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#AlphabetGame Letter J

According to reviews I seem about the only one who enjoyed this book and it was hard to find a good book starting with J so there you have it. Some love for a book that deserves it!

J is for "J" have this book in my TBR but the ratings are pretty bad so might pass on it.

#30JuneBooks @howjessreads

How about a title with one letter? #novemberbythenumbers This one has been on my tbr forever. Anyone read it?

@JoeStalksBeck @Tiffy_Reads

My selection for #startswithJ Still unread ...

#andisaugust

I had no idea what I was getting myself into. This book overtook me tremendously. The relationship between Ailinn and Kevern I found hearbreakingly beautiful, they said so much with so little words. I was very fascinated by all that happens to them and the people they are surrounded by. And then there is the slow unveiling of WHAT HAPPENED IF IT HAPPENED. Very timely and political, and therefore also rather subjective. #manbooker

Not a fan. Only finished because it fit my #litsyatoz challenge. I get what Jacobson is saying here, but the execution was poor.

Hmm. Puzzled by this one. Sure ambiguity is a style, the reader can draw their own conclusions and whatnot. But I wanted something a little more solid by the end. I haven't outright dismissed it as annoying and a pan, so I guess it worked at least a little bit on me.

Can the title get anymore letter perfect? J for #J! #LitsyAtoZ

Evening snacks.

Pluto thought this book was a tough read. Metaphors layered on top of metaphors. Mainly about how Jewish people were treated and the unsettling rise of people saying the holocaust never happened. Set in a world after a tragedy may or may not have happened certainly leaves you unsettled.

Hard at work.

A thoughtful dystopian love story made up of equal parts whimsy (looking at you paper flowers and carved love spoons) and terror (a society obsessed with apologizing for something they refuse to acknowledge while also accepting quotidian violence). Disorienting, challenging & subtly hopeful.

"She was in no rush to come out of her coma where it was warm and silent - she only saw words, she didn't hear them - and declare what she knew. She had no more reports to write just yet. It was good to look at the world slowly and evenly. You don't need to have your eyes open to see things."

That was what was cruel about superficial change: it exposed what could never change. Better to have stayed where she was and waited. As long as you are waiting you can't be disappointed. I was all right when I was in suspense, she thought. But that wasn't true either. She had never been all right.