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Not a book for me.

Memorial by Bryan Washington

February 22, 2021 by narfna 1 Comment

I really need to stop ordering the lit-fic option from Book of the Month. It so very rarely ends well. The premise here is that Mike and Benson are a couple. Mike is a chef and Benson is a daycare worker. Mike’s father is dying of cancer, and so he decides one day to go to Japan to mend their relationship, leaving Benson alone in their one bedroom apartment with his visiting mother, who only arrived that morning, also from Japan. Also, their relationship is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: BIPOC, Bryan washington, Japan, LGBTQIA, lit-fic, literary, memorial, narfna, Texas

narfna's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: BIPOC, Bryan washington, Japan, LGBTQIA, lit-fic, literary, memorial, narfna, Texas ·
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Not my “best of” but YMMV.

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Memorial by Bryan Washington

December 29, 2020 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

In which it becomes clear to me that a “best of” list means next to nothing. I’m trying (and doubt I will make it) to catch up with my long backlog list from 2020 and to actually reach my goal of 52 reviews. Putting together mini-groups to review together has made this somewhat easier, and yes, I know that some of my groupings are probably random. Here we have two books that I thought were fine. I probably wouldn’t recommend them to friends, but if […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bryan washington, CannonBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, memorial, Scootsa1000, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bryan washington, CannonBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, memorial, Scootsa1000, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel ·
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