Book Reviews Suck #11
My venn diagram for Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson.
Welcome to my newsletter Life, The Universe & Everything. I'm Elizabeth Noble and I’d like to say, hey - thanks for stopping into my internet bookstore and yes, I read a fuck ton of novels!
How I Pick My Next Read
I use a venn diagram:
Current Mood - do I feel overwhelmed, content, tired, joyful or anything?
Life - am I going on a trip, or having people to stay, or just chilling in quiet anxiety?
Last Read - if I just read a space opera I need something different, maybe a contemporary novel or a murder mystery?
The Book Reviews Suck #10 Pick:
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
The gist from the publisher: “Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let's get started.”
Perfect Read For:
Last Book I Read: Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel - hearty, rich and such terrifying court politics!
Life: Need a breather book of lighter murder and betrayal.
Mood: Feeling curious, you want to use your little grey cells!
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Why Book Reviews Suck
I LOVE books, however I HATE reading book reviews. Blerg…
When I scan a boring book review I self debate: Do I jive with this random person's book taste? It seems like they don’t like this book; always a critic, never a writer? What is this person even saying? Oh look, my cat is curled up in a cute way…and I’m out.
Book critiques don’t connect for people like moi and perhaps toi! Instead let us grasp onto the e-commerce industrial complex: If You Like This, You Might Like That.
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I'm going to read it! The mood and vibe sound right!