I‘ve mislaid my in progress book so when it didn‘t turn up immediately, I grabbed this to start. And now the furs have settled in so there‘s no switching up books.
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I‘ve mislaid my in progress book so when it didn‘t turn up immediately, I grabbed this to start. And now the furs have settled in so there‘s no switching up books.
#12Booksof2023 July saw me finally pulling this off my shelves, and it both totally lives up to its hype, and falls into one of my favorite niche genres, groups of artists riffing off of and inspiring one another. @Andrew65
pickDelightful. Short. A look at Hemmingway‘s life in Paris 1921-26, driven to write while still happily married and still unknown. Oh, there are many reasons to visit the Louve, but the reason given here was a new one for me. ☺️
Sometimes reading is a battle, especially on cold days. This short book, by the way, is absolutely delightful. It‘s really short. I‘m almost done.
So two of these are repeats because I didn‘t finish them and my book order got switched around by add-ons…oops!! # 60- Love and Ruin, # 76- All the King‘s Men, and # 83- Memoirs of a Geisha!!
bailedI don‘t care how many historians speak well of him. Animal lovers will hate how many stories he wrote with main characters killing them for sport. Some of his stories were like he was writing under the influence and sounded like they were written by 5 year olds. One of the characters in A Pursuit Race was obsessed with his bedsheet. Some of the better ones felt unfinished and/or mediocre, and at worst, one nsfw story.
pickRecommended by a colleague. I forgot how much i loved reading Hemingway in high school. Love his succinct writing style. Paris in the 20‘s sounded like the place to be.
August's #TitlesandTunes took some puzzling, but then I remembered a very vivid description of eating oysters from Hemingway and thought it would be a wonderful month to revisit A Moveable Feast. And what could pair better with Hemingway's Paris than a song by Cole Porter? https://open.spotify.com/track/1unklhCEg2sOraisyjedC5?si=9c7780c4bb214e2a
#TheWorldismyOyster @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB
pickInteresting memoir by Ernest Hemingway‘s grandson, John. So much heartache and struggles. So wish things could have been different for them all.
