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Burnt Echo reading today while snuggled in bed. #readyourkindle #serieslove2024 Hope to finish A Grief Observed tomorrow. Reading just a few chapters in The Cabaret of Plants, & The Art of Rivalry (Started ages ago). All 3 #NFNovember choices. Donna Leon, my escape to Venice & mystery.

A very interesting story of artists Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Manet, and their contemporaries.
I‘m reading the backlists of authors for
#SuperBookV 📚 and for #Sharreadathon 💖

1) ☕️☕️☕️🥃🍷🫖🍿🧀🥜🍏-always a drink & breakfast or snack
2) tagged book, The Art of Rivalry

I picked up this fascinating, informative book at the Met today. On the train home I read about the artists Freud & Bacon, who I am ashamed to say I knew absolutely nothing about until this book.
It was such fun to see the City all dressed up for The holidays!

I have a friend who organizes a Book Club for artists. This was their last selection. Although I missed the Author‘s Zoom with the group, I am happy that I read this book. I learned of the 40 year close friendship between Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. I was enthralled with the Impressionists(Mary was the only American)and Belle Epoque Paris. It made these revered artists human, including their struggles, personal lives and passion. #strongwoman

Picked up two holds at the Library today, and realized how similar the titles are!

I really enjoyed this historical fiction about the relationship between Mary Cassat and Edgar Degas. The Belle Époque is such a fascinating time period in art history and it was fun to be a fly on the wall amongst Cassat, Degas and their Impressionist contemporaries as they broke away from the rigid strictures of the Paris Salon.

This YA book is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s series “What Makes a …?” Books about other painters include Van Gogh, Monet, and Rembrandt. This is a nice book that explains some of his most famous paintings and subjects; ballet, horses, portraits of family members, and the hat shop. Written in an easily understandable way for the YA reader. 🩰#MountTBR

Ultimately disappointing. I got through half of it and just gave up. So much of what the author includes feels tangential. It just doesn't feel like there's enough information here to justify the book.

Now to get going on this one. I can't go visit my friends in New Orleans this year -- obviously -- but I can still connect with one of my favorite cities.