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Living in San Francisco, it is almost mandated that you read this classic by SF Chronicle columnist Maupin. Rollicking, acerbic and outlandish are the only words I can come up with to describe the interlinked exploits, shenanigans and “affairettes” of the residents of 28 Barbary Lane (which is based on Macondray Lane, right above my workplace). Next up: watching the 1993 TV miniseries (Laura Linney anyone?)

The photo is book 2 but the review is of book 1. I read it so fast and jumped right into book 2! A fun one that made me miss SF. I‘ve been bad about using this app because I read ebooks and don‘t have cute photos to share!

Very readable connected episodes among a cast of people starting with Mary Anne who is new to the area. Very typical of late 70s types and situations and is like eating potato chips. Hard to stop!

Found this at a thrift store and since it is in San Francisco …I‘m starting it.

Reminds me a lot of Three's Company. Similar humour, setting, references.
Making me think about what makes a book feel dated. 🤔

Lazy Sunday afternoon reading on the screened-jn verandah.
This month's #doublespin

I finished 6 books in April and almost finished Invisible Women. It was a good months reading, the only disappointment being The Twyford Code. Tales from the City was my first and favourite book of the month. The characters stole my heart completely. Now I‘m trying to hunt down the other books in the series!

🐣 Happy Easter everyone!🐰The easter bunny has been, the BBQ has been cooked and I‘m having a cider from my local farm with this wonderful book. I went into this one blind and it has won my heart. And the structure is making it very hard to put down!

This was fine. I can see why it was popular in the 70-80s. I was interested reading it, but was constantly confused on who was who. I also suspect I am not going to remember anything about it in a few weeks. But if I was in a cabin somewhere and the second one was laying about I would pick it up.

Such a strange cast of characters. I definitely had no idea where the story(ies) were going but I guess that it is what either keeps you interested or not. I am glad that I stuck with it until the end.

Maupin traipses through 1976 San Francisco with his cast of characters and I just loved this! I‘m delighted that there are more books, as I absolutely plan to dig into them.

What a great sense of time and place! Early 1970's San Fransico. This was a delicious soap opera of a book. So glad it is just the start of the series.

I've read this before round about 1980. I found it a frustrating read then, and I did again this time round. It started life as a column in a San Francisco newspaper and there are just too many in jokes or brand names, shops, and districts used in descriptions which obviously mean SOMETHING but I have no idea what. It feels like a party where I don't know anybody or anything about what they're talking about.

This was a very fast read, which shouldn't surprise since it was written as a series of vignettes in a newspaper. Written and based in San Francisco in the mid-70s, I loved reading about the city in its transition from the hippies of the 60s to the hedonists of the 80s.

#lgbt

#20series20days Tales of the City

An unforgettable group of characters in a very specific place and time (and then 3 more books to give us a peek at them in the new century). The residents of 28 Barbary Lane have a very special place in my heart.

I've really became mad to find this book! It was a real hunting! But now it's finally mine and I can start reading it!
Also, I've even finished to watch the entire tv series, that I truly loved ❤
Can't wait to go back to Barbary Lane ❤

#Barbarylane #armisteadmaupin #talesofsanfrancisco #book1 #lgbt+ #pride #pridemonth #sanfrancisco #toreadtotravel #tbr #28barbarylane

A brief visit home. Upon finishing this book I can honestly say I loved all the references to places that were and some that remain. But, this is a definite period piece. The amount of times I flinched at comments made and attitudes brandished is cringe worthy.* anther addition to the Seuss stack.

This book includes Tales of the City books 1-3. I finished the first one last night and will take a break before reading 2&3.

I liked the whimsical nature of the book as it follows the residents of Barbary Lane. It‘s a great look at San Francisco in the 70s. I can see it being a good trip down memory lane if you were alive when this book was written. The writing is spare.

I‘m going to consider this a classic. 🤷🏼‍♀️ #classicschallenge2020

1. Tagged, I love this entire series many times over.
2. Blue
3. Knitting, sometimes parenting, sometimes my day job
4. @Jenreads
#friyayintro @4thhouseontheleft @howjessreads

I listened to this in audio, read by Frances McDormand. Tales of the City was originally published in 1978 (the year I was born) and it focuses on a cast of characters all linked in some way to a landlady in San Francisco (near where I was born.)

Nothing says #Californication to me quite like the wonderful and eye-opening (for me anyway) Tales of the City series. #WanderingJune