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Heartbreak of a book.
A couple of things happened that caused me to be blindsided by this book.
First, I've seen bits and pieces of the film adaptation over the years and thought I was super familiar with the story.
Second, I'd had an old paperback copy laying around for ages, which apart from its' cute postal cover, I'd never really paid much attention to.
Third, when I finally decided to pick it up to read yesterday, I didn't read the back copy or even really noticed the author's name.
All of this ...more
A couple of things happened that caused me to be blindsided by this book.
First, I've seen bits and pieces of the film adaptation over the years and thought I was super familiar with the story.
Second, I'd had an old paperback copy laying around for ages, which apart from its' cute postal cover, I'd never really paid much attention to.
Third, when I finally decided to pick it up to read yesterday, I didn't read the back copy or even really noticed the author's name.
All of this ...more
Read harder 2019: epistolary book
This collection of letters between Helen Hanff and the workers of a bookstore in England are funny, touching and interesting. I’ve not read many of the books Helen bought from Marks & Co because she loved non-fiction and I love fiction. But she helped me see why she loved the books she did and I could certainly relate to her feelings about books in general.
This book reminded me of The Storied Life is AJ Fikry, so if you’ve read that, try this. Or vice versa.
This collection of letters between Helen Hanff and the workers of a bookstore in England are funny, touching and interesting. I’ve not read many of the books Helen bought from Marks & Co because she loved non-fiction and I love fiction. But she helped me see why she loved the books she did and I could certainly relate to her feelings about books in general.
This book reminded me of The Storied Life is AJ Fikry, so if you’ve read that, try this. Or vice versa.
A million stars. This is the most charming book ever. EVER.
I stumbled across this on the shelves at the library while looking for another book. I grabbed it because it was pretty slim, and I've been on the lookout for a book under 100 pages for the Book Riot Read Harder challenge - 97 pages! w00t! (Bonus: it was also published in 1970, which could also take care of the challenge, "read a book published the decade you were born.")
I had vaguely heard of this book, but had very little idea of what it was about and deliberately tried not to read about it be ...more
I had vaguely heard of this book, but had very little idea of what it was about and deliberately tried not to read about it be ...more
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its curious that a book that is simply letters written in the 1950s and 60s between a London bookseller and New York writer could be this compelling. But it is, and it's great.
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