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Looking to the Mountains

Woman Running in the Mountains by Yuko Tsushima

May 14, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Takiko, a young unwed mother, has these dreams.  She is running “faster, faster.. . . When she has run until her body is empty, she stops abruptly and lets her gaze return again to the distant, delicately sparkling world below.  Rivers trace silver lines.  The sea is in sight.  . . . drifting ice appears and expands into a world of white.” But that is very far from her actual life.  She has a father who is physically abusive when drunk (most of the time) […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1980 Japan, Comfort in nature, Disfunctional family, Motherhood, Nonconformist heroine, Yuko Tsushima

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1980 Japan, Comfort in nature, Disfunctional family, Motherhood, Nonconformist heroine, Yuko Tsushima ·
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For Harassed Mothers Everywhere

Are We Having Fun Yet? by Lucy Mangan

January 4, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Welcome to a year in the life of Liz. A mother of two living in London (or near London, not quite clear on that one). All she wants is five minutes of peace away from her husband who will not stop talking, and her children. Plus all the stuff that comes with those things: being the one to remember everything, signing up to volunteer for school events, especially when ‘volunteering’ means being strong armed by the local Mean Girl mum (the one who’s always perfectly […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Lucy Mangan, Motherhood

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Lucy Mangan, Motherhood ·
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Ferrante Never Misses

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

March 7, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

…I state, after only reading two of her novels and two of her shorter pieces…but at this rate, I am all-in on Elena Ferrante and I am STILL mad at myself for taking this long to catch on. I’m two books deep in the Neapolitan Novels, but I had to interrupt my trajectory for two reasons: I needed to read this story before seeing the new (read: 2021) film adaptation I need to see the film in order to solidify all of my (mostly negative) […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante, europa edition, film adaptation, independence, italian literature, Italy, Motherhood, novella, short read, translation

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante, europa edition, film adaptation, independence, italian literature, Italy, Motherhood, novella, short read, translation ·
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Little Disasters cover

Being a mother seems difficult…

Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughn

May 31, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

It’s so interesting to me to see how many novels and movies and personal stories have been focused on post-natal depression. At first, it seemed like a fluke. A once-in-a-while thing that affects some women sometimes. As more narratives are created and shared, it seems far more common than I thought. This novel explores several intertwined stories of mothers. Mothers who love their children, but whose emotions and brain chemistry don’t match those feelings. Mothers who had children when they weren’t ready, but their partner […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Motherhood, mystery, OCD, postpartum, sarah vaughn

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Motherhood, mystery, OCD, postpartum, sarah vaughn ·
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Year of Penny? EXCUSE ME, LIFE of Penny!

The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson

May 25, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

5/26 UPDATE: if you are curious and want to check out an excerpt, you can do so HERE! Do you miss Happy Endings? If you have seen the show, then the answer is obviously YES SO MUCH OH MY GOODNESS PLEASE COME BACK! If you have not seen the show, then what are you doing? Get out of here and inject all three seasons directly into your eyeballs before returning! Several days ago, the unfortunately canceled Happy Endings turned 10. 10! It seems like just yesterday, Alex […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: acting, audio, black monday, body image, Casey Wilson, david caspe, essay collection, grief, happy endings, loss, Marriage, Motherhood, rage, read by the author

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:49 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: acting, audio, black monday, body image, Casey Wilson, david caspe, essay collection, grief, happy endings, loss, Marriage, Motherhood, rage, read by the author ·
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when I hold you like I hold that bakelite in my hands

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

February 28, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

Can you really like a book while still strongly disliking nearly everyone in it? I found Landline to be compelling and affecting, but I was driven to states of near agony by the overall behavior of the protagonist and almost everyone else in her orbit. The setup: Georgie McCool (a name that could be very silly, but as a person with a seemingly “fake name” I am on board) is a writer on a cheesy TV sitcom. She and her writing partner, Seth, have been working […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: 1990's, audio, do-over, Love, magical realism, Marriage, Motherhood, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Relationships, second chance, What If?

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: 1990's, audio, do-over, Love, magical realism, Marriage, Motherhood, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Relationships, second chance, What If? ·
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