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Frankie: The compelling, beautifully written, decades-sweeping novel from the Sunday Times bestseller | Graham Norton

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Warm and wistful - a reminder that even fragile happiness can lead to a life well lived.

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Judybskt

Under the Stars: A Novel | Beatriz Williams

Starting a new book! I‘m on babysitting duty and the little guy is sound asleep. 😴

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KellyHamHer

Frankie: The compelling, beautifully written, decades-sweeping novel from the Sunday Times bestseller | Graham Norton

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My 2025 Book Bracket!! Next year I am going to do 2 brackets. One for my Bookspin reads and the other for the Mark Twain Awards. I promised my 9 year old granddaughter that I would read all 12 nominees with her this year. I‘m so happy she loves to read.

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keithmalek

New York In The Snow | Vivienne Gucwa

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There's nothing more magical than New York in the snow. This morning, I'm alternating between flipping through these pages and looking out my window at “the real thing“ 😅(by the end of this storm, we're expecting eleven inches here in NYC).
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CatMS Yikes!! That is alot of snow 2w

keithmalek @CatMS Yes, but I can enjoy it since I don't have (or need) a car. 😁 (edited) 2w

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Centique

New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation | Thomas Dyja

We are in the Northern Hemisphere for our first ever winter Christmas! Went to New York for 4 days & were so excited to be treated to real snow! Although we‘ve driven to a mountain to go tobogganing in NZ we‘ve never seen falling snow or snow on the streets of a city. So exciting & luckily my boots were up to it! Also went to Strand books - such a special store but enormous crowds because its obv the Christmas rush. Will have to come back one day!

Ruthiella Awesome! Sounds like a great visit! 4w

CarolynM How wonderful! ❄️💕 4w

Centique @CarolynM we are having a wonderful time. Not enough hours in the day though and our body clocks are all out of whack. 😂 Wonderful to be showing the kids some very different cities but we are also spending a lot of time in their favourite shops rather than in mine! (Not a complaint really, just funny and Im glad to be involved!) 4w

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Centique @Ruthiella couldnt have asked for a better few days and the New Yorkers were super friendly. A big sign just before security entering at JFK says “New York Welcomes Everyone”. I dont know if that is a recent sign but good on New York if it is 💕 4w

Amiable Welcome and enjoy your wintry Christmas! 😀 4w

Texreader Love this!! NYC is a unique and special place. I‘ve spent a lot of time there. Wonderful that you‘re getting to experience it at Christmas!! 4w

Billypar Glad you got to visit and experience the snow and the Strand! While it's always busy, the holidays are a whole different level. I work near the World Trade Center, which is usually one of the biggest area for tourists apart from Times Square, but all of Midtown has that claim during the holidays. 4w

sarahbarnes What a fun time to make the trip!! 4w

BarbaraBB That is such a special trip, one you and your family won‘t ever forget! Enjoy 🤍 4w

squirrelbrain Fabulous - I‘m so jealous! We visited NYC 8 times in the 2010s and I have *never* been anywhere so busy as NYC at Christmas! 4w

Centique @Amiable @Texreader thank you 💕 3w

Centique @Billypar wow! I didnt realise you live in New York! We went down to Times Square on the Thursday afternoon and the crowds quickly became overwhelming to me! But still had a great time! It was a bit calmer at Bryant Park which we loved, Fifth Ave and Central Park was calmer too. Such a fun city and I am convert to bagels with those amazing choices of cream cheeses you have 😍 3w

Centique @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB yes a very special trip - so many “firsts” for my husband and kids. And so christmassy! The thing with coming from NZ is that its such a long way we have to see as much as we can in a few weeks because it will be many years before we come this far north again! 3w

youneverarrived So special ❤️ 3w

Jeg Have a wonderful time. I‘ve been a few times over the years but never in winter. The Strand book shop is great. I Remember it was so hard to limit ourselves as books so heavy to bring back. I got a couple of tshirts . I bet Central Park is beautiful. (edited) 3w

Billypar I work in NYC and commute from New Jersey, but I used to live in Brooklyn. The bagels were a wise choice - tough to find shops like that anywhere else. Glad you had a great visit! 3w

Reggie I‘m so glad you had a good time! I was wondering where you were, if you were in the UK, yet. Be safe and have a great rest of your trip! 3w

Centique @Reggie thank you Reggie 💕 In London now and totally blown away by the beauty and history here. Id been here twice for work but never as a tourist. I highly recommend it! Maybe we could have a Litsy meet up in 2030 for the US Littens to hop over and meet some UK Littens. Give me a reason to get back here! 3w

TrishB What a brilliant trip you‘re having! 3w

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Clare-Dragonfly

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York | Robert A. Caro, R. A. Caro

Holy #chunkster, Batman! This was a gift today from a very kind coworker. It sounds fascinating but I think it will take some planning to actually read. 😂

Suet624 Yikes! Does this coworker like you? 4w

Clare-Dragonfly @Suet624 😂 4w

fredthemoose It‘s really, really good! But a bold gift if you don‘t know that person wants to spend that kind of time on that kind of book… 4w

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Nebklvr Wow. That is a chunky book! 4w

Clare-Dragonfly @fredthemoose He had been talking it up to me and I did say I‘d like to read it. I may, however, get an ebook version! 4w

fredthemoose @Clare-Dragonfly well, it sounds like he was trying to be thoughtful… 😀 It really is good! I got through it on audio. 4w

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charl08

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York | Ross Perlin

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Wonderful look at language communities in New York.

Recommended!

Amiable This looks really interesting 2mo

squirrelbrain I loved this one too! 2mo

BookishMarginalia 😍 This looks right up my alley! 2mo

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charl08

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York | Ross Perlin

If writing is honey in terms of sweetness, then writing one's own language is ambrosia. If writing is sauce, then writing one's own language is the seasoning [salt]. If reading is work, then reading one's own language is its respite. (Translated [from N'ko] by Coleman Donaldson.)

charl08 Image from https://www.learnnko.com/ 2mo

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charl08

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York | Ross Perlin

"The idea of the shtetl was formed by Yiddish literature,' says Boris, "by writers like Peretz and Sholem Aleichem ... living in the big cities." Whether transmuted through a Chagall painting or a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof, the shtetl has come to stand in for the whole vanished world of traditional Jewish life Eastern Europe, shrunk down to the scale of a folklorized village....

charl08 Image: Detail from "I and the City" by Marc Chagall - Wikipedia 2mo

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