libscote's Reviews (6.4k)

I'm wondering if I'm missing something in the translation, but I didn't really care for this book. I got why Buck was upset about what Sparklehart did, but he also didn't really explain himself. I didn't really like the illustrations either.

I'm glad I'm going to talk about this book with people, because I feel like I don't fully understand it. There were some stories I really liked, and some I struggled to figure out the meaning of. It doesn't mean it's a bad short story collection, I just for some reason was expecting something a bit more direct and less open to interpretation. 

I have to admit, the title turned me off a bit at first, because I definitely thought it was bi/pan erasure. However, upon reading the book, I understood what Wind was getting at with the title. Most of these people were ones that I was familiar with, but then again I was a women and gender studies major in college in the mid-2000s. I think for people not used to examining historical figures more in-depth will find things to appreciate here. 

I'm glad I got a conclusion to this story, even if I ended up yelling "Just have a conversation!" to the main characters a lot. Ah well. 

Eleanor grows up with a disaster prepared grandfather, doing drills and eat MREs. She mostly doesn't want to do it any more, until she discovers a website that says the world is going to end due to an asteroid hitting Earth. Although most adults are skeptical, Eleanor believes, and she and some fellow students at school start a club to prepare for the end of days. It was heartbreaking to watch Eleanor believe something that adults found skeptical, but I also found it useful as a way to look at how people can get stuck believing something incorrect and how hard it is to let go. 

This book is about two girls living in Brooklyn, connected by a secret that neither of them knows. Fate brings them together and fire breaks out. I liked learning about new folklore to me. I also liked that the book deals with issues of denying people their heritage and being an undocumented immigrant. It also deals with knowing that it's tricky sometimes to label things good or bad: sometimes they just are. A thought-provoking quick read. 

gave this new cat owner some good feedback ideas for her aging kitty!

A little girl implores us to say the names of Black people who have died at the hands of the police.