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The Future | Catherine Leroux

bailed

I don‘t think I‘ve ever bailed on so many books as this month. This is another one that started out great (a woman looking for her two granddaughters who went missing after their mother was murdered). Unfortunately it turned into a mix of dystopia, fantasy, and magical realism šµā€¨š’«
It was an audioread and maybe my English isn‘t good enough but I completely lost track of the storyline and frankly, I didn‘t bother, I just wanted it to be over.

Caroline2 It‘s CampLitsy syndrome. š‚ I‘m so excited about all the new books to look forward to that I‘m struggling to concentrate on my current reads. 2d

BookWrym All the things you don‘t like make me want to read this š¤£ 2d

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksaheadfromcamplitsy š¤©š¤©š¤© 2d

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BarbaraBB @Caroline2 That could very well be it š¤£š¤£ 2d

BarbaraBB @BookWrym I know! I like all those genres too but this mashup was too much for me. But it‘s probably me, the book won the Canada Reads! (edited) 2d

BarbaraBB #pop24 - Set in the future @RaeLovesToRead @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @jenniferw88 @Graciouswarriorprincess @Ruthiella @OriginalCyn620 @maich 2d

BarbaraBB @dabbe #Iamsure š¤£ 2d

Susanita Sometimes too much is TOO MUCH. 1d

squirrelbrain Definitely sounds too much! 1d

Suzze I started reading it because it was set in Detroit (where I live) and it won this year‘s Canada Reads (we get CBC tv here). I started it three months ago and am only 11% in. It never calls me. 1d

BarbaraBB @Suzze It has all the ingredients to be fantastic and I know many people do think it is so it is probably my/our state of mind š€ 1d

BennettBookworm I set a personal goal this year to DNF any books that weren‘t keeping my interestā€¦ and so far I have DNF‘d a LOT! 1d

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xicanti

The Future | Catherine Leroux

I‘ll bet the library staff got a kick out of processing as many books as possible on Leap Day.

For the first sixty pages or so, I thought THE FUTURE was gonna be The One. Since then, though, it‘s skewed too abstract for my tastes and my attention‘s wavered in a big way. I would‘ve bailed if the Canada Reads panelists hadn‘t specifically said it gets rough but it all pays off in the end. Now, with a hundred pages to go, I hope I agree with them.

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TheKidUpstairs

The Future | Catherine Leroux

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My favourite NEVER wins #CanadaReads, and this year I REALLY didn't think it would (especially after the first two days of debates).

But it did!!! And I'm so excited!

The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou is this year's #CanadaReads winner š¸†šˇ‰ I LOVED this book. It is beautifully crafted and demands time, thought, and attention. In return it offers beauty, magic, and hard fought hope. Highly recommended!

BarbaraBB That seals it. I‘m off to buying it! 2mo

TheKidUpstairs @BarbaraBB ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ I hope you find as much love in its pages as I did! 2mo

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Nebklvr

The Future | Catherine Leroux

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The writing wasn‘t as gripping as one might hope but the atmosphere and ideas were amazing. In the depths of destruction, these characters do more than survive. These characters wring every ounce of life, joy, and community they can from a chaotic, grim reality. Even in despair, there is magic. #CanadaReads2024

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TheKidUpstairs

The Future | Catherine Leroux

Day One about to start! #CanadaReads

Tagged was my favourite, but Bad Cree and Denison Avenue area strong contenders!

BarbaraBB Exciting! I want to read the tagged book too! 2mo

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JacqMac

The Future | Catherine Leroux

so-so

I wanted to love this one. I should have loved this one. But I didn‘t. The fist 1/3 was great. Then part 2 happened and it went all Lord of the Flies. But without the good parts. She really lost me. When I finally got to the last 1/3, it improved again, but I wasn‘t interested anymore. It had so much promise. Maybe I was expecting too much. I thought it might be my favorite. It left me disappointed.
#CanadaReads2024

Nebklvr Lord of the Flies had good parts? 2mo

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TheKidUpstairs

The Future | Catherine Leroux

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Absolutely phenomenal.

In an alternate, French Detroit, society is crumbling, nature is watching, children are living in a world of clashing imagination and reality in encampments in the forest. Gloria arrives to search for her granddaughters following the unsolved murder of her estranged daughter. As the community of adults, the community of children, and the community of nature begin to cross each others boundaries, change becomes possible

TheKidUpstairs Leroux's writing (and Ouriou's translation) is beautiful, poetic, engaging. A vein of magical realism runs through as nature reclaims, protects, and breaths alongside the world that men made and destroyed. This is writing you feel in your chest. These characters, whether adults, children, animals, or magic, are so genuine and deeply felt. This one will stay with me for a long, long time.

#CanadaReads 3mo

BarbaraBB What a review! Absolutely stacked!! 3mo

batsy This sounds intriguing! 3mo

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TheKidUpstairs

The Future | Catherine Leroux

"Tears look out of place on this face marked by stubbornness and the bodies of others, like a crack in a diamond."

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Suzze

The Future | Catherine Leroux

Gulp. Anyone else intimidated by long chapters?

jdiehr Yes! 3mo

TrishB Me too! 3mo

Birdsong28 Yes! 3mo

TheKidUpstairs Yes, usually! But I'm reading this one as a physical copy, and there's not so much ā€chaptersā€, but lots of breaks within parts. So, much less intimidating than books with REALLY long chapters, and few natural break points. 3mo

Suzze @TheKidUpstairs Yes, I noticed that once I got going. But I still like the chapters as they feel more like full stops instead of just pauses. 3mo

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TheKidUpstairs

The Future | Catherine Leroux

Canada Reads 2024 contenders have been announced! It's an interesting, diverse mix of genres, styles, stories, and champions. Tagged is the one I'm most excited about (and championed by Heather O'Neill? Amazing), but I'm going to read them all, and I could see Bad Cree or Denison Avenue usurping The Future for my top pick.

Anyone else reading the #CanadaReads selections this year?

TheKidUpstairs Tagging the other titles in the comments

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Shut Up You're Pretty

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TheKidUpstairs .

Meet Me at the Lake

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Prairiegirl_reading Meet me at the lake? That‘s not a typical Canada reads pick at all! 4mo

LiseWorks I was listening to the Introductions this morning on the radio. I never read any of their books. P 4mo

JacqMac Those are the top three picks I‘m most interested in as well. The list is a little surprising this year. 3mo

TheKidUpstairs @Prairiegirl_reading yeah, I have a feeling that will be the first one out. 3mo

TheKidUpstairs @JacqMac It is a little surprising, but the Longlist was an odd one too, with what felt like lots of lighter contemporary fiction choices. I love a good light read, but it doesn't feel like there's much there for debate? I've started reading Denison Avenue and so far it's excellent, and I've heard nothing but good things about Bad Cree. But I've heard pretty meh reviews about Shut Up You're Pretty (1/2)... 3mo

TheKidUpstairs @JacqMac ...(2/2) and Meet me at the Lake, while I've heard it's a good read, doesn't feel like there's much there for debate and discussion. The Future sounds great, and the fact that Heather O'Neill is championing it just makes me more excited to read it. We'll see how it goes though, a solid debater can turn the tide! 3mo

janeycanuck I‘ve had Bad Cree on the shelf for ages so I‘ll move it up the list and Denison Avenue sounds interesting but the rest of the list doesn‘t really do it for me. 3mo

BookishTrish Ive read three so far and am very curious how they handle Meet Me At The Lake in the debates. I predict it gets voted off first. 3mo

TheKidUpstairs @BookishTrish which three have you read? I agree, I think Lake will be voted off first. 3mo

BookishTrish @TheKidUpstairs The Future, Bad Cree, Meet Me at the Lake so far. 3mo

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