Belle Greene

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

#EuropaCollective ✨December 2024✨ REMINDER

Hope you all are as excited as I am for our next pick, Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre! Read the book sometime in December, post your review &/or any thoughts along the way and be sure to tag the group. All are welcome!

I‘m planning to take a break from Litsy in the new year. If any of you would like to take over hosting duties and keep the group going, please be my guest.

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Tamra I‘ve been looking forward to this one! 👏🏾👌🏾 18h

TheKidUpstairs Thanks for the reminder! I totally forgot but I am really looking forward to this one! 17h

LeahBergen I‘m about to post about our Persephone Club soon and have you slated to put forward our October picks. Do you want to stay in our rotation or should I bump the next person up into your spot? Either way will be absolutely fine! I overcommitted myself to buddy reads this year and haven‘t been very good at keeping up with the Europas. 😢 I‘m going to rein myself in next year, too! 😆 17h

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Tamra @LeahBergen I did too! Just so dang tempting. 😏 16h

Chelsea.Poole Thanks for the reminder! I have this one ready to go! 16h

CSeydel Enjoy! I‘m going to skip this one I think - I read the nonfiction account of Belle Greene

An Illuminated Life: Belle Da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege

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LeahBergen @Tamra Right?? 😆 16h

LiteraryHoarderPenny This was a fantastic book! I was completely enthralled with Belle‘s story from beginning to end! The book club should fall in love with it for sure. 16h

jlhammar @LeahBergen You can go ahead and take me out of the Persephone rotation, bump up the next person. I may still read along sometimes, but I don‘t need to choose or vote. Thanks for checking! 16h

Suet624 I hope you won‘t be gone for long. 😳 16h

LeahBergen @jlhammar No problem. Please pop in and read with us when you can! 😘 16h

Gleefulreader Oh! I hope you‘ll be back soon @jlhammar! I haven‘t been the most active because of life intervening this year, but would love for this group to continue, so let me know if you don‘t find a host. I‘ve not hosted anything on here before but happy to learn! And I‘m thrilled to be starting this book! 14h

LeahBergen @jlhammar Oh, I meant to ask … should I leave you on the tag group so that you can see what we‘re reading? Or remove you? 14h

julieclair I‘m so excited about this one! And @jlhammar , thank you for the wonderful job you have done hosting. 💙💝💙 12h

jlhammar @LeahBergen I guess you can just remove me since I‘m not sure how much I‘ll be participating. I follow you all so I‘ll be able to see what you‘re reading. Thanks! 12h

tpixie @CSeydel I‘ll have to add that! I have read

The Personal Librarian

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tpixie @jlhammar I will miss you. Thanks for hosting this. I started this year ands three #europacollective books have been my favorite s of the year. 12h

LeahBergen Will do! 😘 10h

BarbaraBB I will so miss you and your reviews. And this great reading group ❤️‍🩹 8h

squirrelbrain I‘ll miss you and your reviews - we seem to read / enjoy the same books. Hope all is OK with you and hope to see you back soon. 😘 3h

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 2h

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Balibee146

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

Next up.... Big chunky volume! Picked this up after seeing posts from @trishb

Tamra You could join us in December for #Europacollective 2mo

Balibee146 @tamra sounds like a good idea 👍 2mo

Tamra @Balibee146 😄 I‘m really looking forward to it! (edited) 2mo

kspenmoll Sounds fascinating! 2mo

TrishB Loved this. Such a fascinating story! 2mo

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Deblovestoread

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

#AboutABook #SetinLibrary

Looking forward to our December #EuropaCollective book about Belle Greene and her tenure as librarian of JPMorgan‘s private collection.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

TheKidUpstairs I'm really looking forward to this one, too! 3mo

Tamra Me too! 👏🏾 3mo

Eggs Good topic - her life and work was portrayed in the HF

The Personal Librarian

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tpixie Oh I didn‘t put 2&2 together!!! I did enjoy

The Personal Librarian

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suvata

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

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4 Stars • "Belle Greene" by Alexandra Lapierre is a biography of Belle da Costa Greene, a librarian and art historian who was the first director of the Morgan Library in New York. Born into an African-American family, Greene passed as white to avoid racial discrimination. The book explores her life, career, and the challenges she faced due to her secret.

#Bookstagram #BelleGreene #AlexandraLapierre

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TrishB

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

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Absolutely fascinating. Didn‘t know anything about the MC- it‘s a novel about her life. What a tapestry of life she had- have no idea how she had the confidence to pull it all off, but she was brilliant.
Big exhibition about her next year in the Morgan Library, now just to get to NY.

Tamra 👏🏾👏🏾 13mo

LeahBergen I read a biography about her after I visited the Morgan. Fascinating! 13mo

squirrelbrain Gah! I‘m going to have to read this soon, aren‘t I?! 13mo

TrishB @LeahBergen yes absolutely! Would love to visit the Morgan now! 13mo

TrishB @squirrelbrain you‘re very disciplined! 13mo

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TrishB

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

As I‘ve been struck down by the non covid lurgy I‘ve banished myself off to bed early for a read.
And also to avoid my daughter yelling at the F1 😁

squirrelbrain I think I might succumb to this before the #europacollective reads it in Dec 2024…. Looking forward to your review! Formula 1 is on here too…. (edited) 13mo

MicheleinPhilly Oh no! You caught the cooties! I hope you‘re able to get some rest and call out sick tomorrow! 13mo

Deblovestoread Looking forward to this one…in a year or so 😂 Feel better! 13mo

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Tamra I hope this one makes you feel better! 13mo

Tamra @Deblovestoread 😅😅 I know…..so far away! 13mo

LeahBergen Feel better soon! 😘😘 13mo

julesG Feel better soon! 13mo

batsy Oh no! Rest up and feel better 💙 13mo

Balibee146 Hope you feel better soon x 13mo

Ruthiella Wishing you a speedy recovery! ❤️ 13mo

TrishB @squirrelbrain loving it so far! 13mo

TrishB @MicheleinPhilly @Deblovestoread @Tamra @LeahBergen @julesG @batsy @Balibee146 @Ruthiella thanks all 😘 carrying on, but staying working from home, so as to try and not give it to everyone else! 13mo

Balibee146 @TrishB I ended up ordering this book because of your post, even though I'm on a semi official book buying ban 🤦‍♀️ not even sorry it looks great! 🤞 13mo

TrishB @Balibee146 so worth it! Really enjoying it so far. 13mo

Balibee146 Good to hear @TrishB as it will be in the next 2 or 3 reads. It arrived earlier and I was surprised at how chunky it is 👍 13mo

TrishB @Balibee146 very easy to read though! 13mo

LeahBergen Happy Birthday, Trish! I hope you have a wonderful day and get thoroughly spoiled. ❤️❤️ I have a book on order for you from Blackwell‘s but it seems to be taking forever to ship. 🙄 13mo

TrishB @LeahBergen thank you so much 😘 I‘ll look forward to it! 13mo

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Hooked_on_books

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

Layover at SeaTac on the way to see the in-laws and why yes, Elliott Bay Book Co, I think I will! I snagged the tagged book within.

TrishB I have this ready on the pile! 13mo

Librarybelle This is on my to read list! 13mo

squirrelbrain I got this on our Gladstone‘s ‘Blind Date with a Book‘ - I really want to read it now, but the #europacollective is reading it *next* December… 😱 13mo

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Hooked_on_books @TrishB I saw your post on it when I posted this and was so glad to see I‘m in good company! 13mo

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain A whole year away?!? Noooooooo!!!!!!!!! 😵‍💫 13mo

TrishB @squirrelbrain you‘re so disciplined! 13mo

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TrishB

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

#bookmail
Couldn‘t resist these (ofc) Tagged one was given as one of the blind date books at Gladstone‘s and it sounded great.
North Woods sounds fab too!

Tamra I‘m waiting for over a year to read Greene bc it‘s on our December 2024 list for #Europacollective 😭😭 14mo

BookwormM Loved North Woods 14mo

jlhammar Wow, the UK cover for North Woods is so different from the US! So excited for both of these. Hoping to start the Mason this weekend yet. And I'm with @Tamra having to wait on Belle Greene for #EuropaCollective - something to look forward to! 14mo

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TrishB @Tamra @jlhammar you never know I could still be waiting next December too! 14mo

TrishB @jlhammar I just looked at the US cover- very different indeed! 14mo

TrishB @BookwormM that‘s good to hear 👍🏻 14mo

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Tamra

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

#EuropaCollective cast your vote for December 2024!

Links to book blurbs below.

@jlhammar @LeahBergen @squirrelbrain @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @DrexEdit @Aimeesue @charl08 @Deblovestoread @lauraisntwilder @BarbaraBB @CSeydel @TheKidUpstairs @Sapphire @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader @Cathythoughts

Tamra https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609457587/belle-greene 2y

Tamra https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609457273/winter-swallows 2y

TheKidUpstairs Great choices. They both sound soo good, and those covers are stunning! My vote is for

Belle Greene

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Tamra I have to say, this whole Europa adventure is not helping diminish my TBR! I want to read them all. 2y

Sapphire I collect Europa editions in paperback, so I should vote for winter swallows because it is the one that is available in paperback but I vote for Belle Greene because it sounds too good to resist

Belle Greene

Sapphire @Tamra IKR!! 2y

Tamra @Sapphire by 12/24 hopefully it will be available in paperback. 🤞🏾🤞🏾 2y

Sapphire @Tamra that is a good point! 2y

jlhammar Wow, these both sound amazing!! I‘m going to have to have a little think. Oh, and tagging @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader so she can also vote. I think you‘ve got everyone else. 2y

Tamra @jlhammar thank you! I added her. 2y

BarbaraBB Winter Swallows please! 2y

CSeydel Ooh they both sound good but since we‘re reading it in December I‘m voting for Winter Swallows 2y

GatheringBooks Awesome covers! I vote for

Winter Swallows

LeahBergen Oh, both sound marvellous but I‘ve always been fascinated by Belle da Costa Greene! My vote goes to

Belle Greene

Deblovestoread Hard to choose but voting

Winter Swallows

squirrelbrain Gah - another difficult choice! I‘ll go with

Belle Greene

Aimeesue On the one hand, it would be interesting to see how De Giovanni treats this scenario, which I remember from a Ngaio Marsh book, but OTOH, Belle Greene seems really, really relevant these days. I‘ll go with

Belle Greene

jlhammar So excited that @Cathythoughts will be joining us! Cathy, feel free to cast your vote. 2y

Tamra @jlhammar @Cathythoughts yay! 👏🏾 2y

Cathythoughts Thanks 😘😘 I‘ll vote

Belle Green

jlhammar I would definitely like to try that Neapolitan mystery series sometime and it does seem particularly good for December, but the Lapierre sounds so good (you didn't make this easy!). I'll vote for

Belle Greene

Adventures_of_a_French_Reader I vote for

Belle Green

Tamra @Sapphire according to Amazon, the paperback is scheduled to be released this September. 👍🏾 (edited) 2y

lauraisntwilder I think I'll go with

Winter Swallows

jlhammar @charl08 @mcctrish @DrexEdit Would you like to get your vote in today before we call it? If you‘ve no preference, that‘s fine as well. Thanks! 2y

mcctrish Both look so good but I do like the idea of reading a winter time mystery in winter so

Winter Swallows

jlhammar Welcome @TheBookDream ! Feel free to vote on this one today if you‘d like. 2y

DrexEdit @jlhammar Thanks! I like the advance planning and pace of this reading collective. I might even be able to contribute. 😊 But I'll just read whatever everyone decides to read. 2y

jlhammar Another close one! Closing voting now so looks like our winner is the Lapierre. In December 2024 we'll be reading Belle Greene! 2y

Tamra I would have been perfectly happy with either! 👏🏾 2y

jlhammar @lauraisntwilder @mcctrish @Deblovestoread @GatheringBooks This is a ways off, but FYI. We‘ll vote for our 2025 picks sometime towards the end of 2024 and I‘ve got you four down next for nominating duties. I‘ll give you a heads-up when it‘s time. (edited) 2y

jlhammar @Tamra Same! I want to read everything that‘s been nominated so thrilled either way. 2y

Tamra @jlhammar yes!! 2y

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Mitch

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

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This is a fascinating story of the life of Belle Greene - a spirited and determined young woman who rose to become the highest paid woman in 1920s America, as the librarian of the JP Morgan library. With a fierce passion for books and manuscripts she built the library collection and laid the foundation for public access. Inspiring enough - and then you remember she did this whilst holding a secret that could ruin her.

Mitch Great story - I wish I‘d of read it before our epic trip to the library in 2019. It reads love narrative non fiction - deeply researched and faithful to source material whilst also being a page turner. 2y

DivineDiana After reading The Personal Librarian, I have become fascinated with Belle! Stacked. 2y

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RowReads1

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

I‘m looking forward to this one.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

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Extraordinary! Such an excellently written history - fictionalized - of Belle Greene! Enthralling from beginning to end.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool cover ❤️🖤 2y

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders

Belle Greene | Alexandra Lapierre

Starting this fascinating sounding book tonight. Belle Greene sounds like an incredible woman. Loved that the author included this in her note: To The Reader

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