so-soI didn't connect with this one the way I have with some of Klune's other books. There's some early decisions by the protagonist that just don't make sense. And I refuse to believe that an unemployed reporter (excuse me, *journalist*) in the US in 1995 would have had the infamous Nokia cell phone. If anything, it would have been a pager. Just disappointing.
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January and February 2025 😊 January was an #ALSpine pick from @CSeydel and y‘all know how much I raved about the HMRC series this year 😁 #12Booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
so-soNate‘s just looking for a break after losing his job. Then he gets sort of kidnapped by a former Marine & a girl w/ too many secrets on the run from the government.
Fun road trip story, kind of like a queer Firestarter meets ET w/ interesting characters (especially Art!). The pacing felt off, particularly in the 1st half, & the narrative got a bit repetitive, but it‘s also a sweet story of finding family in the face of destruction.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
so-soBrownstone, by Samuel Teer (illustr. Mar Julia) (2024)
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Premise: A New York teenager meets her father for the first time one summer and learns about her Guatemalan heritage.
Review: This is sweet and effective, if very, very simplistic. It does deal with some hard subject matter — child abandonment, biracial identities, homophobia, and gentrification — but in ways that came off a bit too easy. ⬇️
pickIt‘s the ‘90s & Frida is living in Paris when she writes a bookstore in Seattle to request a book. So begins the correspondence between her & bookseller Kate. This is very much in the vein of 84 Charing Cross Road, which I love. As they correspond they push each other to try new things and expand their horizons. A sweet epistolary novel that was such a fun read. I enjoyed this author‘s Love & Saffron a bit more, but this one was still a delight.
pickSo many parallels to what the media wants you to know and what they choose not to report. I feel like I'm going to have an inside joke with a book- chuckling when someone mentions bacon will make me think of Art for a long time to come.
Just started this since when I see the name TJ Klune.... I click! Love their books. 💜💜💜
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