The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter: A Novel | 
bailedSadly this was the most disappointing read. I had very high hopes for this book, but I had to DNF. The writing was terrible. It was very hard to follow I was having to re-read passages and that combined with the very strange dialect she was writing just down work for me. I quit once I reached page 330. The book is over 700 pages so much too long with such poor writing. This book needed to be severely edited!I don‘t recommend it!🙅🏾♀️
bailedThere was quite a bit that I liked about the 40% of this that I managed to get through, but what did me in was the tough, unrelenting slog of the vernacular prose, unrelieved by even a smidgeon of easy-to-read quote-unquote ‘standard English‘ exposition or 3rd-person narration. So, in the end, just no.
pickWow. Just Wow. My advice is to take the time to read this book (it is a long book). The plot deals with 2 sets of brothers, one white, one black, and covers a long time period from the 1940s to 2010. The author includes detail (maybe too much sometimes) about secondary characters but she also makes you care about the characters a lot. This will stick with me for a while.
Destructive puppy 🐶, really big book 📚 😊
It is not even 8:30 a.m. where I'm at and @shawnmooney already has me adding books to my TBR - stop it! 😂 https://youtu.be/gbxiEnNBvFE
Look what the Easter Bunny brought 🤗🐰
My bookshelf overflow was out of control, with piles all over the living room. So....I decided to use my stairs. I'm just worried they'll eventually end up going all the way up.
pickWith so many notable books out this year, many great reads inevitably fell through the cracks. This is one of those books, in my opinion. This story of 2 pairs of brothers--one black, the other white-and how their lives tragically intersect is outstanding. The Civil Rights movement and other pivotal historic events provide the backdrop for this book. An emotional read for sure but an important one and one that I strongly recommend. #2016reads
This book is slaying me so hard... It's so good and totally devastating.
Starting this with great anticipation!
Book mail! Three books I am extremely excited to read!
BOOKMAIL! At 800 pages, this book is so heavy I'll need a table in order to read it. And tiny print, too!
lil Poe serving as my bookmark today. Thanks @kaitlyn !
