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“I could suddenly see something…A garden I’d not yet entertained. There it was, in the distance. There were things in the way. But for the first time, there it was. A garden I’d never seen before” “Ninety-nine percent of cellists, there’s nothing there under those layers, there’s nothing to unwrap. So people like us, we have to help each other…because there are so few of us” The first set of interconnected short stories I’ve read by Ishiguro and once again I felt the familiar warm and cozy feeling I experienced in Remains of the Day. Each story is centered around music (how it brings people together, how it reveals bittersweet truths and splits them a part, an how it’s the one thing that cushions reality’s sting where dreams most likely are tased aside for the mundane. Out of the short stories, I’d say “Nocturne” was my favorite. Steve and Lindy’s budding friendship and escapade through the hotel was both funny and eye opening in what musicians are expected to do in order to succeed. All the short stories possess smart humor that’s similar to P.G. Wodehouse. @thebookjoint_ #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookreviewing #mybookfeatures #bookishlove #bookishfeatures #bookishpost #bookstagram #bookishlife #bookishcommunity #bookishphotography #readingaddict #readinglife #readingcommunity #readinglife #readingbooks #readerlife #readersgonnaread https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOQxuFLMfj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“As a Black man, you get no benefit of the doubt. You have to be on the right side of everything” “Too many kids with so much potential fall to the pressure of the system. An invisible weight that pins them all down. They can’t even see it” A fast paced mystery from the POV of three boys of color (Two black, one Mexican). Revealing the inner prejudice and dehumanizing regime that goes on in an otherwise “perfect” school, this story explores society’s implications on people of color who seem threatening to the academic and professional rigor and how corrupt leaders can turn students who simply want to learn into academic drones. J.B. (The gentle giant unless provoked), Trey (The class clown), and Ramon (a Pupusa hustler) were good boys. Each cared for their guardians and despite their backgrounds, they were true models of Promise Prep. The multiple perspectives were cool, but I wish a little more time was devoted among the three kids in terms of getting to know one another. J.B. father’s imprisonment, Trey’s mother’s addiction, and Ramon living only with his abuela could’ve been drawn out a little bit more. @officialnickbrooks did a good job of showing the power trip a “model principal” can exhibit. Principal Moore was the epitome of corruption in how he dealt with his students-getting in their faces, grabbing them by the collars. I’m glad Mrs. Hall, Uncle T, and other adult figures balanced out Principal Moore’s attitude. All in all, a good mystery with good characters of color. @thebookjoint_ #bookreview #bookreviewer #bookreviewing #mybookfeatures #bookishlove #bookishfeatures #bookishpost #bookstagram #bookishlife #bookishcommunity #bookishphotography #readingaddict #readinglife #readingcommunity #readinglife #readingbooks #readerlife #readersgonnaread https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOP2ThL4Gf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Together, the stories in this book, which range in mood from melancholy to caustic to hilarious to elegant to experimental, demonstrate the breadth and vibrancy of the Marathi short story and the illustrious Marathi literary history. A must read book from @alephbookco. Stories selected and edited by Ashutosh Potdar Review by @bookreviewscafe #bookstagram #book #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookreviewing #review #reviews #booksreview #bookworm #bookreader #bookreading #bookreaders #reading #writingcommunity #translations #marathi #marathistories #alephbooks #storizenmagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/CotNZ1oSTrG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“A “strange” child, anyway, dimly and fearfully apprehends that the years are not likely to make him less strange” “The children of the despised and rejected are menaced from the moment they stir in the womb, and are therefore sacred in a way that the children of the saved are not” For this review, I want to make it clear that I couldn’t finish this book. James Baldwin is one of my favorite black writers, but this essay narrative didn’t retain my interest. In the beginning, Baldwin briefly describes his home life which intrigued me-how his father deemed him the ugliest boy in the world, how he was introduced to literature and cinema by a caring white schoolteacher named Bill Miller (a woman). I enjoyed reading how earlier of an age he was exposed to literature and cinema, even wrestling with the question of what it meant to be black. Baldwin references novels (“A Tale Of Two Cities” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as well as dated movies that I couldn’t follow. It could be because I haven’t watched or read any of his mentioned literature pieces, for he provided specific examples of people (Madam Defarge) and even tying in specific scenes to his own horrific images- “I did not really know who these people were, or why they were in the streets….a white mob can be in no way reassuring to a black black boy (even though, or if, he cannot say why” This isn’t my favorite book of his for I couldn’t get twenty pages of it, but the brief bits still were potent to me. #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookreviewer #bookreviewing #bookish #bookishpost #bookishlife #bookishcommunity #bookishglee #mybookfeatures #readersgonnaread #readingcommunity #readingaddict #readingislife #readingtime📖 #readerlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaKXg6LfHD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“For once, little Micah Strauss was peeking out of his bubble and seeing the world as it was, and I wanted more, and I wanted immediacy, and I wanted it to never, ever, end” Finished this fast paced novel by @bkonigsberg . The story introduces Micah Strauss-a mild mannered boy who runs into energetic and proud CJ in a club. Afterwards, Micah begins to change as he introduced to CJ’s glittering lifestyle that everyone else deems unfit. I felt the book was too fast paced. There’s not very much world building, but enough for me to imagine the main details. The story didn’t really dive too much into Micah’s life and his libertarian parents. Micah didn’t have many introspective moments save for him lying on the bedroom floor and listening to CJ’s music choice. However, his fear of Aids/HIV and his self loathing because of his fear was well written, especially when in a relationship with CJ. I did appreciate how CJ’s life wasn’t dramatized as something immoral and that he should change his ways. An exotic dancer and a record enthusiast, he is multifaceted in his personality and can even become somber and real underneath all the glitter. His relationship with his stepfather could’ve had more potential if it were explored more throughly. An entertaining novel that introduces the fight against HIV/Aids and two boys fighting stay together in a world that tries to kill them. #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookreviewer #bookreviewing #bookish #bookishpost #bookishlife #bookishcommunity #bookishglee #mybookfeatures #readersgonnaread #readingcommunity #readingaddict #readingislife #readingtime📖 #readerlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaKMBcLUpI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=