It was meant to be a harmless prank.
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
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It was meant to be a harmless prank.
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
This is what I woke up to this morning! Only in New England! Happy Friday everyone! ❄️❄️❄️
#DynamicDs
I got behind so here‘s yesterday‘s #Dream prompt. I often dream of food so these 5 books on my shelves are either foodie novels or cookbooks. 🍽️
This is how #BookSpinBingo keeps me tackling my #TBR while the library holds keep coming in. #bookspin #doublespin
pick5🌟/5🌟
This was just heartbreaking. I've never seen the movie, so it was all new to me. 💔
pickI really enjoy Kate Quinn books and this is no exception. Set in a Washington DC boarding house during the McCarthy era 7 women, each with their own secrets, bond over weekly dinners. The audio was great but now will borrow from the library to look at the recipes from each character‘s chapter. Pic is from IG of Candlestick salad. 4.5 🌟
Look forward to discussing with #LiteraryCrew
@Librarybelle
pickI originally checked this out from the library, got 2 chapters in and ran to my bookstore and bought a copy. This book is amazing. It is written with such care and tons of research. The 5 women it focuses on each have small chapters woven into the narrative. Their struggles are glaring on the page, the way they controlled their bodies while struggling with so much racism and socioeconomic challenges.
4.5/5 this is wonderful.
“She wanted to be like her childhood heroes Ginger Rogers and Natalie Wood, emerging from limousines onto red carpets to snapping bulbs, the plot of her life playing out like one of the feel-good Million Dollar Movie films she loved to watch on her family‘s black-and-white television.”
Photo of the 5 beautiful ballerinas featured in the book
The man behind the company.
The first Black dancer at the NYC Ballet.
Arthur Mitchell started the Dance Theater of Harlem. He is both a monster (yelling at the women for eating or not being loyal enough to him and the company) but also seen as a father figure. The women talk about how his death in 2018 crushed them. A complex and interesting look at a teacher relationship.
