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It don’t run in our blood

We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida

March 3, 2022 by booktrovert Leave a Comment

This starts out almost like an Elena Ferrante novel – it is the story of female friends, or more accurately frenemies. Both girls are young, but on the cusp of becoming teenagers – and so they think they’re ready to act as adults. The majority of the book takes place in early 1980s San Francisco, in an elite beach community with a view of the bridge and easy access to the ocean. Today, that area might be home to uber rich tech bros, but in […]

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booktrovert's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: vendela vida ·
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Girlhood, friendships, and lies that go too far

We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida

August 28, 2021 by Rooooomie Leave a Comment

Bingo: landscape I have a soft spot for stories about teenage girls, even more so when they’re written for an adult audience. I suppose it is a self-indulgent subject, but I really enjoy reading about the inner lives of girls and their friendships. One of my favorite novels in this little genre is Megan Abbott’s Dare Me, which is so honest and incisive that it was a bit painful to read. Vendela Vida has a similar ability to expose the inner workings of teenage female […]

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Rooooomie's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, vendela vida ·
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Seeing how a hand carves out meaning with a pencil point lets us remember that the human touch is essential

Act of God by Jill Ciment

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

Accident/A Day's News by Christa Wolf

Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford

And Now You can Go by Vendela Vida

Victory over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist

Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather

The Two of Them by Joanna Russ

June 26, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Act of God – 3/5 Stars This is a funny and odd little book by a writer I don’t really know, but as I did a little research into has been writing and publishing for a while. This book is told from an ever-shifting third person limited perspective following different women who are responding to a crisis they all share. Kat and her twin sister Edith are older twins living in the rent-controlled apartment that belonged to their late mother. Their mother was a famous […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: accident a day's news, act of god, alexander's bridge, and now you can go, christa wolf, ellen gilchrist, Emma Straub, Gillian Flynn, jill ciment, Nancy Mitford, The Grownup, The Vacationers, vendela vida, victory over japan, wigs on the green, Willa Cather

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:371 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: accident a day's news, act of god, alexander's bridge, and now you can go, christa wolf, ellen gilchrist, Emma Straub, Gillian Flynn, jill ciment, Nancy Mitford, The Grownup, The Vacationers, vendela vida, victory over japan, wigs on the green, Willa Cather ·
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    on A classic I don’t care to remember
    Thank you for providing what i was looking for!! Such an informative post!
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    on So close
    If you read it, I'd love to know what you think. I have it written down on my list.
  • BlackRaven
    on So close
    It makes me wonder about The Silence of the Wilting Skin. What seems to be the first book.
  • Kyra
    on I think I’m finally ready to quit you
    I've read every other book in the series and I couldn't get through this one at all, it reads like...
  • narfna
    on I think I’m finally ready to quit you
    Interesting. I could not fathom writing about the same characters in the same way for that long.
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