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Maybe I wasn‘t in the right frame of mind when I read this, but it took me until the last few chapters to get into the choppy flow of this memoir & start to really enjoy the slice of life recollections of the author‘s NYC Village childhood. Usually I love books that capture the NYC vibe since I grew up there & get nostalgic for it, but most of this described a NY that was too far removed from what I know to get that feeling.👇🏼

I couldn‘t put this one down. It‘s funny, wonderfully weird, shocking at times, and super entertaining. A deeply honest example of how human people are, that no one is inherently bad, or good, for that matter. It also served as a reminder to enjoy the simple things, and to have arbitrary stupid goals and take the pressure off.

I just hit submit on my final project for my current course, and now it‘s time to enjoy my weekend 😁

“In the limits of a situation there is humor, there is grace, and everything else.”

“…this might be the root of our problems as a nation, that we don‘t feel enough sympathy for people who are not like us.”

In the mood for some creative nonfiction, and this one‘s been on my shelf for ages.

This book is a total delight! In it, Shopsin paints a picture of her family‘s general store turned restaurant and their little corner of Greenwich Village. It‘s filled with great characters and little gems and there‘s a lovely buoyancy to the writing. I just loved it. What a great start for me with #Literati!

The origin of crossword puzzles. Who knew? I especially love them feared to be the “gateway drug to comics.” 😂

This is page 1. I just love this idea of traveling to places with your name. Or perhaps sharing some other attribute. I think it would completely alter your expectations.

Now that I‘ve jumped ship on #BOTM, I‘ve been looking around for something else to scratch my book box itch and I‘ve decided to try #Literati. Here‘s my first box! I‘m happy that there are 12 books to choose between each month plus an online discussion. I‘m looking forward to starting and excited to see how this works out!

I saw the writer/artist Austin Kleon recommend this book in his stories on IG, and upon looking it up I was intrigued. It was only available through a third party seller on Amazon, and it looks like a library book (but I like that fact) and it took several weeks to arrive. That's okay too, everything's moving slowly these days and that's necessary, I think. I had plenty to read while I waited, but this was a welcome sight on my doorstep today.

Shopsin‘s memoir was so charming and makes you want to have a family legacy like hers. Overall 4/5

I adored this memoir. I bought it two years ago while in NYC and it is the best love letter to growing up on the city. 💕 #MountTBR

Here‘s my book haul from my recent trip to NYC
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#BookHaul

My main reading goals are to read as much as I can! Not a surprise really but to expand my horizons a bit, I‘m going to try to read more poetry. I‘m doing some challenges but I‘m fairly laid back about them. I‘d also like to develop the habit of writing every day, even if it‘s just for 5 minutes. I‘m working on something right now but I‘d like to not fall out of the habit when this project is done.

3/5🏈. I enjoyed the book, but since I have never been to New York I feel some of the nuance my be lost on me. Still very enjoyable

A quirky memoir of a childhood in an unconventional family in a lost time and place—1970s Greenwich Village, NYC. I really wanted to eat at The Store, the Shopsin family‘s diner, both for the food, and to watch everything going on in the place. This #audiobook, narrated by the author, is so much fun, even without the images that are in the illustrated print edition.

Arbitrary Stupid Goal: A goal that isn‘t too important makes you live in the moment and still gives you a driving force. This driving force is to get around the fact that we will all die and there‘s no real point to life.

The only foreign word besides ‘puta‘ my dad taught me was anchovy. Anchovy is Italian for shitty little fish.

There is something so heartwarming about this quirky memoir describing the author's unconventional childhood in Greenwich Village. Really more of a story about a place, Shopsin describes the characters who were part of her larger than life familyu, owners of an oddball corner grocery turned diner. It's a love letter to a bygone time.

Almost completed my #goodreads challenge. It's low, but it's cool to see it!