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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 😆

Did you buy your in-laws house and all their stuff is still in it too? Lol 😆

Parts of it still don't feel like it's my home! 😂😭😂

@@brownlowbooks 😂 my in-laws are in Tunisia! I’m safe! 🤣🤣

I don't want to say I'm jealous but... Maybe a little lol.

Truly. I was so angry I saw it coming and didn't trust my gut.

I remember in the first like maybe 15 pages thinking "she's gonna *do some thing to* this cat" and I considered putting it down but kept going and she and the cat started to bond which made it all the more maddening and I became mad at myself for knowing and then thinking she wouldn't and then not immediately hucking the book in the trash and finishing it anyways. It was not a short description or with mercy. Will NEVER EVER read this author again because of it.

I bet her future books get translated faster now that she's won too.

Shut up I'm not crying.

The length is more of a guideline. I often don't like the sounds of other book clubs because they become wine clubs (yuck) or they want to dissect every little letter like an English class (also yuck). We talk more shit and we don't shame for not finishing or deciding it's just not for you. I think it's also nice for us to have a books hangout time without the partners since we usually do the game nights together 😂

It had a lot of things I wanted to know about which carried me through the things I cared a little less about. What do you think holds you back? What attracts you to it?

I mean, according to Discovery she doesn't currently have a "contract". No one has ever produced this contract she apparently signed the day before her wedding, right. It was maybe five years; it was maybe forever. So shady between all the adults and the network. And being raised like that probably doesn't really give you a lot of marketable skills so if she wants to be a petty bench and rake in cash on her name, I'm okay with it. Josh Duggar's repeated downfalls bring me great pleasure. Bad men should be afraid.

They 100% should.

There's a defender every year that I've never heard of and then makes me fall in love and this year was certainly Dallas lol.

And of course I'm a little sad my choice didn't win.

I have 2 blue ones and a grey one! My friends know I like penguins lol. We've been holding off on crave because we already have 4 (!) streaming services but browsing our friends we were like...oh maybe this year 😅

That seems reasonable enough. And would explain why there's often Giller Prize overlap, since they would be reading those as well. It is still quite surprising tho how many of this year's books were published in 2023. I do also wonder if defenders apply or are approached. Probably a combo as well!

@@brownlowbooks We’ve interviewed a number of defenders in the past & they’ve said there are sometimes scheduling conflicts & it takes a few years to get on. Also, we were told they try to balance the defenders by gender and background.

I have not.

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I just think they're two profoundly broken people who need therapy before they continue boning. 😂

Denison Avenue is the only one I have left to read and nothing has wowed me yet to be honest. I was excited that a romance was on the list as people often look down on the genre but damn Meet Me At The Lake was awful, I'm quite curious how it will be defended.

I often find when I read things that are touted as "a literary accomplishment" that I just plain don't like them. It's like they've gone for style above all else and sometimes a certain style just doesn't fit with the story that is being told. I don't think I've ever read another Giller winner so I can't really compare on that front, but I did enjoy the slow, steady nature of this one. Have you read any other Giller winners?

Oh, good question... I had to look it up as I don't specifically seek out Gillers but it turns out I have read a few! I remember really enjoying 419 by Ferguson and Alias Grace by Atwood. Reproduction by Ian Williams was too literary experimental for me to appreciate, I think. What Strange Paradise by El Akkad was pretty gutting.@@brownlowbooks

@@Beach652 omg I loved What Strange Paradise. I was reading it in the car while my husband dropped off some stuff to a friend and he got back in the car like "whoa something's off" just after I had finished and I was just speechless. I didn't pay much attention to the Giller until the last year or two but I do think I have a fair few on my shelves simply because I always say I want to read more Canadian lit. I in fact have all that you just mentioned but unread lol.