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> Tag: gentlyfalling

Women talking, getting comfortable with anger

September 23, 2018 by llp 1 Comment

I picked up Miriam Toews’ newest novel, Women Talking, in the airport recently. I felt very lucky because it ticked so many boxes for me – I had run out of reading material on a work trip so really needed a book, it was in those new resell displays at the news stand so it was discounted enough to get through my NO NEW BOOK PURCHASES embargo, it fits with my vow to read more Canadian literature, and it was published in 2018. Toews has […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, canlit, cbr10bingo, Fiction, gentlyfalling, llp, Miriam Toews, women talking

llp's CBR10 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, canlit, cbr10bingo, Fiction, gentlyfalling, llp, Miriam Toews, women talking ·
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This one I read in 24 hours

September 23, 2018 by llp Leave a Comment

I bought this book on a camping trip stopover a few years ago. I wanted to read it so badly, but was always waiting for what seemed like the right time; some books are like that for me. It has been sitting in my TBR pile ever since and it finally felt right to read it this last week, a reward for finally finishing a book I really struggled through. It was an excellent reward; I haven’t been this obsessed with finishing a book since […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, #memoir, cbr10bingo, Fiction, gentlyfalling, llp, Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

llp's CBR10 Review No:20 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, #memoir, cbr10bingo, Fiction, gentlyfalling, llp, Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ·
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I should have enjoyed this more than I did

September 17, 2018 by llp 2 Comments

This book feels like it is right up my alley – it’s written a Canadian author, it’s clever and well thought out, there is humour, it was nominated for Canadian literature awards. It’s BAIT, but I just struggled to force myself through it after it sitting on my TBR pile for two years. The narrator here is a 500 year old parrot named Aaron, telling the part of his life story he values the most. He tells of “his shoulder,” a young Jewish man named […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, canlit, cbr10bingo, gary barwin, gentlyfalling, llp, Yiddish for Pirates

llp's CBR10 Review No:19 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, canlit, cbr10bingo, gary barwin, gentlyfalling, llp, Yiddish for Pirates ·
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I know why, but why?

August 18, 2018 by llp 1 Comment

I saw this book on Instagram, maybe through the CBR account, and was suddenly desperate to get it. I am not a mountain climber nor am I a follower of mountain climbing exploits, I don’t read an enormous amount of non-fiction, and when I do, it’s not generally DISASTER non-fiction. And yet, I saw this and immediately put in a reserve request at the library. I suspect the last mountain climbing book I read was Jim Curran’s K2: Triumph and Tragedy., which examined the 1986 […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, gentlyfalling, graham bowley, llp, No Way Down, non fiction

llp's CBR10 Review No:15 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, gentlyfalling, graham bowley, llp, No Way Down, non fiction ·
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It just feels young to me

August 14, 2018 by llp Leave a Comment

Do you remember that discussion on the internet about how the world at large is always so eager to dismiss and mock the things that young girls love? I think about that a lot, and have tried harder to not do that myself. So, when I heard Rupi Kaur reading her poems on CBC Radio, talking about her youth and success and her dreams, I decided to give The Sun and her Flowers a try. This is Rupi Kaur’s second book; her first book Milk […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #CBR10, canlit, cbr10bingo, gentlyfalling, llp, poetry, Rupi Kaur, the sun and her flowers

llp's CBR10 Review No:14 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: #CBR10, canlit, cbr10bingo, gentlyfalling, llp, poetry, Rupi Kaur, the sun and her flowers ·
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Sanderson is getting Martinitis with the Stormlight Archive

July 23, 2018 by llp Leave a Comment

You guys, this book is long. LOOOOOONNNGGGG. It took me over a month to read half of it – I took it out from the library months ago, there was a reserve on it so I couldn’t renew it, and had to pick it back up four months later and I STILL struggled to read it on time, despite being very eager to finish the story. While it’s not quite into Game of Thrones territory in terms of needing edits, but it’s in the ballpark. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, brandon sanderson, fantasy, Fiction, gentlyfalling, llp, stormlight archive

llp's CBR10 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, brandon sanderson, fantasy, Fiction, gentlyfalling, llp, stormlight archive ·
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