"...my taxes are spent, by the orange
cockatoo in the White Man House,
on bailing out bankers."
I think Sharon and I will be getting on ok together ?
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"...my taxes are spent, by the orange
cockatoo in the White Man House,
on bailing out bankers."
I think Sharon and I will be getting on ok together ?
A Backward Glance - VI-VIII
(Next, Dec 6 IX-XI)
#whartonbuddyread
Wharton‘s early works, through House of Mirth, but more about her “inner group” - with Walter Berry, and a magical section on Henry James:
“these elaborate hesitancies…were like a cobweb bridge flung from his mind to theirs, an invisible passage over which one knew that silver-footed ironies, veiled jokes, tiptoe malices, were stealing to explode a huge laugh at one's feet.”
Two books I'm starting today: Symphonies for the Soul is a classical music "pharmacy" linking musical pieces to mental health issues, which will probably be a book I'll slowly consume into next year.
The tagged book is Olds' poetry collection about aging during the COVID era - at least that's what I think it is. I've not previously read her work, so unsure if this is a good introduction.
Ch 28: #livinginthetraincar #makinggoodmoney #ruthietellsabouttom #nowtomhastogo #roseissick #algettingmarried #staytuned #hashtagbrigade
The writing is lovely, but the story is too cynical and depressing for me. Bye-bye, Iran-Contra. #DNF #authoramonth
pickIn part one the unnamed protagonist meets a younger man in a restaurant. Then part two, the same characters, but an entirely different story. Despite my confusion I didn‘t dislike this. The writing was sharp and elegant and at times probed what we perceive as a family in a refreshingly uncomfortable way. As a whole, reading this made me feel grown up and almost elegant myself, completely swayed by the New York vibe. A brief, enjoyable conundrum.
I think there's nothing more beautiful than a window covered in winter frost.
#Frost
#ARichLife
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickIn August 1944, Frankie is 12 with no mother and a soldier brother who is about to marry before shipping out. McCullers perfectly captures that in between time when you‘re still a kid but starting to see parts of the world differently. I don‘t usually like child narrators, but I thought this was terrific.
