Reviews and Comments

I've had 3 people from unrelated social circles reccomend this to me in the past 4 days. Judging from the title and cover (I know...) It doesn't really appeal to me. But I'm taking this sudden wave in reccomendations as a sign from the book gods that I should give it a go. Placing in the TBR pile.

I'm about halfway through this. Considering stopping. Not really clicking with me. I guess the main mystery is whether or not the guy ultimately survives, but he's so unlikeable, I don't care if he lives or not.

I was gifted a copy of this for my birthday. I'm about 5 chapters in. Enjoying it so far.

Meh. Not a lot I didn't already know. Rural people vote for one party, and don't really demand anything in return, and so they don't get much of anything.

I sort of inadvertently became a collector of old Modern Library hardcovers. I was in my local used book shop this weekend nearly bought one before realizing I already had a copy.

To prevent this from happening in the future, I considered making a spreadsheet of which titles I already have, but then I realized I could make a list or shelf here on BookWyrm. I'm not sure which approach is best. Probably a list(?).

Feedback / links to relevant documentation appreciated. #modernlibrary #books #oldbooks #bookwyrm #bookcollection

I heard of this book from an episode of the Upstream Podcast (www.upstreampodcast.org/). I'm not very far into it yet, but it is fascinating. Lots of discussion so far about the extent of racism and organized crime in the early Jazz scene.