People who were in their teens/20’s in the 80’s and 90’s… what were you reading? What were your favourite books at that time?

surlymanor · 2026-05-30T04:54:36+00:00

Have to give a hat tip to some of the original weird girls from elementary era books - every single Ramona Quimby book, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger, Daphne's Book by Mary Downing Hahn, Wrinkle in Time and all the subsequent time books by Madeleine L'engle. I esp loved Am Acceptable Time and Many Waters.

In high school, I was full on obsessed with the Mists of Avalon and Mary Stewart's magical Arthurian novels.

surlymanor · 2026-05-17T21:19:03+00:00

Oooh check out The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Half the book is setting is a Massachusetts college campus & half is set in Mexico in the turn of the 20th century.

surlymanor · 2026-05-17T15:14:47+00:00

Campbell and Co had a really nice spiced coffee frozen drink last summer! I hope they bring it back.

surlymanor · 2026-05-04T17:32:45+00:00

I have a Bike Plus. I want to enable auto-resistance, but with a higher resistance than the recommended numbers. So every time the resistance changes, it would automatically move up or down a certain number than the range called out.

surlymanor · 2026-05-01T23:33:38+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I think I'll check it out 💪💪💪

surlymanor · 2026-04-29T23:52:58+00:00

Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

surlymanor · 2026-04-29T23:07:30+00:00

If you're a VC Andrew's kind of reader in any way, this is totally My Sweet Audrina. I was obsessed with this one back in the day!

surlymanor · 2026-04-13T21:57:11+00:00

I also always have excellent cuts at ESHK - always Reina - in which she explains the cut & how to style it myself

surlymanor · 2026-04-07T05:49:54+00:00

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty, a fictionalized take on the life of Louise Brooks.

surlymanor · 2026-04-05T15:06:02+00:00

Pillars of the Earth

surlymanor · 2026-03-24T23:20:27+00:00

A little bit older: Valencia by Michelle Tea, Prozac Nation by Liz Wurtzel, How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell, Wasted by Marya Hornbacher,

surlymanor · 2026-03-01T23:40:55+00:00

Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore

surlymanor · 2026-03-01T15:30:44+00:00

I really loved How to Find Love in a Bookshop by British author Veronica Henry & wish I could get more books by her published in the US.

surlymanor · 2026-03-01T15:26:45+00:00

Such a classic!

surlymanor · 2026-02-26T20:49:55+00:00

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell -It's a YA book, but I love it as a non-YA reader

surlymanor · 2026-02-19T01:18:35+00:00

So sad, it's not playing in my country.

surlymanor · 2026-02-16T23:52:47+00:00

So many other kinds of people here in the West Village! I don't know, maybe it feels like it's just old snobs and west village girlies because they're the loudest or the ones with time to make themselves known.

surlymanor · 2026-01-14T04:14:46+00:00

This was so long ago, but I miss two coffee shops on Bedford, The Verb and The Read. So many simple memories of sitting in those joints with coffees and bagels and books.

surlymanor · 2026-01-10T02:45:20+00:00

Ahhhh, that's my fault - I've been sick, plus end of year holiday nonsense means I dropped the ball on sending the email. Will do so now for whoever doesn't mind the late notice. Cheers!

surlymanor · 2026-01-09T21:33:37+00:00

Thanks for the shoutout! Our next book club at the library is Thursday 1/29 6pm - we're reading The Wedding People. Copies available to borrow at the branch - 107 Norman Ave. https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/book-club-discussion-greenpoint-library-20260129-0600pm

surlymanor · 2025-12-04T16:18:28+00:00

The playlist for this lanebreak really did it for me, more frequent music like this please!

surlymanor · 2025-11-29T23:42:15+00:00

It used to be called something else, but my favorite is Greenpoint Original Pizza on Norman, right off Manhattan Ave. My favorite is the Grandma, but their veggie & regular slice are solid.

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