In today‘s installment of catching up my 2023 wrap ups, we find that completion was not a top priority in February. I remember reading quite a bit but only finishing a handful. I think Joyland for #LosersClub probably my favorite of the month, but I enjoyed Spare as well. Not sure if enjoy is the right word but fascinating nonetheless. #BookSpinBingo
pickDo you ever love a writer so much that you hoard any of their works you‘ve not yet read, like a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle, only decanting for special occasions? After seeing the new production of To Kill A Mockingbird, I felt compelled to tackle this one from a similar time, place, and theme. It did not disappoint. Word for word, I think McCullers will always be one of the finest prose stylists of the twentieth century.
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#lgbtqNonfiction #pridebookrec
This week of pride I want to highlight some nonfiction reads that are awesome. Starting with this little known history of many famous artists who all lived together in a falling down house in Brooklyn. I didn't realize Carson McCullers was queer before this and overall this house felt like a wildly good time.
Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #theheartisalonelyhunter #carsonmccullers #bookbeast #bookjoy #bookbuds
What are you reading? 😊
Thanks for posting @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick
1.) February House: The Story of W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Wartime America -- It has been 15+ years since I first read this, and it is still one of my favorites & most recommended. So. Much. Fun!
2.) Memoir and I would say Augusten Burroughs
3.) bell hooks
I read 12 books in February, well one of them, When No One Was Watching, was finished on March 1st, (last chapter), but I counted it in February‘s stats bc most of the book was read In Feb😜I really enjoyed my readings, including the so-so & Pan one, they were books I wanted to read, they were in my tbr. No reading rejects here🤗Not always books turn in what we expected but we need to discover that by ourselves.Love the covers. No Bingo it‘s ok👍
Okay! So I actually kept track of the time read: 30:25:26 !! I finished 4 books: Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer, You Can Thank Me Later by Kelly Harms, and If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell! Pretty well if I do say so myself. Thanks @Andrew65 for hosting! #FabulousFebruary See you for #20in4
pickThis book. Why did I wait so long to read this book? I adore this. This is one of those books you read and by the end you have ordered 3 books because reading about how they were written by these people is so fun!
I rarely feel this way about a book but I want to go back in time and live in this house!
"We've got a roast and two veg, salad and savory, and there will be no political discussion" W.H. Auden
Fitting quote for the holidays.
