Bed-Stuy Is Burning: A Novel | 
pickOn the edge between a so so and a pick. I liked the premise a lot.. and I liked the ending.. once the story got going it was a fast read. But I did have a really hard time understanding most of the characters‘ motivations. They didn‘t seem like things real people would do.
It's been a completely unexpected great bookish day! I finished a wonderful book, went to B&N just to see if they had Confederates in the Attic (they did!) and I picked up Stamped from the Beginning which sounds awesome. Then I went to pick up the tagged book from the library which I had on hold and have been waiting for and I walked right into a library sale! #bookhaul Now I get to shelve all these! Wild Friday night here 🤗
panWith such a powerful subject comes great responsibility (and disappointment): a forced, disjointed writing style presented in poor taste ("He was Indian. Dot not feather.") and a jerk main character. The upper class tribulations were superficial- more backstory/inner thoughts from other Bed-Stuy residents is preferred. Other characters were merely glazed over.
Wholly unsupported by personal experiences of the author crucial for a heavy theme.
Out on Long Island (just further east than the setting of this book) listening to my friends play a backyard summer show.
This is my view for the evening. Yes that's wine in a can. 💁🏼
Started today; strange so far.
Interesting take on faith as the main character struggles with gambling and is forced out of the synagogue but his wavering beliefs seem to match.
#TBRtemptation post 4! #PhillyMeetUp edition! A @micheleinphilly Pick ! Just released. Great cover, right ?? It's about everything you're not supposed to discuss: race, religion, class, politics. Set over the course of 1 day when riots erupt in the rapidly gentrifying Bed-Stuy neighborhood. Think "Bonfire of the Vanities". Think Franzen, Roth, & Tolstoy, rolled into one! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?
I couldn't go to a bookstore and not buy anything! #PhillyMeetUp #BookHaul
pickStanding room only at Greenlight Bookstore for a discussion with Brian Platzer to celebrate the launch of his EXCELLENT and timely debut novel exploring the tensions between white and black families after an African American boy is killed by the police in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Brooklyn.
#debut #brooklyn #blacklivesmatter
pickStunning debut novel! Not only is it incredibly relevant but it accurately depicts the climate and culture of unrest in many of our neighborhoods. It details a single day when a shooting erupts into chaos, dragging a diverse set of neighbors into its vortex. Their lives are forever changed. Platzer understands that nothing is "clean or easy or perfectly comprehensible...."⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
