pickSuch a beautiful story about a son and his dad who have to move from their favorite blue house. It showed all the faults with the house that they loved and how they made their new home loved just as much as the blue house. Wonderful graphics.
Next read.
#ThewholethingIthinkitssick
#Breadandcircuses
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I enjoyed this character-driven book club pick! It follows a mother and her 3 adult daughters-all in their early 20s and living in those moments of relationship change, while also living through gentrification and other societal changes of the early 1950s. I was impressed with how realistic the characters felt and the way that the author wove their stories together-you understand everyone‘s motivations, whether you agree with them or not.
pickThe story was well executed. It tackled the complex issue of gentrification (specifically in a Chinatown context) in an accessible way. At the end of the book, there were a few pages with background information on Chinatowns, gentrification, community activism, and a short note on the language used (Chinese dialogue is used throughout the story).
Full Review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/review-noodle-bao/
I‘m back home in Canada & it‘s all Canadian authors in this December 18th episode! #booktube
https://youtu.be/lXJD3Exclio
picka story about a kid who goes away to a juvenile detention center for a crime he didn‘t do. On top of that he is released at a time that coronavirus is spreading throughout the world. This book touched my soul in such a way that is so hard to describe. I could feel the pain and the suffering of the characters as I still remember when the virus was spreading and we didn‘t understand what was going on.
A non-fiction graphic work about the former workers' neighbourhood of Annikki in Tampere (#Finland) that's both informative and graphically creative, with a wide range of styles. Loved the art. Slighly sad that the solution to save the old houses was to have them bought and done up by arty newcomers, displacing former poor(er) residents. #gentrification
Will definitely read more by Tiitu Takalo
Photo by Eino Ansio: Annikki Poetry Festival 2018
pickHoly $h!t this was good! And anxiety inducing. And infuriating. This felt almost more horror than thriller to me. I couldn‘t put it down / turn it off. It was a read some, listen some for me because I couldn‘t just read all weekend. So glad a friend on IG posted about it since I‘d never heard of it before.
