While in Palm Beach over fall break, we visited this rare books shop on Worth Avenue, one of the richest shopping districts in the US. (This is the only store we went in, lol). This first edition of The Catcher in the Rye, unsigned, $11K. Word is there‘s a signed first edition of The Hobbit there for a cool $475K. Imagine!!
pickThis 1987 novel opens on a haunted house in Ohio. The entity in the house is “full of spite.” Each family member deals with its presence in their own way. But the arrival of an old family friend antagonizes the spirit and ramps up the action.
Beloved is a horror novel. The horrors of poltergeist haunting and demonic vampirism layer with the mind-wrecking grief of child death and the nightmare of a life under slavery.
Mr K surprised me with this book today. Wrapped up in the paper positioned so the right book was dead centre. And inside were 2 tickets to the stage play! He doesn‘t surprise me often but when he does it‘s a beautiful xxxx
pickOnce you adjust to Irving's somewhat florid style, his sketches feel like a warm slice of post-Revolution America, even when (re-)telling colonial folk tales of the newly established country. To be sure, melodrama weaves its way into the Sketch-Book but doesn't veer into melancholy. There is a unity as the work flits between the colonies and England, and the story of poor Ichabod Crane still gave me a bit of a chill. #bookreviewer #classics
In the dark shadow of the grove...he beheld something huge, misshapen, black and towering. It stirred not, but seemed gathered up in the gloom, like some gigantic monster ready to spring upon the traveler. The hair...rose upon his head with terror. What was to be done? To turn and fly now was too late...Summoning up, therefore, a show of course, he demanded in stammering accents-"Who are you?" #classics
(from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")
pickEva,a young Jewish woman from a rich Berlin family,falls in love with the artist who paints her portrait.When a terrible tragedy strikes the family,Eva blames herself and,as an act of atonement,marries Abraham Shein,just returned from America.His surname,Schein=make believe,is metaphorical for his life because as soon as the couple reaches Santa Fe,NM,it turns out that the riches,above all the house Abraham raved about,do not exist.Meyer,Abraham‘s
I wanted to take a moment to pay homage to Portlanders who, instead of being cowed by a dictator, embraced their first amendment right to peaceful assembly and continued protesting, but in costume, to prove the lie to their city being “war ravaged.” I cannot think of a better response. I love their creativity and stance for their, and our, rights.
#FridayHappyReadingHour 🥂
Enjoying a Diet Pepsi on ice as I wind down for the weekend. I‘ve got five books on the go and enjoying them all.
I'm hoping to get some reading time this weekend to make progress on these three books. A Time to Be Born goes back to the library in about 2.5 hours. It's been a slog for me, so I'm looking to just skim these last 2 chapters for #192025 challenge. Then I have the next section of Kill Her Twice for the #sundaybuddyread and whatever time is left will be put towards the #europacollective read for the month.
#justonemorechapter @TheAromaofBooks
