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“That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet.”

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

April 6, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Why do I keep waiting so long to dig into word-of-mouth and critically acclaimed smashes? Twelve years later (and not a moment too soon), I finally get The Fuss around A Visit From the Goon Squad. I remember reading The Keep near the official release date, but Goon Squad eluded me for over a decade…or perhaps I eluded it? On the upside of being a latecomer, I am more likely to find these books in my neighborhood’s Little Free Libraries. Hooray! I love how “a novel” is emphasized on […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: andtheIToldYouSos, Award Winner, coming-of-age, contemporary, interconnected, Jennifer Egan, music business, near future, Pulitzer Prize, punk rock

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: andtheIToldYouSos, Award Winner, coming-of-age, contemporary, interconnected, Jennifer Egan, music business, near future, Pulitzer Prize, punk rock ·
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Its Time for Me to Say Goodbye to Dahl

The Witches by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

February 25, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Roald Dahl was one of the authors who dominated my childhood reading which makes sense as he is one of the most celebrated children’s authors of the 20th century. I spent a lot of time deep in a few of his books, seeing bits of myself in his protagonists. But this is my goodbye to him. Dahl was an unrepentant bigot. He was profoundly anti-Semitic, perpetuating harmful tropes and falsehoods for years in his public statements and books. Dahl is also easily read as a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: anti-semitism, Award Winner, misogyny, read harder challenge, Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator), the witches

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: anti-semitism, Award Winner, misogyny, read harder challenge, Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator), the witches ·
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“you girl and you boy and that’s fine with me, but what’s not fine is you selling yourself short”

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

March 21, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 5 Comments

Jonny is an open wound: raw, glistening, spilling over, and beautiful in a way that makes you unable to turn away even though you should. It’s a wound sustained from getting too drunk at a casino and crashing through a plate glass window. It glitters, it throbs, and it is going to be expensive to clean up. He invites us into his life like a tornado introduces itself to a neighborhood. We crash through, turning everything on end at a break-neck pace. Jonny is the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Award Winner, Canadian Lit, CBC Canada Reads, coming-of-age, Indigenous Canada, Indigenous Voices, Indigiqueer, intergenerational, Joshua Whitehead, lgtbqia, Peguis First Nation, Reservation Life, sex work, Two Spirit

Genres: Fiction · Tags: Award Winner, Canadian Lit, CBC Canada Reads, coming-of-age, Indigenous Canada, Indigenous Voices, Indigiqueer, intergenerational, Joshua Whitehead, lgtbqia, Peguis First Nation, Reservation Life, sex work, Two Spirit ·
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what happens to the torch-bearers, the candle holders, the vigil keepers?

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

February 17, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 3 Comments

There is so much that I want to tell you about this book, but I won’t. I took so many notes, and placed so many scraps of paper between pages, but I do not want to ruin a single realization for you. Rebecca Makkai has crafted an intricately woven tapestry that you have to witness in its full glory; I do not want to give you a magnifying glass before you have had a chance to first witness the enormity of the project. The Great Believers hits […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1980's, 20th Century, AIDS, AIDS crisis, art, Award Winner, Death, found family, friendship, historical fiction, lgtbqia, loss, lost generation, Love, paris, queer, queer history, Rebecca Makkai, recent history, regret

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1980's, 20th Century, AIDS, AIDS crisis, art, Award Winner, Death, found family, friendship, historical fiction, lgtbqia, loss, lost generation, Love, paris, queer, queer history, Rebecca Makkai, recent history, regret ·
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“Still, I wanted to believe; indeed I longed to; and, in the end, how much of belief comes from longing?”

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

June 27, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

I worked three jobs in the summer of 2005. I frequently worked more than one during any given day. Days off did not exist- except, miraculously, for the 4th of July. The history of the 4th holds no meaning here, just that I finally had a day to myself. I spent my one day off in bed, reading The Handmaid’s Tale from cover to cover. I did not leave the room. I turned down, much to the chagrin of the person whose bed it was, all opportunities […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: . hope, Award Winner, Booker prize, Canadian Lit, dystopia, espionage, faith, Gilead, Margaret Atwood, religious extremism, sequel, sisterhood, The Handmaid's Tale, tyranny

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:66 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: . hope, Award Winner, Booker prize, Canadian Lit, dystopia, espionage, faith, Gilead, Margaret Atwood, religious extremism, sequel, sisterhood, The Handmaid's Tale, tyranny ·
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An autobiography in verse

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

May 11, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Official book description: Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: autobiograpy, Award Winner, brown girl dreaming, cbr12, jacqueline woodson, Malin, poetry, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: autobiograpy, Award Winner, brown girl dreaming, cbr12, jacqueline woodson, Malin, poetry, Young Adult ·
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