Explore: New York

Explore The World 2022
through books, films, etc. January: New York

READ:

Her Last Breath
by Hilary Davidson
Thriller, Mystery, Manhattan | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
sister vengeance

Dinner with Edward
A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
by Isabel Vincent
Memoir, Food, New York | Published: 2016 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
delightful friendship with dinners as bonding moments

Going Into Town
A Love Letter to New York
by Roz Chast
Graphic Novel, Humor, Memoir, New York | Published: 2017 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
a humurous inside scoop

WATCH:

tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Screenplay: Steven Levenson
Based on musical by: Jonathan Larson
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus
Drama, Biography, Musical | imdb | my rating: 5
amazing playwright with backstory of the infamous musical, Rent
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.

Rent (2005)
Director: Chris Columbus
Screenplay: Stephen Chbosky
Based on musical by: Jonathan Larson
Stars: Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Rosario Dawson
Drama, Romance, Musical | imdb

This is the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and the impacts they have on America.

EAT:

the iconic: bagel and lox cream cheese

FLIP THROUGH:

New York Drawings
by Adrian Tomine
Graphic Novel, Art, New York | Published: 2012 | Goodreads

Tenements, Towers & Trash
An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City
by Julia Wertz
History, Art, Artchitecture, New York | Published: 2017 | Goodreads

MAGAZINES and PUZZLE: catching up with New Yorker back issues

VIRTUAL VISIT:

Japan Society NY
art exhibit: Shikō Munakata: A Way of Seeing
December 10, 2021 – March 20, 2022 (here)

VISIT bookstore: someday...

Albertine (details)
bookshop in New York devoted solely to books in French and English

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* part of Explore the World (here)

ibc 2022

International Book Club
complete list (here)
~*~ JANUARY:

Her Last Breath
by Hilary Davidson
Thriller, Mystery | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
FEBRUARY: none

MARCH:

The Maid
by Nita Prose
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
APRIL:

The Clockmaker’s Daughter
by Kate Morton
Historical, Mystery, England | Published: 2018 | Goodreads
MAY:

Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney
Literary, Ireland | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
JUNE: none

JULY:

A Flicker in the Dark
by Stacy Willingham
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
AUGUST:

The Other Einstein
by Marie Benedict
Historical, Feminism | Published: 2022 | Goodreads
SEPTEMBER:

Fresh Water for Flowers
by Valérie Perrin translated by Hildegarde Serle
Literary, France | Published: 2020 | Goodreads
OCTOBER:

Black Cake
by Charmaine Wilkerson
Historical | Published: 2022 | Goodreads | my rating: 5
NOVEMBER: none

DECEMBER: none


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* header image source: woman reading

Happy Birthday Jane Austen!

Happy 244th Birthday, Jane!
Going to flip through this newbie...

Dress in the Age of Jane Austen:
Regency Fashion
by Hilary Davidson
-History, Fashion, Jane Austen | Goodreads
Just released: November 2019
This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austen’s beloved books, focusing on the long Regency between the years 1795 and 1825. During this period, accelerated change saw Britain’s turbulent entry into the modern age, and clothing reflected these transformations. Starting with the intimate perspective of clothing the self, Dress in the Age of Jane Austen moves outward through the social and cultural spheres of home, village, countryside, and cities, and into the wider national and global realms, exploring the varied ways people dressed to inhabit these environments. Jane Austen’s famously observant fictional writings, as well as her letters, provide the entry point for examining the Regency age’s rich complexity of fashion, dress, and textiles for men and women in their contemporary contexts.

Lavishly illustrated with paintings, drawings, historic garments, and fashion plates—including many previously unpublished images—this authoritative yet accessible book will help readers visualize the external selves of Austen’s immortal characters as clearly as she wrote of their internal ones. The result is an enhanced understanding of Austen’s work and time, and also of the history of one of Britain’s most distinctive fashion eras.

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* image source: jane austen shadow box