Like most Texans, I was raised very religious. Like most people who have religion shoved down their throats for 18 years, I am now an atheist. Atheism isn’t why I hated The Shack, though, it’s because it’s a fucking terrible book. I realized pretty quickly I didn’t like this book, given how shoddily the words are put together. I don’t even want to call it writing. I think I digested about 20% of the overall book, followed along completely, and still felt I gave it too […]
Family, Courage and Magic
I like what the publisher description of The Witch Boy says: From the illustrator of the web comic “Strong Female Protagonist” comes a debut middle-grade graphic novel about family, identity, courage–and magic. It sums up the story well (though you do not need to know “Strong Female Protagonist”). Molly Knox Ostertag has created a contemporary story with a role reversal twist. In this case, instead of the traditional story of a girl doing “boy things” a boy is doing “girl things.” The graphic novel format […]
A Joyful Celebration
Judith. Jude. No-Talk-Girl. Freak. Jubilee. These are just some of the names are heroine is called. It is her beloved Aunt Cora that calls her Jubilee. A joyful celebration. Left with her aunt when she is very young, Jubilee soon stops talking. Yet, her true friends understand her. When it is time for her to go into a regular fifth-grade classroom, instead of her special class, Jubilee has more than new teacher bumps to overcome. One of the biggest, she learns her mother is back […]
Engaging story with a couple of leaps
The book summary said something about Station Eleven (which I love) so I definitely spent the first half thinking this was the author of Station Eleven and fair warning, it’s not. However, Peng Shepherd is a worth successor and I do recommend this book, just be prepared for a few leaps of logic along the way. The plot of The Book of M centers on a major what if – what if our shadows held all our memories? And what if those shadows could be lost? In a […]
It Actually IS Brain Surgery (CBR10 BINGO)
CBR 10 BINGO Square: AWARD WINNER: PEN Ackerly Prize in 2015 Best for: People who like stories from clinicians but don’t mind a mildly obnoxious storyteller. In a nutshell: Henry Marsh has been a brain surgeon for 40 years. So, y’know, he’s got some stories. Worth quoting: “She would be added to the list of my disasters — another headstone in that cemetery with the French surgeon Leriche once said all surgeons carry within themselves.” “Informed consent sounds so easy in principle … The reality […]
Entangled Lives (CBR10 BINGO)
CBR 10 BINGO Square: SO SHINY! (It’s technically not even being released in the UK until August 23rd, but I picked it up last week, so…) Best for: Those who enjoy Liane Moriarty’s work; those who like stories told from multiple perspectives and that jump back and forth in time. In a nutshell: Maggie is 14 weeks pregnant and getting married in four days. She is hit by a car and falls into a coma. When she wakes up, she thinks she’s been out for […]
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