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Cover of The Story of my Anger by Jasminne Mendez

A firestorm of a story!

The Story of my Anger by Jasminne Mendez

July 8, 2025 by LB Leave a Comment

The Story of my Anger counts for the “school” square on CBR17 Bingo. I was immediately drawn to The Story of My Anger because Yuli’s pose on the cover is so defiant and powerful, and I knew I wanted to read her story. Told in verse, this book follows Yuli and her group of friends who are trying to prevent the books that have allowed them to be seen in curriculum from being banned. Especially in today’s sociopolitical landscape and how many books are being […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: book bans, cbr17bingo, chosen family, contemporary fiction, jasminne Mendez, Multicultural, protest, queer secondary characters, Texas, the story of my anger, United States of America, Young Adult

LB's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: book bans, cbr17bingo, chosen family, contemporary fiction, jasminne Mendez, Multicultural, protest, queer secondary characters, Texas, the story of my anger, United States of America, Young Adult ·
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“Fools love to declare that they don’t suffer fools.”

The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

April 24, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Repulsive, decadent, and entitled people populate these pages and you know what? I do not care! I loved it! I loved it for all of the things that it tries to be, all of the things that it mercilessly tears apart, and all of the things that it will not and cannot be. This is a lightning rod for artists, revolutionaries, trust-fund princes, and girls next door. While this book takes place mostly in the 70s, I felt like I had been a part of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1970's Italy, 1970s New York, anti-establishment, art, bonneville salt flats, class warfare, East Village, facism, historical fiction, motorcycles, outsider art, protest, rachel kushner, soho, speed

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1970's Italy, 1970s New York, anti-establishment, art, bonneville salt flats, class warfare, East Village, facism, historical fiction, motorcycles, outsider art, protest, rachel kushner, soho, speed ·
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