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You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom
Vincent Tirado
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You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom
Vincent Tirado
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith
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cowboyemoji commented on OhMyDio's review of Razorblade Tears
I don't even know y'all. I think that if you have a super homophobic person in your life that you wanted to indirectly educate and they were super into gory revenge action movies this could MAYBE help them wake up a little bit but I also wouldn't hold your breath about it and you 10000% could not stop here.
The thing is that this is so thoroughly a straight, cis male perspective that if it's trying to make a commentary via that frame work I think it fails to do that, and if it's just the way this author writes (this is my first by him ((also my last)) so I don't know how his other works compare) it's failing to make any other point meaningfully.
There are quite a few moments where a side character tries to impart a moral lesson, but they totally fall flat in the carnage of easily escalating violence, the frequency of that violence being directed at queer people, and the constant onslaught of misogyny. While our 2 dads do some amount of reckoning with their failures it ultimately doesn't hold any weight because their response to the murder of their sons so entirely centers themselves. This vengeance and "justice" isn't for the boys because it's not in service of or in line with the boys. They remark several times that if their son was still alive they wouldn't approve - so how the cuss are these actions "for" them?? They aren't. These dads are solely serving their own egos and pride and the consequences are HIGH and there is absolutely no thought about the people they are murdering are also sons? Or the long term aftermath of this pursuit?
I know that we're not supposed to like these guys, and Cosby knocked that right out of the park, but I also just didn't like the tone. It's so crude and foul and graphic and I swear if I never hear about someones "nuts" again it'll be too soon.
And finally, the cherry on top - after a shoot out, the leader of the bike gang is taking inventory of the damage done and one of his crew is severely injured. He briefly ruminates on how unlikely survival is for this crew member and that if he DID survive, he for sure would be disabled for life. So he kills him. To spare him the agony of living as a disabled person.
And thus I won't be reading anymore Cosby.âď¸
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cowboyemoji commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I yearn for the chaos of a good heist novel. I want titillating banter, blueprints, master plan exposition, comedy. Bonus points if thereâs some enemies/rivalry to lovers romance involved. Iâm thinking along the lines of Leverage, Firefly, Hustle (the tv show not the Adam Sandler movie) the banter between dynamic characters, complex backstories and maybe theyâre a bit rough around the edges but over all loveable.
Or, if a heist cannot be arranged, a good mystery with some brevity and wit. Something that doesnât take itself too seriously.
Books Iâve loved that come to mind:
- Everyone in this family has killed someone
- The Hexologists
Throw me your recs pleaaaase
18cowboyemoji commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I know they've had them for a while, but one stop today really knocked my socks off. I know it can be hit or miss in both volume and condition of the books, but hear me out. They have relatively popular romance, romantasy, and mysteries in both hardcover and paperback. I got hardcover copies of The Wedding People and Red, White, and Royal Blue (a collectors edition too) for $15 each. And their paperbacks are between $5-$8.
Honorable mention to Michael's, which I went after with no intention of finding novels and found a copy of Book Lovers in brand new condition for $7. Happy hunting, everyone!
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The Sleeping Car Porter
Suzette Mayr
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Clown World: Four Years Inside Andrew Tate's Manosphere
Jamie Tahsin
0cowboyemoji commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hey, I couldn't find any settings to toggle but is there a way to turn the reading streak off/ make the data invisible to myself? I hate seeing things that gameify my reading like that, because it justs gives me too much pressure and stress. And on Pagebound it's not an opt-in thing, I guess it uses your data from when you update books? (which other apps with reading streak trackers don't)
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cowboyemoji commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hi all, small announcement that streaks were just released on web! We're considering this a sort of "streaks beta" to iron out the kinks before we release on the app (which, fingers crossed, will be available before the end of the week)
You'll see a streak widget on the home feed above your currently reading books. You can edit your past reading history & progress updates by clicking that widget. You can still track progress for today's date as you always have, by clicking the progress bar.
If you have questions about how things work, please click the helper text at the bottom of the edit screen (it says "Missing a book or need help?") or comment here so we can help troubleshoot. If you see a bug, please report via the bug form!
Thanks everyone :)
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