Thank you Libro.fm and HighBridge for the ALC

A fantastic collection of short stories. Absolutely stunning. I recommend listening to the audiobook.

My first CJ Tudor and it certainly won’t be my last. In fact, I may just go grab my untouched copy of The Chalk Man off of my shelf.

The plot kept me gripped from the start and constantly had me changing who I thought the ‘villain’ was.

A fantastic audiobook narrated by the author who is also one of my favorite people from the current SNL cast.

Highly recommend! 

First of all, thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for a copy of Black Buck.

Secondly, I’m sadly DNFing at 118 pages. I’m positive this book will be loved by many, as is obvious by the high ratings at the Read with Jenna book Club sticker, but it’s not for me. I tried both audiobook and reading the physical copy and I just can’t keep going. 


I understand this is supposed to be satire on racism and white supremacy in the workplace, actually I think Black Buck excels in that. That satire is well done. Have I outright laughed at all? No, but I’m chuckled at little bit. 

However, I’ve seen no one discuss the use of the ‘R’ word as bullying as well as phrases such as ‘take the short bus’. So I’m going to throw that out there, this was one of the things that ruined the book for me. I can’t read books that use terms and phrases such as these that others use to demean people with learning and physical disabilities.

Also, I’m about to start a new job and the last thing I need for my mental health is to intake a ton of workplace bullying and hazing in a book.

Putting my mental health first and putting this one down. I hope it works for you if you’ve picked it up!

TW/CW: Racism, white supremacy, bullying, workplace hazing...there are probably more but I haven’t gotten to them yet in the book.