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Tom Joad needs a bath

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

March 28, 2023 by Scootchyknees 1 Comment

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath have stored…” Were you oblivious like me that these were the words in the first line of the Battle Hymn of the Republic? I’m not sure if these are the same grapes Steinbeck is referring to, but there is enough wrath in the world to go around, whether it’s the wrath of the Union army during the Civil War or the wrath […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: american literature, historical fiction, john steinbeck, skootchyknees, the grapes of wrath

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: american literature, historical fiction, john steinbeck, skootchyknees, the grapes of wrath ·
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One of my year’s best already?

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

February 28, 2023 by Scootchyknees Leave a Comment

This historic drama has all the elements I love about a book – great characters and a compelling story that we follow through several generations of the same family, from Korea to Japan and beyond. In the background of Pachinko is Japan’s occupation of Korea and the experience of Koreans in Japan before, during, and after this occupation. We begin in the 1880s in Korea. Hoonie is the son of parents who run a boardinghouse for fisherman. Their lives are meager, but stable. Hoonie eventually […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, Historic fiction, Min Jin Lee, Pachinko, skootchyknees

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, Historic fiction, Min Jin Lee, Pachinko, skootchyknees ·
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A nightmare at times, but ended like a dream.

City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer

February 27, 2023 by Scootchyknees Leave a Comment

I have to admit, this book gave me at least one nightmare. It wasn’t the worst I’d ever had, but it involved dead puppies, so it was pretty bad. It’s not that I found the book to be scary, per se, but the premise is a great one for a horror movie: For reasons unknown, if people have a nightmare, they will wake up and become their nightmare. This could mean a variety of things. Some people just disappear, so no one really knows what […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: City of Nightmares, Fiction, Rebecca Schaeffer, Rebecca Shaeffer, YA, Young Adult

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: City of Nightmares, Fiction, Rebecca Schaeffer, Rebecca Shaeffer, YA, Young Adult ·
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A warning on what we could become – Told as a futuristic thriller

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

February 25, 2023 by Scootchyknees Leave a Comment

GENE EDITING IS A FEDERAL CRIME #GPA ONE MISTAKE CAUSED THE GREAT STARVATION #GPA #NEVERFORGET These are billboards you would pass if you lived in Denver Colorado in the far enough future that gene editing technology is much further advanced, but not so far that hashtags aren’t still a thing. The benefits to this technology include clothes made with spider silk and improvements in medicine and agriculture. But there is also a darker side, where dolls can be wrapped in human muscle and skin and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Blake Crouch, Fiction, skootchyknees, thriller, Upgrade

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Blake Crouch, Fiction, skootchyknees, thriller, Upgrade ·
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Holden Caulfield is the Worst

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

February 19, 2023 by Scootchyknees 3 Comments

This is a book that I feel like I should have read years ago, but somehow I missed that lesson in school. It’s one of those books that is referenced a lot in pop culture so I felt it was time for me to familiarize myself with the source material. It’s funny, after the first page, I thought, “I like this guy! He’s entertaining to listen to.” That lasted maybe…10 pages? If that? I gotta tell you, Holden Caulfield got old REAL fast. I realized […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: american literature, classic, J.D. Salinger, skootchyknees, The Cather in the Rye

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: american literature, classic, J.D. Salinger, skootchyknees, The Cather in the Rye ·
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A lot to unpack in this short, supernatural mystery

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

January 30, 2023 by Scootchyknees 2 Comments

There is nothing in this book that I relate to. I am not a 16-year old, gay, black, male. And I definitely don’t see ghosts or ghouls. But Jake is and does. And as extraordinary as he is, he still deals with all the other ordinary things a teenager deals with. So Jake’s life is…complicated…to say the least. Jake’s ordinary life concerns living in the shadow of his big brother, growing apart from friends, and getting to know the cute new student at his school […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction ·
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