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This book was a mess all the way around. The characters where from two different neighborhoods but I couldn't really feel what the problem was. It was said it was kind of a Romeo and Juliet retelling. The only person really involved was the father of Jamey. He was the only one really trying to break them up and that didn't last long. White Fur was filled with sex, lust and drugs.

Currently half way into this one and just can't get into it!! I hate to not finish a book though🥱

“If James Brown and Bauldelaire had a hermaphroditic bastard, babysat by Mr. Rodgers, who grew up to wear lilac matador pants-it would be Prince.”

She thinks in wild gardens, And his thoughts are espaliered into an introduction with a thesis, then supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion.

“ Yeah. I‘m staying downtown. Working at an auction house.“
“What‘s that?“
“They sell people‘s belongings.“
“We call that a pawn shop, brother.”

She likes the mystery of that changeover, those fifteen minutes of sundown when the streets and trees and people and parked cars are delicate and immediate, every sound and smell and movement amplified by the lowest light or the lightest darkness. Even a city that‘s broken and dirty can, in that time, be divine and intimate.

Rainy night reading 🤓🌧📖

#LMPBC Round 7 - #GroupL
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Round 7 is history! Thank you, everyone, for a great reading experience. White Fur is in the mail being returned to @sprainedbrain tomorrow.

Reading for Litsy Markup Postal Book Club (#LMPBC) Round 7 - Group L.

Raw and emotional love story - I was a little confused by the ending but I‘ll have to spend some more time with it.

Finished this yesterday. Getting through my backlog of my TBR. This book pulled me in and I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. Loved Elise. #tbr #whitefur #botm

For much of this book I felt annoyed by the characters and the slow plot, but I cannot deny that I did not want to stop reading. This is a weird and racy book about the weird relationship between Elise and Jamey that takes them from their families (his rich and entitled, hers poor and addicted) through mental health issues and to everyday moments between a couple. I didn't love it, but I'm glad I read it. #lmpbc

Normal People is the much lauded story of Irish teens Connell and Marianne as they try to navigate their on and off again relationship. In the tagged book, Jamey and Elise meet in New Haven and fall into an intense love affair. Both novels deal with class, although White Fur is more overt about it. At the end of the day, I enjoyed White Fur more. The writing is beautiful and the characters are flawed and hopeful.

#WinterGames #MerryReaders TBRRead. Well this one was different. I‘m not sure how I feel about it yet. @thebluestocking this will be in the mail Monday. #LMPBC Group L.

Found these at Goodwill!! I have most of them, but the others can be given away!! Anyone read White Fur, Sold on a Monday, or White Teeth? How are they? I didn‘t have those or need them either!!! 🤦🏼‍♀️ 📚

#LMPBC Group L @sprainedbrain This arrived today!

This book was not at all what I expected, but wowza, it is a good one.

Really great writing about an unlikely couple set against 1980s NYC. This book is gritty and graphic, and it deals with way more than just a romance.

Let the record show that it only took me 2 years and 4 months to read this BOTM selection. 😂

Karen, this book will be on the way to you tomorrow. I can‘t wait to hear what the group thinks.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#LMPBC #GroupL

Hello, ladies of #LMPBC group L.

I‘m about halfway done with this book and having a little bit of a freak-out. It‘s way racier than I expected and I‘m not sure I should send it. I don‘t mind it at all and I‘m going to keep reading, but I‘ve never sent anything with so much sexy-times for a postal book club.

Should I send something else? 😬😬😬

Finally got around to this #botm pick that is described as a love story set against 1980s NYC. It is much more than that. It is a reflection of socioeconomic clashes and sexual obsession, as well as the deep human connections we all desire. This book was so literary and profound.

Let me start by saying that I did not enjoy this book at all. But it‘s such a well written and interesting book.

Her heart is like a bird caught in a house - she can‘t even catch the poor thing to calm it down and set it free 🕊

This book made me so anxious - this relationship is going straight off a cliff, right?? It sagged a tiny bit in the middle, but it was so compelling and the writing is crazy amazing 👍

1. I hated this book.
2. Pack. I eat the same thing everyday for lunch during the work week.
3. When my boss tried to play matchmaker with one of the vendors that comes into my work every week! 😡
4. Vanilla Bean Noel from Bath & Body Works. I buy enough of it to last me all year long!
5. fuchsia Stairs

#friyayintros

What in the world did I just listen to? This book was nothing that I expected, not in a good way. I only found myself enjoying the last hour and 30 minutes. #25in5

Time for a podcast break.

A few of my current podcast came to their last episode so I guess it's time for audiobooks again. What'd you all think of this one?

Best #GoodWill #bookhaul yet! Unbeknownst to me until check out, there was an Earth Day half-off sale, so I got all of these for just $10. 🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️

All are #TBR except the JSF.

March ‘18 reads. I struggled this month and picked up and put away 3 other books that I didn‘t end up finishing. Luckily, I spent Spring Break at my mom‘s and was able to read and complete 2 books while I was there for a total of 6. White Fur was definitely the best of the bunch with the Strayed in second.

Like nothing I‘ve ever read! Jardine‘s observations and descriptions are so precise that you wonder how she even slowed her brain down enough to see them, and at the same time wrote them so fast to capture them on the page. It‘s like a beautiful trick of the brain. Read this! 💝

Next up! Way behind on my #BOTM picks 🤷🏼‍♀️ featuring Henry‘s Little fingers trying to steal my bookmark 😆

This one was wild. Glitz, glam, grime, the 80‘s, New York and star crossed lovers.

So excited to get this ARC!! I love anything to do with the 80s! Thinking possible bookclub pick here!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The author did a great job portraying Jamey and Elise and how fundamentally different they were, this was no fairytale. It was gut wrenching, though, and had me feeling all the feels.

I‘m on my second book for the #botmbingeathon - work has been killing me! Taking up all my reading time 😭

I‘m only a few chapters in, but so far so good for this modern day Romeo and Juliet. Jamey seems like the stereotypical 80s prep boy and Elise seems to be causing his neurons to miss fire in all the ways young love does. Can‘t wait to see what happens to these two! #litsyatoz #rhc #litsybingo #readingwomenchallenge

Just started....

#2017Book209
The first 250 pages tell the story of a dysfunctional girl from a poor, screwed-up family who decides to make her rich, preppy neighbor boy fall in love with her. You follow their relationship for most of the book, which is mostly just the two of them secretly wondering if they actually like each other. The last 50 pages feel like they belong in a completely different story. One where stuff actually happens.

Man. This ending jumped the shark for me. WTF. It was just ok prior to that, enough to keep me reading, but yeah. No.

#bookface 😂😂😂😂 my favorite reading buddy Mz. Mona Bears!! #sbgiveaway @2BR02B

Finished the power now on to white fur... (Trying to catch up on my book of the month picks) #catsoflitsy #dirtyblonde #bookofthemonth #botm

Feeling a little off tonight, so I‘m going on for a little reread.

This is dedicated to @L_auren 😀💜👍🏻

Have you ever read a book and thought to yourself, “What a bunch of dumbasses?‘ The song Take the Money and Run kept playing in my head.

Talking about Prince 😂

I would be reading this morning BUT I am sitting in the dentist chair instead. #suckydayoff

Reading White Fur and the dogger is 👀👀 at me 😀

This came in for me at the library today so naturally I had to take a picture with our fuzzy resident that has white fur. 😆 He was unimpressed. #thebookishferrets

Finished entering everything into the spreadsheet and stamping anything that wasn't yet. I was very pleased that I was able to pick out which books I bought before and after I got married, so I knew which stamp to use. Please don't judge me! ☺️☺️☺️

This book was riveting and hard to put down from the first page. Beautifully written, Libaire documents a dark and gritty existence and the impulsive, headlong crush of youth.