Thursday, July 18, 2019

Beach Blanket Book Blackout Bingo



Beach Blanket? Why yes...don't I wish. But where there's still summer, there's still hope. We're only in July.

Book Bingo Blackout? I've been working my way through:

Elevation - LGBTQ . Two of the characters are a lesbian couple.

Nomandland - Life Hack. Rent too high? Take to your vehicle and do it with panache!

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gen X Author. Gail Honeyman was born in the Gen X time frame. 1970, I believe.

The Nightingale - Heroine. More like HeroineS in the French Resistance.

If Beale Street Could Talk - Place Name.  The book doesn't take place on Beale Street; James Baldwin named it after a famous blues song.

Buttermilk Graffiti - Odd Couple.  Chef Edward Lee explores more than a dozen cities across America and finds unlikely but happy culinary/place combinations: Lowell, Massachusetts and Cambodian food. Lebanese food in the heart of Mississippi blues country. Nigerian food in Kentucky, and the best Jewish deli in the United States -- not in New York as you might guess, but Indianapolis. Lee delights in his discoveries, and it shows in his writing. His prose makes the tastes and aromas fly right off the page.

2 comments:

Unruly Reader said...

Oh, Bybee -- you're rocking the Bingo! [silent squealing is happening to your northeast]

And now I'm feeling all cultured and stuff, cuz we went to that deli in Indianapolis. (I love the concept of that book -- unexpected food locations. I kinda wanna do a tour based on it.)

Bybee said...

Unruly,
That's a great idea for a tour! Cool that you visited the deli!