Ugh, I didn’t enjoy this book in the slightest, which I guess makes sense since it fills the Not My Wheelhouse square for Bingo. The Vacationers is the story of a family from New York that goes on vacation to Mallorca, along with their oldest son’s girlfriend, and the best friend of the wife and his husband. I would use names here to help distinguish between characters but I’ve honestly forgotten half of them already. Man, I just. . . I really hated this book. […]
Remove head from sphincter, then write.
I almost wish I actually hated this book because then I could summon enough vitriol to fill a full 250-word review. As it stands, all I really got is ” … meh”. I kind of wish I’d done CBR last year just so y’all could have been treated to my screed on My Absolute Darling but nope, you guys are stuck with this much masquerading as a philosophical journey. It’s a writer writing about a writer writing about a writer. She’s so far up her own […]
Hated this Textbook
While the authors had good intentions, I was thoroughly disappointed in this book. The whole premise of this book is so that educators can use YA as a teaching aide. However, the authors have only thinly disguised their preference for classics. The tone I found while reading is that “Oh this YA book is good… but classics are still better.” and “teenagers won’t change their views/perspectives based off books!”. Both these statement are total bullshit for me so I highly disagreed with their opinions and […]