so-soA #tob24 title that I was really looking forward to bur I found the lack of cohesion in the story off putting. Some sections I liked, one section I skimmed, and it just never came together for me and overall I was disappointed.
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so-soA #tob24 title that I was really looking forward to bur I found the lack of cohesion in the story off putting. Some sections I liked, one section I skimmed, and it just never came together for me and overall I was disappointed.
pickWell, THIS has to be the shortest fastest ToB read I have ever experienced! I wish I would have known it would only take me one sitting; I would have devoured it at a bookshop and returned it to the shelf. LOL maybe not… #ToB24 #novella #LibraryBook [Book 15 of 2024] ⛰️🦁
Soft pick, entertaining in a way that fits my mood today.
so-soI‘m a bit flummoxed by this one. I enjoyed it immensely but I also feel like it really doesn‘t hold together as a whole. Almost a third of the book is dedicated to a childhood story of the main character, Bob, and it‘s completely enchanting, but it doesn‘t fit into the rest of the book and even carry a consistent characterization of Bob. So I can‘t quite give it a pick. But it would be a great book club book and I want a whole book about Linus.
pickCall me impressed. Dazed, feeling melancholy. This is imaginative and creative without any sense of arrogance. Imho
#ToB24 #HardCover #Purchased Book 10 of 2024
panI feel like there‘s a really excellent, moody, disturbing short story buried in this book. But as a novel, even a short one, it‘s a meandering mess. And yet it‘s a prize winner! Baffling. #tob24 longlist
Started this one yesterday #LitsyTob24 right? NOPE: #ToB24
pickI‘m glad the #tob24 longlist got me to read this one, because it‘s a wild, hilarious, madcap caper starting with a bank robbery and carrying unending ridiculousness forward. There‘s lots of skewering of the political right and conspiracy theorists, which I enjoyed. I‘ll definitely be looking for this author again.
pickSacajewea is such a familiar character to Americans, as a helpmeet to the Lewis and Clark expedition. Here, the story of her likely true experience is told. She is firmly rooted within her culture, stolen away from her people amidst violence, then serially raped and treated as an object/tool. It is written in what I assume would be the style of her language, which makes it challenging. I appreciated it more than liked it. #tob24
pickThe Apology follows a spunky South Korean centenarian as she works to both reveal and protect family secrets. We get to look back on some of her life and family in the process. I really liked this one and loved how the main character didn‘t take any crap. #tob24 longlist
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