climate since then .🙄😱
pickA funny book whose satire is true to today in so many ways- how Kurt is still relevant after some 40-50 years is the genius behind his words.
pickMonk writes intellectual experimental fiction that attracts few readers. He‘s deeply offended when a black woman writes a gritty almost stereotypical book about black life, makes millions, and sells the story to make a movie. Who could do such a thing—a sellout! But in a mad fit, he does the same thing; he calls it a parody. And it‘s a huge hit! But first he refuses to reveal that he‘s the author having written under a pen name, then he reveals ⬇️
I got to a good start on #JumpStartSummer by not being able to sleep last night 🙄 and finishing Erasure. (Full disclosure: I skipped most of the story-within-a-story, and feel completely justified. 😂)
This was so much more than its main plot description... bitter and satiric yes, but also very quietly human and deeply sad.
#AuthorAMonth
I‘m starting this book tonight, my fourth for #authoramonth this month
@Soubhiville
pickWhat first struck me about this novel about art getting out of hand was how quickly I felt close to the characters. There's an event near the beginning that's foreshadowed clearly, but still it felt like a blow when it came because I had connected with the characters so much already. I listened to part of the novel in the car and found myself self-consciously turning down the volume at stop lights. (Guess which section that was.) #authoramonth
