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Book Beginnings & A Giveaway

September 19, 2013 by pictureperfectcooking

Welcome to a special edition (at least for me) of Book Beginnings hosted by Rose City Reader. A couple of weeks ago, I won a copy of “Cleans Up Nicely” by Linda Dahl to review and I also got the opportunity to give away two other copies for review.  So listen up, my dear readers especially my fellow Book Beginnings peeps: if you have the opportunity to read and publicly review this book, leave a comment below by next Tuesday at 6:00pm Central Daylight Time and I will announce the winners next Thursday.

Here are the first lines:

“Her destination, that summer of 1977, is a luxury apartment building, upper Fifth Avenue, a slice of New York life completely alien to her.”

Even though this a pretty descriptive first line, it leaves many things unanswered.  Don’t worry though, questions are answered and much more. This book tells the story of a “starving artist”, sometimes figuratively and sometimes literally, trying to make it in New York City during the 1970s.  I enjoyed the story and the characters, but I wonder, if this fiction is even close to the reality of the time, how these people survived.  I am surprised they all didn’t die from liver failure as much partying as they did. 

If you are looking for a book that has interesting characters and a story that flows along quite entertainingly, give this book a try. 

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Posted in Books | Tagged Book Beginnings, Books, Cleans Up Nicely, giveaway, Linda Dahl, Rose City Reader | 14 Comments

14 Responses

  1. on September 19, 2013 at 7:41 am Betty Edwards

    Tammi, B and I would love to review the book. NYC and starving artists are close to our heart. I always look forward to reading your blog. Love you. Betty


    • on September 19, 2013 at 5:46 pm pictureperfectcooking

      Betty, now that you commented, you have a chance to win. Thanks for being a fan! 🙂 Love you all, too!


  2. on September 19, 2013 at 8:25 pm Jenn

    Interesting! I wonder what made her go to NYC.


    • on September 20, 2013 at 10:45 am pictureperfectcooking

      The character wanted to make it “big” in the art world and decided to try her luck in NYC.


  3. on September 20, 2013 at 6:40 am laurelrainsnow

    Oh, wow, I won a copy of this, too, and I’ve just started reading it. Thanks for sharing. Here’s MY FRIDAY MEMES POST


  4. on September 20, 2013 at 8:39 am Jo @ Mixed Book Bag

    I have seen several posts on the book. Here is my
    Book Beginning at Mixed Book Bag

    Leave me out of the contest. My TBR pile is just too high to add another book.


  5. on September 20, 2013 at 2:39 pm Wendy @ Escape Into Fiction

    Interesting beginning! I have too many books on my TBR pile so please leave me out of the contest. But thanks for sharing and for stopping by my Book Beginnings post earlier! 🙂

    Wendy @ Escape Into Fiction


  6. on September 20, 2013 at 3:52 pm Catherine @ Book Club Librarian

    I’ve seen this book mentioned on a few blogs and it sounds interesting. Thanks for visiting my blog.


  7. on September 20, 2013 at 4:03 pm Greg

    Hmm, that sounds interesting. That’s a good first line. NYC in the 70’s- what a time and place to be a starving artist I would imagine!


  8. on September 20, 2013 at 4:07 pm Greg

    Hmm, interesting. Good first line. NYC in the 70’s- I imagine that was an interesting time to be a starving artist!


  9. on September 20, 2013 at 4:51 pm Elizabeth

    Nice beginning sentences…thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such a funny comment.

    Take care.

    Elizabeth
    Silver’s Reviews
    My Book Beginnings


  10. on September 20, 2013 at 7:41 pm Vonnie

    I wouldn’t mind reviewing this book but it would have to be after November since I’m booked.

    Thanks for stopping by!


  11. on September 20, 2013 at 8:40 pm Andrea

    A great beginning! Thank you for stopping by my blog.


  12. on September 22, 2013 at 11:33 am guiltlessreader (@guiltlessreader)

    Haha, die of over partying? I’m not putting my name in the giveaway hat but this is going on my TBR 🙂



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