Alex Cabe started reading Silence by Shūsaku Endō
Sustained by dreams of glorious martyrdom, a seventeenth-century Portuguese missionary in Japan administers to the …
Reading so I can watch the movie later.
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It's not like I'm a preachy crybaby who can't resist giving overemotional speeches about hope all the time.
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Alex Cabe reviewed Erasure by Percival L. Everett
Thelonius "Monk" Ellison is an erudite, accomplished but seldom-read author who insists on writing obscure …
I wasn't expecting the novel-within-a-novel
4 stars
After seeing the movie, I thought I knew what do expect, but I wasn't prepared for the entire My Pafology novella to be included in the book. It was similar to American Psycho where I saw what was happening and it was good and I got it, but that's still a lot of intentionally bad prose to wade through.
I found the family drama rang true.
I naturally found myself comparing the book to the movie, and one thing the movie didn't get across was that Monk's academic/serious writing was just as unreadable as My Pafology.
Alex Cabe reviewed The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Bertie and Jeeves do their best to help, and occasionally hinder, love-struck Bingo Little as …
Very Well Crafted, Had Trouble Clicking With It
4 stars
This is one of those books where me rating it highly is more a matter of recognizing it's well crafted that feeling fully bought in. The characters were funny and the language was very artfully crafted, but I still had trouble feeling excited about it for some reason.
I do enjoy that there's a little edge to the entire situation. Jeeves is a thousand times more competent than Wooster. Is the class system just so powerful that this is the best Jeeves can do, or is Jeeves in it just because it's easy and he enjoys messing with Bertie?
No big urge to jump into another one, but I will revisit when I'm in a different mood.
Alex Cabe rated The Inimitable Jeeves: 4 stars
The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Bertie and Jeeves do their best to help, and occasionally hinder, love-struck Bingo Little as he falls head over heels …
Alex Cabe started reading Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk
From New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You is …
Book club pick. Because of being written in verse and short chapters, I'll be reading one chapter a day.
Alex Cabe started reading The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Bertie and Jeeves do their best to help, and occasionally hinder, love-struck Bingo Little as …
Reading because a school friend loved P.G. Wodehouse and I've never tried it.
Alex Cabe reviewed Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
A whipsmart debut about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces …
Bold and Ambitious
4 stars
It was clear how much joy the author had in having the platform and she grabbed it with both hands to make the most of it. She had no fear of going after tough issues.
I enjoyed the different characterization of Reese and Ames, and the contrast between their experiences.
I don't need everything spelled out, but I would have appreciated a little more closure with the ending, especially with the book seeming to slow down in the last quarter.
Alex Cabe started reading Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
A whipsmart debut about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces …
Book club pick.
Alex Cabe reviewed The Legacy of Yangchen by Abrams Abrams Books
Avatar Yangchen has succeeded in bringing a measure of stability to Bin-Er, but her successes …
James Bond in the World of Avatar
3 stars
The author wanted to write a James Bond novel and did a pretty good, twisty job in the world of Avatar.
This very much relies on the events of the previous novel, and doesn't to a very good job recapping them in the text. These are written to be read back-to-back, rather than as they were released.
Something about Yee's writing just doesn't grab me the way other books do. Even when I like the story and am interested, I'm not eager to get to the next chapter and his books are generally a slow read.
Alex Cabe started reading The Legacy of Yangchen by Abrams Abrams Books
Avatar Yangchen has succeeded in bringing a measure of stability to Bin-Er, but her successes …
Sequel to the first book I read for Bookwyrm!
Alex Cabe reviewed Only Say Good Things by Crystal Hefner
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a …
Few Suprises
3 stars
This was basically what I expected, and a lot of details were given away on the podcast that made me decide to read it.
Crystal was vulnerable and lacked a strong male presence in her life. Hugh is a narcissist who lacked human connection and took advantage of vulnerable girls. Hugh lived what a teenage boy considered a fantasy but was ultimately pretty empty. None of that was a surprise, but it was interesting to hear the details. Crystal seems like a pretty good, ordinary person, but I would have liked to have heard some of the stories from other perspectives.
The writing was nothing special, but it was tight and logically arranged.
Alex Cabe finished reading Only Say Good Things by Crystal Hefner
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a …
Very quick read. Short and direct.
Alex Cabe started reading Only Say Good Things by Crystal Hefner
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a …
Heard an interview with the author on a podcast and it sounded interesting. Quick read before I start my next book club pick.
Alex Cabe reviewed Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson
"Daddy and Roger and 'em shot 'em a nigger."Those words, whispered to ten-year-old Tim Tyson …
Memoir-heavy history with a strong sense of place
4 stars
This was more of a memoir than the history/true crime book I was expecting and it connected well with me because the author gave such a strong sense of time and place. It spoke to my experience, but was a couple of generations and a region of the state removed, which made it simultaneously familiar and strange.
At first I was skeptical about reading a book on Black history written by a white author, but he was self-aware and reflective, and I think it's important that white people talk about race (as long as that's not all you read.)
I thought it could have been a little tighter. There were a lot of digressions. Not all of them contributed to the whole, and even some that did could have been organized or placed better.
I did appreciate the wider view on the civil rights movement, I wasn't aware of how …
This was more of a memoir than the history/true crime book I was expecting and it connected well with me because the author gave such a strong sense of time and place. It spoke to my experience, but was a couple of generations and a region of the state removed, which made it simultaneously familiar and strange.
At first I was skeptical about reading a book on Black history written by a white author, but he was self-aware and reflective, and I think it's important that white people talk about race (as long as that's not all you read.)
I thought it could have been a little tighter. There were a lot of digressions. Not all of them contributed to the whole, and even some that did could have been organized or placed better.
I did appreciate the wider view on the civil rights movement, I wasn't aware of how sharp the differences were between the 60s and the 70s.
Alex Cabe finished reading Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson
"Daddy and Roger and 'em shot 'em a nigger."Those words, whispered to ten-year-old Tim Tyson …
Read this one in fits and starts because I was travelling for work and off my regular schedule.