Apartment | Litsy

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

Day 6 of #12booksof2020

Teddy Wayne and especially the tagged book was one of the most welcome surprises this year (thanks to @Megabooks). Not only is this the best cover of the year 😍 it‘s also a very touching book. One of those examples in which an author is able to say so much with sparse words.

Andrew65 Looks good. 4y

Megabooks Teddy‘s books are so interesting! 4y

Ididsoidid Beautiful cover illustration! 4y

67 likes1 stack add3 comments

MicheleinPhilly

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

pick

I almost didn‘t read this because it was the last of my “didn‘t want to buy 10 books so put 10 books on hold at the library” picks. They inevitably all become available within a few weeks of each other and I end up feeling overwhelmed. I‘m glad I didn‘t let this expire unread. The time period was wonderfully nostalgic as I was in the beginning stages of my university career in ‘96, albeit not as a lit major. The “friendship bordering on obsession”

MicheleinPhilly resonated a bit TOO much with me 😬. The MFA posturing was wildly entertaining and there were many unexpected layers packed into this slim volume. 4⭐️ 4y

TrishB Great review 👍🏻 4y

Megabooks So glad people are enjoying Teddy Wayne on here!! Great review! His books nail this specific type of quirky MC that I love. 4y

LeahBergen Sounds good! 👍🏻 4y

JennyM It sounds great #stacking 👍😊 4y

56 likes5 stack adds5 comments

cathysaid

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

pick

Unique plot where the narrator is never named. Yet I really didn‘t notice because the author captured the narrator‘s loneliness and alienation in such a universal way. This short novel packs a punch about how a solitary life can lead to selfish yet somewhat understandable choices. 4/5 ⭐️

Whiskey Smash is my choice this lazy Saturday afternoon 🥃

@BarbaraBB Thanks for the recommendation

Megabooks Glad you enjoyed it!! 5y

Kalalalatja That drink looks delicious 👌 5y

cathysaid @Megabooks Thanks! A quick yet satisfying read. 5y

See All 6 Comments

cathysaid @Kalalalatja It was! Whiskey, lemon, mint, and simple syrup. Stays under my five ingredients or less rule 🤪 (edited) 5y

BarbaraBB I am so glad you liked it! Great review. As you see, @Megabooks , I am spreading the word 😀 5y

Kalalalatja That is a great rule 😉 5y

51 likes1 stack add6 comments

BarbaraBB

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

#JuneStats #JuneWrapUp

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Apartment

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tim and Pete
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Sharks in the Time of Saviours
10:04
A Way of Life, Like any Other
Ask Again, Yes
Cleanness

⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dear Fang with Love
America for Beginners
Closely Watched Trains
Valentine
Sister Carrie

⭐️⭐️✨
The Family Fang

DNF
The Bridge on the Drina

Megabooks So glad you enjoyed apartment!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y

62 likes1 comment

BarbaraBB

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

pick

It‘s 1996 in NYC and the narrator of this book has been subletting illegally in his aunt‘s big apartment. He asks a charismatic friend without a place to live, to join him there. Both are students at writing program at Columbia. What follows is a portrait of a volatile friendship but most of all a portrait of loneliness and insecurity.

I loved it and will definitely check out Wayne‘s other works. Thank you so much for introducing us, Meg ❤️😘

Megabooks

Cinfhen Awesome photo!!! And great review 😍🤩 5y

squirrelbrain Ooh I think I‘d like this one (NYC!) - stacked. 5y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain I think you will too! 5y

See All 15 Comments

Megabooks So glad you liked it! 🥰 Definitely try Loner next.

Loner

Kalalalatja That view! 😍😍 5y

BarbaraBB @Megabooks Just ordered a second hand copy 😊 5y

BarbaraBB @Kalalalatja A bit Danish don‘t you think? It‘s a town in the north of Holland where I am staying this weekend. I think you‘ll like this book too by the way! 💕 5y

Megabooks Fantastic re: Loner!! That‘s a real town?? I thought that was some kind of art. Wow! 🤩🤩 so beautiful!! 5y

Freespirit This view is amazing! I love those apartment blocks❤️ 5y

Cathythoughts Sounds really good. I have it stacked already 👍🏻❤️ 5y

Emilymdxn This sounds so fantastic!! 5y

VeganCleopatra Those buildings barely look real. I'm sure you've answered this before but where do you live? You seem to travel quite a bit, is that for work? I understand if you don't want to answer, I'm just very curious and all that traveling is very 😍 (Although how is it with covid?) 5y

BarbaraBB @Emilymdxn I think you‘ll like it too! 5y

BarbaraBB @VeganCleopatra I live in the Netherlands and I do travel a lot indeed, but not at the moment due to cobra. This picture is taken in Zaanstad , close to Amsterdam where I live! 5y

KarenUK Sounds great.... Stacked 👍😊 5y

91 likes9 stack adds15 comments

BarbaraBB

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

Hahaha! Loving the book so far, Meg! 😍❤️🌶
You might like this one too, Cindy! #RHCP

Megabooks, Cinfhen

Cinfhen Great reference #Flea 🙌🏻🌶🖤I think I‘ve stacked this after @Megabooks review 😍 5y

Megabooks Glad you are loving it!! 😊😘 5y

Cathythoughts I have this stacked already... I think it sounds great 👍🏻 5y

Billypar Oh wow...Henry is the worst kind of person to debate 😅 5y

BarbaraBB @Billypar He is! 😂 5y

72 likes1 stack add5 comments

Megabooks

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

pick

Teddy Wayne is my favorite author that you‘ve probably never heard of. He writes these excellent socially awkward, intelligent, loner protagonists.

It‘s 1996 and the MC is in an MFA program at Columbia. He strikes up a friendship with another student, and desperate for friends, he allows the student to move into his rent controlled apartment illegally. There are overtones of homoeroticism and envy. Teddy is a master of the slow build. 4.5⭐️⬇️

Megabooks So two of his other novels are available on Kindle Unlimited US. My favorite, Loner, is about an awkward Harvard freshman with an obsessive crush on a fellow student. Excellent audiobook @Cinfhen ⬇️⬇️

Loner

(edited) 5y

Megabooks The other on KU is The Love song of Jonny Valentine. It is about a 12-year-old super famous pop singer (a young Justin Bieber-type) and him trying to make sense of the world of sex, money, and music he barely understands.

The Love Song of Jonny Valentine: A Novel

BarbaraBB Must check him out. They all sound great and I love that cover!! 😍 5y

See All 23 Comments

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I thought you might like him!! 5y

BarbaraBB I think so too. Stacked! 5y

BarbaraBB It is 25 euros so I wait til the paperback. Too bad because that‘ll probably have another cover. Problems problems 😂 (edited) 5y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB boo!! I‘ve put it in my amazon long term cart to watch the price to send it to you. Can you get mail from the US currently?? 5y

BarbaraBB I can. Is it cheaper on Amazon? Shipping costs are high however! 5y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB It is cheaper on amazon, but I‘d be more likely to ship it to you myself. 💜 5y

BarbaraBB You‘re the best ☺️❤️❤️ 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Oh wow - This sounds amazing. Getting this immediately! 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Just remembered that I have Loner in my TBR. Bumping up! 5y

Cinfhen Thanks, #stacked ❤️😘 5y

veritysalter Sounds good #stacked 5y

Megabooks @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled great! I hope you like both of them! 5y

Megabooks @Cinfhen awesome!! 😘😘 5y

Megabooks @veritysalter 👍🏻👍🏻 enjoy!! 5y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Started reading Loner - half way done already. I love it. 5y

Megabooks @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled yay!! 5y

Cathythoughts Stacked 👍🏻❤️ 5y

BarbaraBB I love your review now even more. 5y

BarbaraBB Now that I finished the book I mean! 5y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB thank you!! I really enjoyed your review, too! 👍🏻😊 5y

110 likes7 stack adds23 comments

Megabooks

Apartment | Teddy Wayne

When your book matches your booksleeve!! And that‘s the interior color, too. #thelittlethings

(It‘s actually a perfect match irl.)

Sending love to you all. Thank god for this supportive community!!! 🥰💖💕💜😘🥰

LogiKitty Is that a book beau? ☺️ 5y

Megabooks No, it‘s storytimesleeve. I love her stuff!! https://www.etsy.com/shop/StoryTimeSleeve I think I probably have a dozen from Jena! 5y

CarolynM ❤️ 5y

Megabooks @CarolynM 😊💜 5y

87 likes1 stack add4 comments

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books