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It was my first day.

Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

So Much Longing in So Little Space by Karl Ove Knausgard

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe

McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

June 17, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Lucy – 4/5 Stars I’ve read a handful of Jamaica Kincaid books, and her nonfiction book A Small Place stands out as a kind of collective memoir, nonfiction history from the perspective of someone who grew up in Antigua. This book acts similarly (as well as a similarly to her short stories in At the Bottom of the River) as a way of fleshing out the sparse lived experiences embedded in the more transitory pieces. What this novel most feels like to me is a first person […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: bluets, eagle of the ninth, Jamaica Kincaid, karl ove knausgard, lucy, Maggie Nelson, mcglue, ottessa mosfegh, Ottessa Moshfegh, rosemary sutcliffe, so much longing in so little space

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:316 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: bluets, eagle of the ninth, Jamaica Kincaid, karl ove knausgard, lucy, Maggie Nelson, mcglue, ottessa mosfegh, Ottessa Moshfegh, rosemary sutcliffe, so much longing in so little space ·
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It was nine thirty on Christmas Eve.

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer

No Orchids for Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase

Time and Tide by Frank Conroy

Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow

Inside Stories by Ben H Winters

The Dark Web by Geoff White

Latin History for Morons by John Leguizamo

The Scarlet Plague by Jack London

Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn

Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

Inadvertent by Karl Ove Knausgard

This Land is Their Land by Barbara Ehrenreich

Dr Doolittle by Hugh Lofting

Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain

May 19, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Here’s a whole bunch of kind of (Sorry) short reviews for short books! Pandemic reading!!!     The Woman in Black – 3/5 Stars I still think it remains a little silly that this movie had Daniel Radcliffe in it. He was too fresh off of Harry Potter and hadn’t yet made his real transition into adult movies. I think his show “The Young Doctor’s Notebook” was a more successful vehicle for him as it placed him in a transitional role. Anyway, I mention all […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: a kind of loving, a small place, agatha christie, Barbara Ehrenreich, ben h. winters, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, dr doolittle, Frank Conroy, Geoff White, gimpel the fool, Hugh Lofting, inadvertent, inside stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jack London, Jamaica Kincaid, James Hadley Chase, John Leguizamo, karl ove knausgard, kwaidan, Lafcadio Hearn, latin history for morons, Mark Twain, nature poem, no orchids for miss blandish, poirot investigates, Stan Barstow, Susan Hill, Texts from Jane Eyre, the dark web, the scarlet plague, The Woman in Black, this land is their land, time and tide, Tommy Pico

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:279 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: a kind of loving, a small place, agatha christie, Barbara Ehrenreich, ben h. winters, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, dr doolittle, Frank Conroy, Geoff White, gimpel the fool, Hugh Lofting, inadvertent, inside stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jack London, Jamaica Kincaid, James Hadley Chase, John Leguizamo, karl ove knausgard, kwaidan, Lafcadio Hearn, latin history for morons, Mark Twain, nature poem, no orchids for miss blandish, poirot investigates, Stan Barstow, Susan Hill, Texts from Jane Eyre, the dark web, the scarlet plague, The Woman in Black, this land is their land, time and tide, Tommy Pico ·
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We were to use this in ladylike recreation

December 10, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I am going to be honest here. I might not hit the word count with each of these reviews. Some books lend themselves to more of a review than others. Annie John – 3/5 Stars Annie John is a short novel by the Antiguan novelist Jamaican Kincaid. Jamaica Kincaid is best known for her thoroughly brilliant and forever anthologized short story “Girl”. “Girl” is so good not only because of the power of the voice and the effectiveness of the images, but because it’s the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: american politics, Anne Carson, annie john, beautiful mutants, birding is my favorite video game, cristina rivera garza, Deborah Levy, Jamaica Kincaid, julia kaye, late bloomer, laura locker, rosemary mosco, the beauty of the husband, the taiga syndrome

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:443 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: american politics, Anne Carson, annie john, beautiful mutants, birding is my favorite video game, cristina rivera garza, Deborah Levy, Jamaica Kincaid, julia kaye, late bloomer, laura locker, rosemary mosco, the beauty of the husband, the taiga syndrome ·
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A Feminist Post-Colonial Coming of Age Story

April 25, 2014 by ElCicco 1 Comment

Set in the US in 1969, Lucy is the story of a 19-year-old who has just moved from the British West Indies for work and school. She becomes an au pere for an affluent family with 4 daughters and attends school briefly for nursing. This novel is her reflection on that year and on herself. One could read it as a sort of coming of age story, about growing up. Lucy is trying to break from her old life and especially from her mother with […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, British West Indies, daffodil, ElCicco, feminism, Imperialism, Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy: A Novel, ReadWomen2014

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, British West Indies, daffodil, ElCicco, feminism, Imperialism, Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy: A Novel, ReadWomen2014 ·
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