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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy in Books
Nov 16, 2017
Coates is one of the first to show up to discuss all three contemporary themes: the man, the community, national identity. He critiques respectability politics. He writes about mass incarceration. He writes about Michelle Obama and Chicago's South Side. He writes about how Barack Obama was exceptional, in many senses, and about the paradoxical limits of the first black president's power to address race and racism. He writes about the qualitative difference between white economic prospects and black economic prospects, thanks to discriminatory policies promulgated by the government even during progressive times, and about how, in his view, reparations would be the only way to redress the problem.
An air of resignation begins to bleed into Coates' writing even before his last essay, coming into the final years of the Obama administration. It is an eloquent eulogy to the struggles that African Americans are facing and increasingly fearing today.

Alison Pink (7 KP) rated Calling Invisible Women in Books
Jan 15, 2018
Clover eventually finds a group of women who are all in the same predicament...the Invisible Women as they call themselves. Through this group Clover learns that she is not by herself in this. She also starts to realize that she's given up her power & she finally works at getting it back.
The women finally manage to organize & rally against the evil, overly wealthy, giant, uncaring drug company whose drugs when taken in combination caused these women to disappear in the first place.
This book was a quick, easy read. Ray has an easy, conversational writing style & the characters were easy to relate to. The story was touching & made you think without being overly preachy. I enjoyed it!
This novel explores African attitudes towards sexuality, family and responsibility. It's funny at times, but also incredibly moving. I really enjoyed it. We can see the contrast between life in a Ghanaian city and village, and the difference again between those places and London. A fascinating novel.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this fantastic book.

Rachel King (13 KP) rated Uglies (Uglies, #1) in Books
Feb 11, 2019

ClareR (5950 KP) rated Gallowstree Lane (Collins and Griffiths #3) in Books
Feb 11, 2019
It's a really well told, gritty police procedural, heavy on the character building. In fact I became very attached to these characters: the struggling single parent WPC; the teenaged boys who had become involved in drug dealing; the officer involved with a big operation; the DC investigating a murder. I didn't like the big drug dealer though (which I think was the whole point. He was a man devoid of conscience).
The mothers in this really resonated with me: women trying to do their best , one working long hours and sacrificing time with her baby to be able to provide for him in a job she loves; the other, a woman who risks losing her son to drug dealing and violence. Both women backed into impossible-to-get-out-of corners.
I really, really enjoyed this book, and I'll be buying the first two in the series to read and catch up!!
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole and to the author, Kate London, for reading along with us!

Sarah (7800 KP) rated Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) in Movies
Mar 9, 2019
Gary Oldman does a fantastic performance and Anthony Hopkins too is wonderful as Van Helsing, and it’s these two that really make this film as good as it is. The rest of the cast range from good (Richard E Grant), unremarkable (Cary Elwes), to downright awful. And yes, I am talking about Keanu Reeves. I know he was a big star when this was made, but he really is a terrible actor. And he’s even worse when he’s trying to put on a horrendous English accent. I wish they’d have found a decent actor to play Harker, if they had I would’ve scored this a little higher!