bailedI gave this one 50 pages and can‘t convince myself to pick it back up so it‘s a bail for me. I wanted to and should have liked it, based on the summary. But I just couldn‘t do the writing style 😢
pickI‘ve read some great nonfiction this year, but this was the best of the bunch.
September 23rd #SchoolSpirit Bicycle I love Queen, but I have never heard this song before
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so-soBook club choice after we'd enjoyed West With Giraffes.
The style is supposed to he a 13 year old narrator which didn't feel consistent and had a few cringy bits in it. I liked the historical perspective and that it covered important topics but it felt contrived.
Simple read and flew through it.
so-soAn emotional and historically rich story set against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall's construction in 1961. The premise is gripping: young lovers, Lise Bauer and Uli Neumann, find themselves cruelly separated by the sudden division of their city, forcing them to navigate life on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain.
However, while the plot had plenty of action and conflict, I found the characters lacking in depth.
pickI really enjoyed this and even more after meeting her at the national book festival.
pickThis book is sooo good y‘all!
https://reecaspieces.com/2024/08/27/the-berlin-apartment-by-bryn-turnbull-histor...
This was a quick read for me. I enjoyed it. It was not a thriller but a mystery. I did figure out who did it but that was ok.
Full review: https://lsmoore49.blogspot.com/2024/08/agony-hill-by-sarah-stewart-taylor.html
