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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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December 2023, the last set

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

System Collapse by Martha Wells

The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J Evans

The Gentleman’s Gambit by Evie Dunmore

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

Heartstopper #5 by Alice Oseman

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

The Third Reich in Power by Richard J Evans

December 31, 2023 by wicherwill 1 Comment

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske Ah, the first of the many, many books that I was going to read on vacation. Which I finished on December 13th, with my vacation having start on (checks) November 18th. Excellent, excellent, I am SO glad to be moving to a new job that respects the idea of holidays… The final and largely satisfying end to the The Last Binding triology set in a regency(?) England which is so very queer, the pieces that have been slowly moving […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: Adalyn Grace, alice oseman, becky albertalli, Bernadine Evaristo, evie dunmore, Freya Marske, Jeanette McCurdy, LGBTQ, martha wells, murderbot, nazis are weird like that, Richard J Evans, Sally Rooney, The Last Binding, the league of extraordinary women

wicherwill's CBR15 Review No:78 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: Adalyn Grace, alice oseman, becky albertalli, Bernadine Evaristo, evie dunmore, Freya Marske, Jeanette McCurdy, LGBTQ, martha wells, murderbot, nazis are weird like that, Richard J Evans, Sally Rooney, The Last Binding, the league of extraordinary women ·
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Amma is walking along the promenade of the waterway that bisects her city, a few early morning barges cruise slowly by

Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo

January 16, 2020 by vel veeter 3 Comments

This is a highly recommended book for both this site, and more readers in wider circles. This novel shared the Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, which is a book I didn’t particularly like at all, so the idea of it sharing this prize is especially galling to me. That said, there’s a kind of funny irony about Margaret Atwood, perhaps as a stand-in for “white feminism”, co-opting the celebration of this novel–a multi-voiced, multi-generational, highly-intelligent, Queer, witty, sympathetic, portrayal of twelve–mostly Black women–characters in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bernadine Evaristo, Girl Woman Other

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bernadine Evaristo, Girl Woman Other ·
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Morris is suffering from that affliction known as teetolalism.

Mr. Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo

January 8, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a novel by the Booker Prize winning writer from this previous, whose winning book I have not read just yet, but am about to, but whose earlier book Girl With Blonde Roots I read last year and thought was very good. This book is also very good. We have two narrators, though it’s not an even split between. The book is about a 74 Antiguan-English man who is facing down old age, a very unhappy marriage, unhappily impending sobriety, and most importantly the prospect […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bernadine Evaristo, Mr. Loverman

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bernadine Evaristo, Mr. Loverman ·
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