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Verily, thou can fucketh away.

Also my friend says I have a knack for making bad books sound good 😂

Google said this was the author's best book?! I'm concerned about the 5 other books by her on my shelf that I haven't read lol

@@brownlowbooks yeah i went on some site that ranked her books and it was at the top 🤷🏾‍♀️ i’m curious to hear your thoughts on another one of her books “None of This Is True” i feel like this one had sm more potential and a much more interesting plot but without giving too much away lol there were some decisions made by the author that i found problematic so it made it less enjoyable for me. great review btw :)

I don't currently possess that one but I'll keep my eyes open for it. 👍🏻

Like I can't imagine what it is to have someone you love go missing, but this like happy ending of finding out she had a child was weird and too....joyful? Some odd choices made and a total lack of tension pulling it all forward.

No, I love the size! You can see all the paintings details so much better! I was just very caught off guard with the size of box that showed up at my house 😂

Stop being bad commenter

🤗 thank you. Such a great book.

I happen to like the word 'fuck'. And I assure you I have no idea what middle graders think is cool.

Thanks 😊 I truly loved how passionate she is about everything.

Yeah I definitely understand that in small isolated communities it might be the *only* option but indie bookshops are increasingly online these days and more and more offer shipping too! I should have mentioned bookshop.org!

I never *truly* trust Goodreads 🤣 mob mentality, fake profiles, vendettas et al. I do however think that the Morisaki Bookshop is meant for a special kind of person who enjoys the slow and steady of an everyday life. I don't need a triple crossed plot twist and shock around every corner to be entertained. Morisaki almost feels like it was written in a different time, though that may also be a result of the translation. Have you ever tried A Tree Grows In Brooklyn? It has a similar slow and thoughtful feel and quickly became my favourite classic novel.

Naturally.

Embossing and binding can take 7-10 days per book nevermind adding the time for initial transcription. And that includes short books like childrens books! Of course they're not going to produce just anything but the most popular books. These people don't have a "hot take" they just have ✨sparkling ableism✨

Many of the illustrations were beautiful. But that One Year Later was a hot mess. It felt like all the agendas were confused 😂

Truly no one in this book but Baxter matters 😆 it's almost sad to leave him behind because you just truly do hope that his life works out for him, eh?

I absolutely adored what they did with him in the movie. Thought it was absolutely spot-on for a kid who has grown up in the woods but lacks the social skills to show he actually means well. You wouldn't expect him to have growth being the trail expert but allowing him to grow with his forest disciples is wonderful.

I *really* like him in Late Night. But I also simply love that movie.

I feel like I'm literally telling everyone all the time lol

Oh, is this your channel? No? Then fnck off, I'll continue to do what I want. You can continue to get inauthentic content elsewhere.

It does very much imply that the fate of Detroit is Detroit's fault and not the much larger problem of an uncaring capitalist system and a government that couldn't be bothered. An non surrendered Detroit also brings about the question of Quebec in general as the French fucked right off and said, here you go England, you do it lol. What's so special about Fort Detroit at that time that it was kept? A quick wikipedia type summary of the city would have helped clear a lot of things up but is maybe not the style or the intention she was going for. I don't think you'll find yourself as the only person feeling indifferent about it at your book club. Hopefully there will be good snacks.

Would surely reconmend this book... It will really really help you❤

Have you read How To Be A Girl In The World by Caela Carter? It's similar but honestly, darker, and instead of making me feel somewhat indifferent, it made me sob. Multiple times and a lot. The ending felt better than MHJLY but I still have the experience of being a 39 year old woman in the world and know. I just know. Trigger warnings abound for it. (Will also be my review next Monday)

It was almost like she was trying to lay down all these different possibilities of things that could happen and then didn't follow up with any of them. Like hey, look at all these directions, I wonder what's happening here... but what's happening here is actually boredom. I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt like this 😊

Oh I imagine they're out there writing incoherent paragraphs to women who give no fucks all day.

Right?! I was just sitting there like 'are these girls named after nicotine products in a middle grade novel?' 😂

Thank you 🥰

I found so many generic nothing names when I went on that deep dive that I don't even remember what they are. You're probably right!

No, I had never even heard of it until now. What are your thoughts on it?

@@brownlowbooks It is similar to “Melissa” and written by Ami Polonsky. Definitely recommend it. I actually prefer it to “Melissa,” actually. I’m trying to get it approved as a “choice book” in our middle school curriculum. Your local library should have a copy. The other English teachers read it and are enthusiastic. 😊

@@darwinhaditbackward5899 I'll be sure to look into it!

Yes! I'm reading a great book that I'll have a review for in a few weeks that has some beautiful points of this in it. Have you seen the movie Love, Guaranteed? It is a cheesy Netflix rom-com (and I love it) but it stars Damon Wayans Jr and Rachael Leigh Cook and I kept waiting for that thing where someone's like... But, but, but... But instead it's just two people falling in love! It was so refreshing as someone who grew up with things like Save The Last Dance.

@@brownlowbooks I havent, ill check it out! the only thing i can recommend back is the Disney Haunted Mansion movie from last year. It's so fun!

That they're not alone. That there are other kids that feel like them. All media can be used for propaganda. Or have you not seen the 2001 classic film, Josie and the Pussycats?

@@brownlowbooks the real question is, if what they're being presented is the truth or a narrative pushed to deepen the delusion. There are no trans children in poor countries. This is a side effect of an excess of prosperity and freedoms. Mathematically it can be proved that the LGBTQ ideology has been hijacked and artificially inflated. Also, there is no LGBTQ gene. So it must be a social outcome. Why encourage normal kids to question something they are not prepared to face? We should strive to have less false positives in this regard no? Do you really justify cutting off genitals and castrating children? Children can be extremely influenced by any thing. Especially by a well engineered sexual agenda.

Ah, making men write paragraphs I'll never read. 😎

I am a cisgender, heterosexual white woman; I am well and truly represented. If I only read about other cisgender, heterosexual white women, I would be bored.

@@brownlowbooks I find it interesting that diversity is something that only "cisgender heterosexual white women" seem predominately obsessed with while the actual diverse people you supposedly speak for are more interested in characters like goku from dragonball.

@@sticks7857 I speak for no one but myself. People can be into whatever they want to be into.

Yes!

So you think diverse books can't be compelling or moral?

A moral lesson doesn't help you understand someone else's experiences, though. The Bible has moral lessons, but it also preaches a lot of garbage that isn't relevant or helpful. Sometimes what is more compelling to a child is a story whose focus isn't heavily on morals, but instead on character experience and growth.

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Perhaps, unsurprisingly, I have not read it yet. 😆

There's been times I've spoiled a book for myself on purpose. I just need to know before I'm far too invested. I think I'd rather know a specific bit and look forward to it than come to something and have it be the opposite of what I wanted and be disappointed.

My gosh, I'm so happy that my enthusiasm about a book has made someone else want to read it. ❤️ I often wonder if I'm missing out on great Canadian books because I struggle with French so I'm very pleased when they're translated! Best of luck with it! Je suis ravie que tu sois là.

So many of the huge kids series were a series of different people like Carolyn Keene of Nancy Drew. That doesn't bother me so much. It's these shady adults that bother me. Like just let people write under their names, ya know. But yes, one of the most boring books I've ever read. Was literally only listening to it because I had physical labour to complete 😆