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I did this on audio to squeeze in one last book for June, but think it would have been better in print.

3 ⭐ crime thriller for #readingwithmaja @maich

If you like The Wire, check out this crime novel -- on sale from the usual ebook sellers right now.

Well I don‘t have my Christmas tree 🎄 up yet but I have my table done and my mini Dodger s tree done 😋🥰 and my kitchen towels and apron ready 🤣

The quote on the cover is a bit over the top, but I did really enjoy this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This one sounds a lot like The Wire so it seemed like a good follow up to All The Pieces Matter.

Got my Bookcase.Club box in the mail this week! I hadn‘t heard of either of these two, but they look intriguing! #bccunboxing

#readingresolutions @Jess7
I have to read these two #BLUE books by Saturday, their final library due date...!

My first audiobook of the term has come to an end, and it was a delightful surprise. Now, the language can be foul, and the guys are criminals, but it was a book that made me want to stay in the car to keep listening to, which is high praise from me. I love teaching and usually bebop right in!

So if you don't mind language, criminals, mayhem, and unexpected character behaviors, read / listen to this one. Great reader, great book.

#NuYear #Cars Two books that feature a road trip gone wrong...Dodgers was a sleeper hit, gritty and timely with lots of insight 😎Listen to Me didn‘t work as well for me, it‘s an exploration of marriage and dealing with the aftermath of a crime..

Enjoyed the characters, the prose, the audiobook narrator, an enjoyable experience all around. It's not a brainless crime novel, although I can like those too. The literary crime novel description is apt.

#anditsaugust #drive
Im revisiting my recent holiday reading and no one in Amsterdam noticed me taking a photo of this in a crowded bar. This book was an interesting take on the great American road novel as 4 boys from a los Angeles drug gang drive across America to carry out a hit. Huckleberry fin meets the wire, a really good read.

I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks because last week was a busy week (see subsequent post) and this is our last day of hol in beautiful Amsterdam. Apologies for not liking anything or picking up thread's but will restart next week. Anyway this is my last book this week and it's a really good and unusual readso far - photo today in an Amsterdam bar- daughters mobiles on high alert!

I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks because last week was a busy week (see subsequent post) and this is our last day of hol in beautiful Amsterdam. Apologies for not liking anything or picking up thread's but will restart next week. Anyway this is my last book this week and it's a really good and unusual readso far - photo today in an Amsterdam bar- daughters mobiles on high alert!

A hybrid crime novel that starts off street and develops into something different. Not sure if the tone was consistent throughout and East is a frustrating protagonist, but there was definitely something there. Despite the blurbs, Beverly is no Richard Price, no David Simon... and perhaps I've had enough of books about young black men written by middle-aged white blokes.

#90sinJuly #Drive I can't get this song out of my head...MAJOR👂🏼🐛Dodgers is a crafty nail biting suspenseful coming of age story. Gang members; East, his younger brother Ty, Michael, a once neighborhood hot shot & Walter, an overweight computer nerd take to the road to kill a potential key witness threatening their operation. It's gritty & troubling, raising lots of interesting questions. Don't be put off by slow start.

Bill Beverly is from Michigan and I love him, too. I am going to be so poor after this weekend. 💸💸💸💸

#TBRtemptation post! In the vein of J.D. Salinger, Denis Johnson, & Richard Price, this is a story about second-guessing one's identity from worldly introduction. East, his younger brother, & other LA teenage boys in a gang, are sent by his uncle to kill a key witness against the gang who is hiding out in Wisconsin. They boys have never left the city before. Their eyes open to a reality they never knew. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Part cross-country-crime-drama part brotherly-coming-of-age-tale, Dodgers is a home run (you see what I did there it was a baseball reference due to the book being named after the LA baseball team). Beverly‘s examinations on the multitudes of “Americas” within America is made effective by having such a strong protagonist in East. Full review on Goodreads (where you're free to be my internet friend): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1874652998

#bookhaul from one of my favorite shops Bunch of Grapes in Vineyard Haven

Here's the thing, if you're looking for a crime novel or an action-packed "urban" tale, pass this up. However, if you like a well-written coming-of-age story that's different from the typical YA tropes, this is a book for you. I connected with the characters and although I have no personal frame of reference for most of the book's plot, I connected with Beverly's story. I didn't anticipate it going the way it did, but I was happy with it.

January TBR

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December was a much slower reading month than I anticipated due to Summer Road Trips and Xmas. I enjoyed the four books I got through but the standout was the debut novel Dodgers closely followed by The Glorious Heresies
#bestofdecember

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This is a road trip story, but a road trip with a dark mission. A clandestine journey eastwards with an odd sort of criminal fellowship. An enigmatic sibling rivalry, plans that seem destined to fail and the fate of the inscrutable, every watchful 15yr old known as East, all made for engrossing reading.

Read this for an atmospheric, almost stark urban crime caper but also read it for East, my favourite fictional character of 2016.

Adult Audio omg the words, the imagery, and the words of imagery. the story is frantic and the ending resigned. I don't know if I liked the story but the words, the cadence, the wonder all rolled into it in such a way that I loved it. +

When you leave your phone at home and you desperate missed being able to sneak a little reading time in at work on the #OverDriveApp... #longestday

Guys I tried to love this book. I tried to love it so much that I restarted my audiobook at chapter 18 (there are 22 chapters) because I knew I didn't give it my undivided attention and wanted to give t a second chance. Nope it still lost my attention. And I'm going to tell you know, If you want action or just something in general to happen in a book don't read this. I know this was very character driven.... I just still couldn't. I'm sorry bill b

Laying in my car waiting for my coworker to finish up in a school. Currently I feel like I'm hidden from the world while listening to my audiobook. Just. The. Way. I. Like. It.

Listening to this little gem while getting ready for my interview. Wish me luck!!

Road trip with some L.A. teen gang members who are on a mission to kill a witness. Serious dysfunctional sibling issues. Recommended for people who say, "Stay gold, Ponyboy."

I liked this book but it is important to go into it knowing it is more character driven then action packed.

Currently reading. It is REALLY good so far.

My current TBR! I love looking at everyone else's pile of books:)

Quick read.

This completely shifted halfway through and left me begging for it to be over. Hate when that happens!

"East dreamed interstate dreams..." This is such a poetic book at times. I'm enjoying my time with this one. Really like it.

Reading in the dark like I always loved to do as a kid 🌙

Starting this one to pair with Homegoing. Started out really tense. I am still getting into the writing. Has anyone read this?

Loving this tense, whirlwind of a book!