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“That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet.”

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

April 6, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Why do I keep waiting so long to dig into word-of-mouth and critically acclaimed smashes? Twelve years later (and not a moment too soon), I finally get The Fuss around A Visit From the Goon Squad. I remember reading The Keep near the official release date, but Goon Squad eluded me for over a decade…or perhaps I eluded it? On the upside of being a latecomer, I am more likely to find these books in my neighborhood’s Little Free Libraries. Hooray! I love how “a novel” is emphasized on […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: andtheIToldYouSos, Award Winner, coming-of-age, contemporary, interconnected, Jennifer Egan, music business, near future, Pulitzer Prize, punk rock

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: andtheIToldYouSos, Award Winner, coming-of-age, contemporary, interconnected, Jennifer Egan, music business, near future, Pulitzer Prize, punk rock ·
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I’m never crossing a rope bridge again

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

October 12, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

A group of people are crossing the Bridge of San Luis Rey, an Incan rope bridge in Peru, when it collapses and all, tragically, plummet to their deaths. Observing this tragedy is Brother Juniper, a friar, who decides to tell the stories of those who died in this accident in order to conclusively prove that God has a divine plan. What follows in a series of vignettes into the interconnected lives of these few in early 18th century. Originally published in 1927, this novel won […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: 1920s, cbr12bingo, classic, interconnected, Thornton WIlder

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:33 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: 1920s, cbr12bingo, classic, interconnected, Thornton WIlder ·
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soft-core misery porn

Turbulence by David Szalay

July 30, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

An older woman is on a plane. She and her seatmate are strangers. There is a bout of – wait for it – turbulence, that inserts her into her seatmate’s life. So it begins; a series of lives briefly touching lives from one story to the next. I’m sure that I was meant to feel something while reading this; something was supposed to catch my breath, quicken my heart rate- it was supposed to hit emotionally. Really, I just felt Szalay going through the motions. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: contemporary, David Szalay, disappointment, family, interconnected, Relationships, travel

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:83 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: contemporary, David Szalay, disappointment, family, interconnected, Relationships, travel ·
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