pickThis was a fast read - a novella really - about a woman who is a second wife, and her obsession with her husband‘s former wife. She is also step-mother to his two older children. The book rips along - the husband is a bit of a blow hard, the former wife seems faultless, the step children have a good relationship with the new wife, and yet the new wife cannot seem to control her impulses leading to a wild ending.
Putting together the walls is frustrating. I just got my acrylic nails done for the first time in years .They‘re sparkly red. It‘s making it ten times harder 🤨😂.
pickI had to buy this when I saw it a few months ago - a book about languages, and also about NYC?! ❤️
This is a fascinating account of 6 speakers of little-known, almost extinct, languages who all live and work in NYC, all well as a history of immigration to that city and diversity within it. It looks at grammar and language structure, alongside cultural histories.
Of course, I had to pair the book with my Strand bookmark!
I wish I had this book in Elementary school! I didn't know some of the places talked about in this book!
“E is for Edgebombe Avenue...
...Can you imagine the interesting and important things people talked about in this building on Edgecombe Avenue“
so-soThis collection of newspaper articles from the 1930‘s had a few really interesting ones and then a couple that while they were definitely of the time, they were tough to read now. His perspective of NYC from many different walks of life, rich and poor, during this pivotal time was illuminating and revealing. #BookspinBingo #roll100 @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper
pickA fun chaotic story! There's a lot of characters to keep straight, but it wasn't a huge issue. I liked it. It mostly centers around one brownstone home in New York that is packed with stuff, family, life and one problem after another. Somehow it all works out. People step up to help each other out. Really enjoyed these eccentric characters. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's perfect for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Puts you in the right frame of mind.
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From the judges' comments: “New York City is home to more than 700 languages — ‘the most linguistically diverse city in the history of the world‘ – and by examining them Perlin opens out new ways of thinking about the exuberant variety of these aspects of the urban soundscape, which we might otherwise take for granted or ignore."
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/language-city-wins-the-british-academy-...
“And there I was, the reluctant nudist, punished to the maximum extend if the law, one ankle bracelet short of an orange jumpsuit.”
