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Very much felt like an elderly coming of age story for 70 year old Tommy who thought he could back to his old life. I kept hearing Billy Joel in my head, "then the king and queen went back to the green, but you can never go back there again." It also felt Twilight Zone-y as Tommy walked around Downtown not understanding why it all looked so different, and feeling like an "old fool" for thinking it'd be the same.

34/80

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I thought the story would carry the weird writing style. I thought wrong. #HailTheBail

33/80

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Published in 2008, the info is so outdated that there is no mention of iPhones. However, it was interesting to skim through as a hindsight read.

7/80

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This was a total #BlameItOnLitsy read, and y'all done me good Littens!! ☺️ This was a perfect cozy read to get me through snow and the polar vortex!

5/80

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Enough with nonsense word salad. Be gone! 😂

The title is the only good part of this book.

4/80

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So I was a little annoyed that this book was more about two people working at a newspaper than about children being sold out of desperation in the 1930s. But after a bit I became so immersed in the story that it didn't matter anymore.

3/80

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At first I was like, come on! a 12yr old city boy is tanning deer hide! But the mention of the Civil Defense put the whole Cold War, nuclear fear thing gave context to why Sam studied up on survival skills. Made it more enjoyable, and overall I ended up liking it more than I thought I would.

2/80

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I really like Corran Horn so I was happy he was the MC. I also enjoyed getting more Jedi lore. But holy shit was this one long-winded novel. I was starting to feel like it was never going to end, and that makes it border on so-so.

1/80

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December Wrap-Up

Total read: 11
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TBRs 11
DNFs 2

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