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BrisketNewsletter

BrisketNewsletter

Joined March 2018

Historian + Writer, Brisket is where I publish essays that need to be cooked low and slow. Find me on Patreon www.patreon.com/brisketnewsletter
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I Hotel | Karen Tei Yamashita
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Epic. So many beautiful lines and insights, like “A long life might be many lives, many ephemeral lives within one life.”

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The Oracle Year: A Novel | Charles Soule
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Pickpick

So highly recommended. The local bookstore even let me leave a blurb on their copy, then just messaged me that the copy sold an hour later! Someone‘s going to be a happy reader.

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Lightning Men: A Novel | Thomas Mullen
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Loved it even more than Darktown.

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The Oracle Year: A Novel | Charles Soule
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Just started this and immediately devoured 100 pages. 🤓😍

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Mehso-so

I loved the characters and the world of Orisha, but the adventure started to drag after a while and I just needed some resolution! Loved the ending, though, and the author‘s note at the end. #blacklivesmatter

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I always take dust jackets off when I‘m reading because they get in the way. I love when I find a beautifully embossed cover underneath (though the jacket art for this book is truly incredible).

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“What fascinates and gives hope in a time of slashed budgets, enlarging class size, and national depression is the possibility that many of these young men and women may be gaining the kind of critical perspective on their lives and the skill to bear witness that they have never before had in our country‘s history.”

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I‘ve been making money moves this week and I‘m feeling all #feminist

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Mehso-so

I never got over the mind-bogglingly literal Chekhov‘s gun, but Ware spooled out a compelling and well-paced puzzle that kept me reading all day.

RadicalReader @BrisketNewsletter love when books keep you glues from beginning to end 6y
BrisketNewsletter @RadicalReader it happens so rarely, too! I don‘t think it‘s necessary for deep enjoyment of a book, but when it does happen it‘s like a +5 even if other aspects of the book are ehhh. 6y
RadicalReader @BrisketNewsletter completely agree wish they had books sorted by gripping factor lol rotfl 6y
BrisketNewsletter @RadicalReader yes a continuum where 1 is “so not gripping I actually through it across the room” and 10 is “called in sick, canceled plans, let my kids watch 4 hours of TV” 6y
RadicalReader @BrisketNewsletter 😂😂😂😂 we seriously need to discover more books that are a ten because a book like that demands the utmost attention because of its demands to be read. 6y
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This Chekhov‘s gun is painfully literal.

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Been struggling to get into a new book so thought I‘d try a thriller. So far I have learned that bachelorette parties in the UK are called Hen Nights!? Lots of patriarchy to unpack there.

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I finished this over the weekend and haven‘t stopped thinking about how octopus consciousness might separately reside in each of their eight arms. Also, about how they can squish through tiny spaces. That too.

RaimeyGallant Okay, now that's in my head too lol. :) And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. 6y
Chelleo Welcome 🤗 6y
BrisketNewsletter Thanks so much @RaimeyGallant @Chelleo @Bostonmomx2 ! Excited to join this community! 6y
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