I‘m digging this one, but Chabon is probably one of those authors you either love or don‘t appreciate/connect to. His books are a little whacky pants. This book imagines Sitka, Alaska as the newly established Jewish Homeland for the Eastern European Jews following the Holocaust. Book focuses on Meyer Landsman, a washed up detective attempting to solve the murder of a chess prodigy. #ReadingUSA2020 #Alaska
LeahBergen Oh, we read this in my book club and we all enjoyed it! 👍🏻 (edited) 4y
Megabooks I‘ve tried Chabon...not a fan 😬 4y
Cinfhen See, that‘s exactly my point @LeahBergen @Megabooks I totally respect both of your opinions ✊🏽♥️ 4y
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Megabooks @Cinfhen yup!! I respect that he writes well. I just don‘t enjoy it. 🤷🏻♀️ 4y
Cinfhen Like @TrishB says ..... he‘s very #Marmite @Megabooks 😛 4y
TrishB 😁😁 I‘ve never read any of his books! 4y
Cathythoughts I‘ve never tried any either ..... 🤔 4y
Cathythoughts I think I‘m stacking 👍🏻❤️ 4y
Cinfhen It‘s really a strange book @Cathythoughts @TrishB Id definitely say #BorrowNotBuy so if u want to bail you won‘t feel bad 😆I‘m enjoying but the humor is VERY Eastern European Jewish ....it‘s reminding me of my husband‘s grandparents with all their Yiddish expressions 🧡 4y
Billypar I loved this one! It was my first Chabon, might still be my favorite. 4y
Cinfhen All that Yiddish is making me kvell @Billypar I LOVE IT!!!! I really liked this one too, but if I recall you weren‘t a fan 👉🏽![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Moonglow 4y
MoonglowBillypar Oh no, I really liked Moonglow too- it was 5 stars. I haven't been disappointed by any of the four Chabon's I've read so far. 4y
Cinfhen Maybe it was @vivastory who didn‘t like Moonglow @Billypar ??!?!!? 4y
vivastory I haven't read Moonglow yet. I've only read a couple Chabon and I loved both of them 4y
Cinfhen Darn, can‘t remember who it was who thought Moonglow missed the mark @vivastory 🤭 4y
Centique @Cinfhen it was me that didn‘t like Moonglow! I had really high expectations cos I loved Kavalier and Clay. You win some, you lose some 😘 4y
britt_brooke I loved Kavalier and Clay, but did not care for Moonglow. This has been in my TBR for ages. (edited) 4y
britt_brooke @Centique Same!! 4y
Cinfhen Ahhhh, so it might be one of you 2 I was thinking about @britt_brooke @Centique It just goes to show how subjective a book review can be. I‘m enjoying this one but it‘s starting to feel a little too gimmicky 🙄 4y
