Super Sad True Love Story | 
so-soThis book was different than any I ever read.I didn‘t like any of the characters at all.The male protagonist was a weak person, the female protagonist was a snotty young woman. Throw in deceit, bigotry and physical abuse-you get the idea. This book was set at some point in the future. If the world ends up anything like this book describes, we‘re all in trouble. Unfortunately, I think that this is the direction we are heading, especially in the US.
so-soA love story that might set up in a dystopian worl. The story line can be quiet dragging and the ending is something expected. As for the character, Eunice Park is not my favr as she is pretty messing up with Lenny Abramov. Her choices lead to more problem. It is a great love story novel that feature vulnerable side of human in a world lead by robot and technology.
The library has been MASSIVELY busy for the past couple weeks 😱😱😱😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! Sometimes, most of my day is spent literally just replenishing my many displays. It‘s truly amazing and inspiring to watch so many books get borrowed 😁! Here is one of my replenishment stacks today for my #BooksToFilm Display ☺️. I know SSTLS is a series, but why not include it 😎.
Have you read any of these?!
#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksDisplays
pickI finally took time to finish this snarky dystopian novel. An (epistolary) love letter to the written word, a lament on western civilisation and a meditation on the timelesness of the human condition. Philip Roth meets Margaret Atwood. Very ambitious, but maybe a future classic. Read this if you want a glimspe into our capitalist future!
#coffeeandabook for yesterdays #mothersday tea
so-soThe story is in the not-too-distant future, and America is on the brink of dying. The book seemed like it would be poignant and funny and sad. I guess it was, but it was also disappointing. I had to work to finish it. It wasn‘t bad, but it wasn‘t great...
Feeling a little low today. My husband and I have been contemplating moving and a property I was really interested in seeing was supposed to have an open house. Drive there only to find out it‘s already under contract before it was even technically on the market. So now I‘m trying to cheer up with some tea and a book. 😔
#lavieboheme #musicalnewyear in staying true to the song part of my image may be offensive to some....but I hope not too offensive. Rent is one of my favorite musicals- when it came out a significant number of tickets had to be marketed affordable to students.
pickIt is super sad but the love story, oddly, is not the sadness. How close this hits to our today, marks the sad truth of our times- the very real often getting obscured by the ever so simple- love trumps all... maybe not but well worth the read.
pickI did not find this book funny, but I did enjoy it. I see this book as mostly about fear and how we chose to deal with it, especially when those fears stem from issues or problems that can‘t be overcome. One of those books that was tough to get through but nice to sit and think about afterwards.
This book is so strange but parts of it manage to stick with me
"Any gap between us was a failure. Sucess would come when neither of us knew where one ended and the other began."
#MarchIntoOz Day 19: This has a #IfYouLeaveMeCanIComeToo vibe - anyone who has read this or any Shteyngart yet? Sounds like a dystopian love story with philosophical musings on immortality and what it truly means to be human.
pickSo many absurd, yet true observations. A scary, and sickening (but also hilarious) possible future. Loved this book!
This is what a reading slump looks like: me pulling out my favorite books and reading a paragraph here or there, leaving them littered around the house. Does anyone else do this?
pickI read this one for my postmodern literature class, and I really enjoyed it. The plot was bizarre, but it is also plausible. The way the world is now, I can see how the future could turn out in that way. The loss of literacy and the focus on vanity is a future that I hope never comes to be. Overall, it was an entertaining and thought-provoking novel.
Yesterday I made the decision to return all my library books guilt free & read #whathappenedbyhillaryrodhamclinton
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My plan worked perfectly until I spotted the new releases shelf...I returned 9 books & took home 6!
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Have you read:
#emmainthenight
#singunburiedsing
#youngjaneyoung
#menwithoutwomen
#theministryofutmosthappiness
#finalgirls
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Do you share my lack of bookish will power & bury yourselves in tbrs you'll never finish? ♥️😂
Poor Lenny - I think many on Litsy will sympathize with our not-so-young-anymore hero as he struggles with #modernlove in a near future society where social media has completed its takeover, and the physical books he still carries are only recognized by others for their offensive ink odor. In speculative fiction terms, I feel like this is after William Gibson's last trilogy but before Atwood's Maddaddam trilogy #septembowie @Marchpane @Cinfhen
Monday's thrift store finds! I love thrifting so much (and flea markets & estate sales). I love to decorate with thrifty finds & I adore 2nd hand books. And I think Josie approves! 😻 Grand total $6.25.
#latestbookhaul #afavoritehobby #junebookbugs #riotgrams #secondhand #thriftstore #bookhaul #catsoflitsy
Stopped by Joseph Fox Bookstore today in Philadelphia for some pay-day fun.
#riotgrams #funnybooks brilliant book that is both hysterical and heartbreaking.
#2017readharderchallenge Book written by an immigrant. Seriously freaking me out, all of this could happen now...
This love story is set against the backdrop of a near future NYC, a consumer culture dystopia. The world is going to hell and everyone is distracted by online gadgetry and brand name merchandise. This funny, tender satire is one of my favorite books of the past few years. Lenny Abramov and Eunice Park are a tragic odd couple trying to eke meaning out of a superficial world dominated by status and wealth.
#inthemoodforlove #seasonsreadings2016
This my book club's next pick. I can't get excited about it. Someone change my mind!
