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Suet624
James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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I‘ve read all but one. Now off to find Aguda‘s book. #nationalbookaward

BarbaraBB That is fast. Wasn‘t the longlist published just a few weeks ago? I of course have read the same ones as you! 1mo
Suet624 @BarbaraBB I‘m not sure when it was published. I think I was too busy trying to read the Booker books to notice! 1mo
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melissajayne
The Good Lord Bird | James McBride
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Mehso-so

3⭐️ Really liked the overall story, but felt that it could have used some more editing. I can see why the book won the #nationalbookaward, but felt it was slow in a number of places and it felt at times like the author was trying too hard to make the story more compelling. #2022 #fallreads #fiction #historicalfiction #bookreview #bookstagram #americancivilwar

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britt_brooke
Hell of a Book | Jason Mott
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Is this a thoughtful musing on racial injustice or a heavy-handed, self-indulgent dose of metafiction? Both? I‘m conflicted. Parts are clever and meaningful while others are quite vexatious; the narrator, unreliable. It‘s stylistically busy, though I do appreciate how the stories converge. How this won the #NationalBookAward, idk, though. Should make for an interesting #bookclub discussion, regardless!

Cortg Hmmm. This is my book club‘s read next month. Now I‘m super curious. 2y
britt_brooke @Cortg I‘d definitely like to hear what you think! 2y
mrp27 I‘m reading this right now and I‘m feeling the same way. 2y
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britt_brooke @mrp27 That makes me feel better about not loving it. 😅 2y
Cinfhen Great review, this book hasn‘t really called to me / I think I‘ll pass😅 2y
Amiable I‘m struggling to get through it right now as well. 2y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thanks! Yeah, if not for IRL book club, I would‘ve passed. 2y
britt_brooke @Amiable The style is just not conducive to a very good reading experience. 3 stars was probably generous. Good luck! 2y
Cinfhen At least your bookclub is pushing you out of your “normal” reading comfort zone!! That‘s the beauty of bookclub 💚 2y
Tamra I enjoyed the audio version. It‘s not perfect, but it‘s creative. I‘d like to read it in print to compare the experience. 2y
britt_brooke @Tamra Creative for sure! 2y
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CaroPi
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So I am having a nice bookish morning today! Happy Weekend everyone! My breakfast is a glorious peanut butter cheesecake from a bakery that is also an American Bookstore here in Krakow. The book wo n the #nationalbookaward for best book in translation. I am reading it for the book club #borderless

rockpools There are a lot of wonderful things on that table! 4y
Caroline2 Yum 😋 4y
Lesanne That looks heavenly! 4y
CaroPi @rockpools yes. All of them! @Caroline2 😜 @Lesanne yes. It was 4y
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Megabooks
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It arrived! #bookmail #nationalbookaward

This one is definitely up soon!

Hooked_on_books It‘s really good! 4y
8little_paws WOOO I really hope you find it interesting. 4y
erzascarletbookgasm I‘m curious about this one since it won the award 😁 Hope you enjoy! 4y
britt_brooke One of my favorite reads this year! Hope you enjoy. 4y
Megabooks @Hooked_on_books @8little_paws @erzascarletbookgasm @britt_brooke I‘m so excited! It‘s great to know that so many people whose reviews I respect have enjoyed it! 4y
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britt_brooke
March: Book Three | Andrew Aydin, John Lewis
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The final leg of John Lewis‘s civil rights battle was tumultuous and often violent, yet they admirably continued to protest in peace. What he and other unflinching activists helped achieve was just ... well, there are no words to articulate it properly. This is a difficult, very powerful graphic memoir series. History in this format is just brilliant! #nationalbookaward

Books88 I just finished the second one and am loving this. I need to buy them for my kids to read. 5y
britt_brooke @AJBowers Yes! I‘m keeping them so my boys can read them in a couple of years. Honestly, my second grader could read them now. They‘ve learned about a lot of it at school. He told me about “Bloody Sunday” before I knew what it was (my history sucks sometimes). I am blown away with the major focus on civil rights at our school. It‘s amazing. 💚 (edited) 5y
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DreesReads
The Yellow House | Sarah M. Broom
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5⭐️ This book is memoir, genealogy, history, geography. It is a history of New Orleans East pre- and post-Katrina. Broom uses the house she grew up in, as the youngest of 12 kids in a blended family (both of her parents were widowed with kids when they met), as the focal point. It is so well written and is simply fascinating. #memoir #nationalbookaward

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DreesReads
Sight Lines | Arthur Sze
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The 2019 National Book Award for Poetry winner—and now I have read all of the finalists. This was not my favorite among the finalists, but it is solid. Sze lives in New Mexico, and most of the poems in this collection bring up the desert—the weather, flora and fauna, fire, seasons. Some focus on urban life, others on Sze‘s Chinese heritage. Mushrooms, peonies, and spotted towhees come up several times. #poetry #nationalbookaward

TiredLibrarian What was your favorite of the finalists? 5y
DreesReads @TiredLibrarian Deaf Republic! It was unlike any poetry collection I‘ve read before (though I am pretty much a poetry novice, I‘ve read more in the last 6 months than in the previous 6 years). 5y
TiredLibrarian @DreesReads I'll have to check it out; I know we have it at my library. I used to read a lot of poetry, but haven't read it much in the last few years and would like to get back into it. 5y
DreesReads @TiredLibrarian do! I also really liked the more typical 5y
DreesReads More typical meaning it‘s more personal poems from a lifetime of work. I struggle to classify poetry and edited my book riot spreadsheet to have fiction/nonfiction/poetry because so often poetry feels like memoir or nature writing or current events. I fits into that. Deaf Republic is as much fiction as I‘ve ever felt poetry to be. Though it could be an allegory that went over my head. 5y
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DreesReads
Eye Level: Poems | Jenny Xie
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Pickpick

I loved this poetry collection! There is a section on her parents‘ lives as immigrants and her own experiences growing up in an immigrant community. Also lots of Nature and travel poems. This was a finalist for the 2018 NBA for Poetry. #poetry #nationalbookaward

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DreesReads
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Another 2019 National Book Award for Poetry finalist. This book is full of excellent poems a about Derricotte‘s life: as a child, as an adult, as a black woman who can accidentally or intentionally pass for white and how that makes her feel. Because this is an anthology of her work over time, it is not always as cohesive as a typical collection, but it‘s good. #poetry #nationalbookaward