#harlemshuffle

Have you voted in the Goodreads Choice Awards yet? Here’s a stack of some of the nominees. Lots of great reads here. How many have you read this year? #downtogetthegoodreadson #goodreadschoiceawards #thefourwinds #razorbladetears #maliburising #thelostapothecary #thepeoplewemeetonvacation #harlemshuffle #webeginattheend #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookish #bookreview #hardcover #bookcover #bookhaul #literarycrimefiction #goodreads #homelibrary #fiction #domesticthriller #crimefiction #thriller #wearethebrennans #janeharper #lisajewell https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgj-Kdr3Uw/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wednesday email notification. Shout out to Doubleday books and Edelweiss for gifting this ebook!! It sounds like a winner. Will jump into this weekend. Of course Colson has been on a serious role of late so I’m eagerly anticipating this story. Let’s go! From the Publisher: "Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked . . ." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a decent life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Cash is tight, especially with all those installment-plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace, Ray doesn't ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who doesn't ask questions, either. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he begins to see who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle's ingenious story plays out in a beautifully recreated New York City of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead. #bookpusher #pushingbooksainteasy #doubledaybooks #harlemshuffle #readmorebooks #bibliophile #ownvoicesreviews #goodblackreads #colsonwhitehead #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstagrammer #readingislife (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaSxYarQCV/?igshid=18kbj3iuc8lj1

his Name is Baby, B-A-B-Y Baby Driver Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl #babydriver #baby #harlemshuffle #anselelgort #edgarwright #edgarwrightmovies

Went to Lexington 125 #harlemshuffle #harlem #newyork #urbanphotography #manhattan #newyorkcity #humansofnewyork #peopleofnewyork #streetlife #nycgo #summerinthecity #ig_nyc #what_i_saw_in_nyc #newyorkcitylife #newyorkworld #fx_hdr #i_capturenyc #just_newyork #pictures_of_newyork #online_newyork #nycityworld #streetphotography #streetstyle (at Harlem–125th Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZ2_VFNFHv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hello everyone and happy Friday to you all! For my second post today I’m sharing the final part of my Christmas book haul, a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. @waterstones had an amazing 50% sale on their hardbacks so I tried to pick up as much as my voucher would allow me 😂 the first being Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. I buddy read his incredible The Nickel Boys with bestie @tarheelreader so buying this was a no brainer. It’s the tale of heists, shakedowns and rip offs in Harlem in the 1960’s. I have also been tempted by How To Kill Your Family for some time and as the Waterstones edition had sprayed pink edges and was half price, how could I resist. We discover how nobody in the world could possibly understand why at the tender age of 28, Grace could calmly kill six members of her family and then get on with the rest of her life, not regretting a thing. Next up is The Shortest History of China. I have such a fascination with this topic and I’m intrigued to see how a country with such a rich history can be squeezed into such a small space. Finally we have a series of essays - It’s Not Okay To Feel Blue in which a number of inspirational people open up about their mental health. I have the feminist edition as well as this now on my TBR so looking forward to checking them both out. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! 🤗😘 #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookhaul #christmasbookhaul #harlemshuffle #colsonwhitehead #howtokillyourfamily #bellamackie #theshortesthistoryofchina #lindajaivin #itsnotoktofeelblueandotherlies #scarlettcurtis #nonfictionbooks #booksonmyshelf #booksineedtoread #lovingbooks #bookobsessed #mybookcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CZSN8iEL6Im/?utm_medium=tumblr

I did the audiobook for Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. This book takes place in Harlem in the ‘60s and centers on Ray Carney. He owns a furniture store but also handles some previously owned (stolen) jewelry and small appliances. He’s trying to improve his place in life and gets caught up in his cousin’s mess of a robbery. The book is about Ray figuring out what to do and then doing it. There are some vivid characters here but the story never captured me. It feels more like a history book than a novel. I saw a lot of good reviews but this was not a book for me. I did like Underground Railroad. Did you read this one? #harlemshuffle #colsonwhitehead #bookofthemonth #harlemnyc #nyc #historicalfiction #60sfiction #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookish #bookreview #hardcover #bookcover #bookhaul #literarycrimefiction #goodreads #homelibrary #fiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CYE7tNzr1Ye/?utm_medium=tumblr

My favorite. Absolute favorite of his. #colsonwhitehead #harlemshuffle #igreads #instabooks @bklynlibrary https://www.instagram.com/p/CXE9sQDvrqORFvcpdq_q5Go5_Q_IiA5SVshSnQ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

This is going to make a great movie! #harlemshuffle #colinwhitehead https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlA0JopoKL/?utm_medium=tumblr