bailedI don‘t think I‘ve ever bailed on so many books as this month. This is another one that started out great (a woman looking for her two granddaughters who went missing after their mother was murdered). Unfortunately it turned into a mix of dystopia, fantasy, and magical realism 😵💫
It was an audioread and maybe my English isn‘t good enough but I completely lost track of the storyline and frankly, I didn‘t bother, I just wanted it to be over.
I‘ll bet the library staff got a kick out of processing as many books as possible on Leap Day.
For the first sixty pages or so, I thought THE FUTURE was gonna be The One. Since then, though, it‘s skewed too abstract for my tastes and my attention‘s wavered in a big way. I would‘ve bailed if the Canada Reads panelists hadn‘t specifically said it gets rough but it all pays off in the end. Now, with a hundred pages to go, I hope I agree with them.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
My favourite NEVER wins #CanadaReads, and this year I REALLY didn't think it would (especially after the first two days of debates).
But it did!!! And I'm so excited!
The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou is this year's #CanadaReads winner 🏆🎉 I LOVED this book. It is beautifully crafted and demands time, thought, and attention. In return it offers beauty, magic, and hard fought hope. Highly recommended!
pickThe writing wasn‘t as gripping as one might hope but the atmosphere and ideas were amazing. In the depths of destruction, these characters do more than survive. These characters wring every ounce of life, joy, and community they can from a chaotic, grim reality. Even in despair, there is magic. #CanadaReads2024
Day One about to start! #CanadaReads
Tagged was my favourite, but Bad Cree and Denison Avenue area strong contenders!
so-soI wanted to love this one. I should have loved this one. But I didn‘t. The fist 1/3 was great. Then part 2 happened and it went all Lord of the Flies. But without the good parts. She really lost me. When I finally got to the last 1/3, it improved again, but I wasn‘t interested anymore. It had so much promise. Maybe I was expecting too much. I thought it might be my favorite. It left me disappointed.
#CanadaReads2024
pickAbsolutely phenomenal.
In an alternate, French Detroit, society is crumbling, nature is watching, children are living in a world of clashing imagination and reality in encampments in the forest. Gloria arrives to search for her granddaughters following the unsolved murder of her estranged daughter. As the community of adults, the community of children, and the community of nature begin to cross each others boundaries, change becomes possible
"Tears look out of place on this face marked by stubbornness and the bodies of others, like a crack in a diamond."
Gulp. Anyone else intimidated by long chapters?
Canada Reads 2024 contenders have been announced! It's an interesting, diverse mix of genres, styles, stories, and champions. Tagged is the one I'm most excited about (and championed by Heather O'Neill? Amazing), but I'm going to read them all, and I could see Bad Cree or Denison Avenue usurping The Future for my top pick.
Anyone else reading the #CanadaReads selections this year?
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