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Odd concept, but give me dystopia and murder any day.
An apprenticeship, a Big Brother and corruption of power, this book has something for everyone! Bit of gore, so read with care.
pickEarly reviews of this book were not great and I was NOT going to read it. Then #TOB25 had to go and put it in the tournament so I begrudgingly put it on hold, figuring I might still skip it. I took a little bit to settle into it (not sure I would have made it through in print with my bad attitude) and…I really liked it. Sure showed me!
so-soWe're back after winter break to talk about a books! We begin by discussing “The Spectre of Alexander Wolf“ by Gaito Gazdanov. A book with a tremendous premise but we discuss why the book fails to build on that.
Next we add a bunch of short stories to our TBR. Lots of interesting selections to look forward to!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/02ichtYoZ7hSJsreXPA3Yf
pickCherry reminds me a bit of Eleanor Oliphant. I love the way the multiple story lines co-exist and come together. Except for Cherry, I think Ethan's character and storyline was my favourite. This book has much to teach us about grief and acceptance. We don't learn the protagonist's name until we're 20% through the book and that made it more difficult for me to connect to the story at first, but I ended up loving it.
pickA friend of the family gave me, my sister, and my mom this book after my dad died a year ago tomorrow. I‘ve been reading a page a day, as it is organized by calendar days. I do think it helped. There were some common themes that resurfaced throughout the year. It at least regularly gave me the space once a day to work through my grief. As the book mentioned, there is no set time for when it will feel better. A year later doesn‘t stop the hurt.
