Litsy

Mr. Loverman | Bernardine Evaristo

My weekend plans for #weekendreads

1. Finish Mr. Loverman and Red Clocks for #Roll100 .

2. Get stuck in to Childhood‘s End for #ClassicLSFBC .

I‘m pausing on Das Achte Leben for now. Will pick up again in April. 🤞

rachelsbrittain

TheBookHippie Can‘t wait to hear what you think of Red Clocks. 1mo

Ruthiella @TheBookHippie So far it‘s a little too on the nose for my taste, but I appreciate its themes. However, I‘m not 100 pages in yet. (edited) 1mo

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella I loathed it 😂👀🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

Ruthiella @TheBookHippie I‘m going to finish it - it‘s a quick read, but it‘s not for me. I feel like instead of a story, we have points the author wants to make with her characters as mouthpieces. (edited) 1mo

TheBookHippie @Ruthiella 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 1mo

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TheIntrovertedDodoBird

Mr. Loverman | Bernardine Evaristo

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Evaristo pens a suave, wise-cracking, impeccably dressed OAP admist the bedlam of his long awaited 'coming out' as he prepares to divorce his wife, Carmel, to start anew with his lover, Morris. Admittedly, most of the characters irked me more often than not, and my mind wandered throughout the last hundred-so pages as I wrestled with an overall indifference towards the immature/unlikeable supporting cast, and the self-centered protagonist.

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AlysonCB

Mr. Loverman | Bernardine Evaristo

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Mr Loverman was great! Bernardine has such talent for building communities and complex charaters within her books. A love triangle between Morris, Barry, and his wife Carmel. A wonderful exploration of living secret lives and the trials of being a closeted older gay man from a Caribbean community 🇦🇬

Ruthiella Stacking! I‘ve yet to read anything more from Evaristo, which is sad because I loved

Girl, Woman, Other

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Texreader

A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid

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This author is very angry, and I felt chastised! First among various reasons for being a tourist! It should be required reading for anyone vacationing in the Caribbean, where the tourists have plenty and the locals do not. Take for instance, water. Tourists can swim in it, and then bathe in it, and drink as much as they like. But many islands have no water source so the locals have to conserve every last drop. From there, the author delves ⬇️

Texreader into how the residents of #Antigua came to live there—slave ships, and the dire faults in the English empire. It‘s a tongue-lashing for sure. #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB 1y

Teresereading Yes it was an intense read. I will be on a cruise ship next year, and felt guilty already. But also very interesting read. 1y

TheBookHippie I‘ve always felt this way about Hawaii and we were there visiting military … 1y

Librarybelle This was a very insightful read for me. So glad I read it! 1y

Texreader @Teresereading @thebookhippie It made me think about the places I‘ve visited. When I was in Venice this summer we talked a lot to a waitress at a restaurant we went to a few times. The folks who work in Venice cannot afford to live in Venice, so they have a long commute to come to town and serve us. Far different than the experience in the book but I try to be considerate and thankful to the locals wherever we go 1y

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Texreader

A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid

My next audiobook for #Antigua #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle I liked this one! 1y

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Teresereading

A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid

If you go to Antigua as a tourist,this is what you will see.

#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Afua

Mr. Loverman | Bernardine Evaristo

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My favourite thing about reading Evaristo is the certainty that all the characters‘ vulnerabilities and multitudes will be done a thorough and beautiful justice. Barry is conflicted, shady, petty, stubborn, entrenched in his time, queer and ultimately human. Grateful always for the nuance that is definitely one of Evaristo‘s superpowers ( that + some of the best sex scenes I‘ve ever had the pleasure to read)

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emmaturi

Mr. Loverman | Bernardine Evaristo

Last week, I went to two literary events. On Monday, Bernadine Evaristo came to Zurich to talk about her book, Mr Loverman. On Friday evening, Deborah Levy came to talk about her latest book, August Blue. Both events were really brilliant.

BarbaraBB Lucky you 😍 2y

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Bookwormjillk

Annie John: A Novel | Jamaica Kincaid

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Yet another book I would have never heard about if not for Litsy challenges! This short book has a lot to say about growing up, the expectations we put on kids, and mother/daughter relationships. Great read. #ReadingTheAmericas2023 #Antigua

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Librarybelle I need to read this one! @Cinfhen really liked this one too. 2y

Cinfhen I thought it was EXCELLENT @Librarybelle 2y

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Evita

A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid

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4 out of 5

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