Welcome to Litsy!

The story of a naive young woman who finds herself at London University + is quickly adopted by her tutor, jacob Goldmans bizarre family. As the story unfolds, we follow love affairs and a 6 year life in Italy. An enjoyable read, but at the end, I put it down not entirely sure that I will remember it for very long. I recall preferring the travelling hornplayer though suspect may have been more the timing of reading rather than the book itself.

#Two4Tuesday I would have loved to have met Elizabeth jane howard,and Elizabeth Jenkins,Octavia Butler.Since they've sadly passed,I would love to meet Jenny Uglow, Chimamanda Adichie,Barbara Trapido.
I think any of them would make an excellent cameo in The Rachel Incident,review here
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5606349964

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
What a gorgeous post,so much effort with the graphics! Thank you for the tag!
1.No, but this is a great idea 😀
2.Never given one!

#12Booksof2022 #LitsyLoveReads @Andrew65 the merry month of May!A delightful coming-of-age sort of romance that's probably among my favourite books ever,a thriller that's so much more,and a classic Mitford caper.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4779189530
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4719432323
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4697755532

@KateReadsYA #Newyearnewbooks I love this template!

I enjoyed a lot of this book but it hasn‘t dated well. It made me laugh and made me cringe.

What an unexpectedly moving, sensitive, empathetic paragraph,in an otherwise rollicking , hilarious conversation

This entire conversation. Made me wince and let out a shout of laughter. What sharp writing

In defence of Trapido, I‘m not a fan of a preppy, humorous novel, so my reaction is mostly a me thing. In defence of myself, I don‘t think this novel has aged very well. I think if this was your style, Trapido has done a nice-ish job of writing some zingy dialogue. But I cannot abide by the awful way women are objectives in this novel, and the application of a comedic tone to some fairly horrific life experiences grated me like a lemon zest.

I haven't read either the #bookspin or #doublespin but I did manage bingo this month. Which represents my entire reading for August.
@TheAromaofBooks

Another light(ish) summer read. I think it's supposed to be funny but feeling like some of the humour is going over my head.

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

I hope to finish Swanns Way in the next day or two and then I have a little lighter reading that I‘m looking forward to - a Barbara Trapido book and Shadowplay which was given to me by the lovely @Cathythoughts 💕😘

#HeAintHeavyHesMyBrother #RedRoseSeptember

Playing a bit of catch-up

#Brothers #StarTrekSummerMay

I remember enjoying this book a lot, but I don't remember anything about the story😂

A nice conversation of characters, but the force that binds them, like the strong nuclear force, diminishes extremely rapidly with distance. I had no difficulty leaving them behind. Possibly I should have read the novel in the eighties. I did appreciate the Proust-like glancing narration of tragedy—it is very effective.

I'm sold on this author! I loved reading about Katherine's life and loves in England and Italy. And the wit was right up my alley!

Loving the witty dialogue! I'm new to this author. Any fans with other book recommendations by Trapido?

Still going....after speed reading a few ebooks, not having a library return date has slowed down my progress. Also I'm having huge problems with digital editions ☹️☹️☹️☹️

That inbetween stage waiting my turn on some library Ebooks. I've never heard of this book or author, but picked it up for two bucks after reading the reviews on the back

I won a gorgeous set of Barbara Trapido books from Porter Square Books! I've only ever read BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK, so I'm really excited! Steinbeck...is not quite as excited. 📚❤️🎉 #catsoflitsy

Delightful coming of age tale of a young stylish girl from London who falls in love with an upper class Jewish intellectual family. Kinda like a bohemian Brideshead Revisited. Superbly written, entertaining and heartbreaking all in the same chapter. For a light and engaging read I highly recommend #barbaratrapido #comingofage #london #rome

I recieved another new book sleeve in the mail! This time it's covered with landmarks from Stars Hallow ☕

This book was fantastic.

#getindie at Bluebird books I love the lighting at my bookstore!

#getindie at Bluebird Books Hutchinson, KS!
Both the national America BooksellersAssociation and the Midwest region of the association have recognized Bluebird Books and are sharing what the Hutchinson store is doing with other independent stores around the nation! Cocktail book club is this Friday!

Do I read on the porch or down by the fire pit? Great choices! Starting my Cocktail Bookclub book. Our Bluebird Books shop owner visited Ann Patchett's bookstore and this was recommended.

This book transported me to London of the 60s and 70s. Barbara Trapido's characters are real -- full of surprises, flaws, and humanity. Thanks for the book recommendation & loan, @jshepard !

Here are my reading goals for this month. Working on the borrowed book now - thank you, @jshepard !

TBR Tuesday: Here are the books I'm hoping to get to soon... 💕💙😎

Barbara Trapido! Where have you been all my life? This novel is so warm and funny and sweet and sharp and slightly daft and bravely weird and wonderful. Just read it. Do.

Just discovered the card in the back- oh sweet vintage book

Enjoying the book so far, but not a huge fan of this retro rainbow cover

Just starting this beauty