Tag: fave
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Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Coetzee won his second Booker Prize with this in 1999. It’s short, but rich and memorable.
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Denison Avenue by Christina Wong, Illustrated by Daniel Innes
Moving and beautiful. It belongs in the Toronto Starter Kit. It’s one of the best things I’ve read in years.
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Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee
Cotezee’s best-regarded book is a slim volume with sharp teeth and resonance more than 40 years after its publication.
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When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
Early contender for best read of 2024. A slim, readable and unforgettable thing.
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Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The preamble: My paternal grandparents’ basement was a cultural goldmine. They raised nine(!) kids in a small house (I think any house is a small house when there’s 9 kids in it), and all the books and records that the kids didn’t take when they moved out, wound up mixed up in the basement —…
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The Girl From the Other Side by Nagabe
Everything about this is unique, and unforgettable in a way that I haven’t come across with manga before (I’m no expert here, but I’m not alone. My kid agrees and they’ve been a manga freak for years). It’s the only manga I’ve read that brought me to tears (the last frame of book 3) and…
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Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
I am way late to the Ray Bradbury party. I’ve been reading old sci-fi since I was young, but other than Fahrenheit 451 in grade 10 I never opened another book of his until a couple of years ago. Don’t be like me, start today. Start with this one or Something Wicked This Way Comes. Bradbury is the…
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A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney
I must confess I now find it difficult to truly and fully relax around people who haven’t had some significant tragedy and pain in their lives. Just another one of the many things that make me a fun hang. This is so relatable. My wife and I have had more than our share of very…
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Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee
McGhee first hit my radar with this piece in the Guardian on class and debt. The PR machine for this book zeroed in on me and for a few weeks it seemed like McGhee was everywhere on the internet. I was worried that this would be another debut by an MFA that didn’t live up to the…