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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
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bookshelves: diverse, fantasy, literary-fiction, magical-realist-urban-whatever, non-ya, 3-and-a-half-stars, reviewed, eh, unpopular-opinion, authors-of-color
Dec 10, 2020
bookshelves: diverse, fantasy, literary-fiction, magical-realist-urban-whatever, non-ya, 3-and-a-half-stars, reviewed, eh, unpopular-opinion, authors-of-color
This was pretty lovely.
At times, it was very lovely. My very favorite things are lovely things, and simple, wonderful magical realism is my favorite hard-to-find-done-well genre, and for a while it seemed like this could qualify as being both of those things.
But then...a severe damper arrives. My parade is rained on. Stormy weather comin' in. Insert other precipitation metaphors.
Unfortunately, I have to tuck away the thing that threatened to ruin it all in little ol' spoiler tags:
(view spoiler) It’s just not my cup of tea.
Or should I say coffee???
(Buh dum ch.)
Bottom line: This was almost very good, and then it wasn't, for me. But it was still good.
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currently-reading updates
don't mind me, just adding more and more books to my currently reading because all of my library loans are coming in at once and making me into a juggler except with books.
so an even dorkier juggler.
At times, it was very lovely. My very favorite things are lovely things, and simple, wonderful magical realism is my favorite hard-to-find-done-well genre, and for a while it seemed like this could qualify as being both of those things.
But then...a severe damper arrives. My parade is rained on. Stormy weather comin' in. Insert other precipitation metaphors.
Unfortunately, I have to tuck away the thing that threatened to ruin it all in little ol' spoiler tags:
(view spoiler) It’s just not my cup of tea.
Or should I say coffee???
(Buh dum ch.)
Bottom line: This was almost very good, and then it wasn't, for me. But it was still good.
-------
currently-reading updates
don't mind me, just adding more and more books to my currently reading because all of my library loans are coming in at once and making me into a juggler except with books.
so an even dorkier juggler.
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December 10, 2020
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December 10, 2020
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December 11, 2020
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I have 20 overdue books that I’m panicking over and scrambling to read now. Past Mya overestimated herself
Can wait to see your review of this! I loved it
That’s the most stressful time of the yearrrr. Currently sitting on 11 books from the library so I feel your juggle.
Oh wow. This book looks interesting!
Are they e-books? Does your app have the option to "deliver later"? I have a gazillion books on hold. When one comes up that I know I won't be able to read yet I ask them to deliver it later. I can specify between 7 and over 100 days later.
Are they e-books? Does your app have the option to "deliver later"? I have a gazillion books on hold. When one comes up that I know I won't be able to read yet I ask them to deliver it later. I can specify between 7 and over 100 days later.
The Smol Moth wrote: "I checked out eight books at the start of December and proceeded to read only two of them. i'm a reading legendso what I'm trying to say is, I feel you"
iconic and relatable
mya � wrote: "I have 20 overdue books that I’m panicking over and scrambling to read now. Past Mya overestimated herself"20???? wishing you well queen
Erin wrote: "Can wait to see your review of this! I loved it"it's so one of a kind!!
lily wrote: "That’s the most stressful time of the yearrrr. Currently sitting on 11 books from the library so I feel your juggle."tis the season and all that!!
Keeley wrote: "Oh wow. This book looks interesting!Are they e-books? Does your app have the option to "deliver later"? I have a gazillion books on hold. When one comes up that I know I won't be able to read yet ..."
they are!! and they do have that option but i'm incredibly stubborn and also competitive with myself
How do you reply with the fancy italics? I'm sure there's a button somewhere I'm missing.
Anyway. I had nothing important to add. I just bust out laughing in public at your "but I'm incredibly stubborn and also competitive with myself." =D =D
Anyway. I had nothing important to add. I just bust out laughing in public at your "but I'm incredibly stubborn and also competitive with myself." =D =D
Hurry up with the review. My coffee is getting cold.
Keeley wrote: "How do you reply with the fancy italics? I'm sure there's a button somewhere I'm missing. Anyway. I had nothing important to add. I just bust out laughing in public at your "but I'm incredibly stu..."
there's a "reply" button at the bottom right of every comment! and you are too kind.
Neo wrote: "Hurry up with the review. My coffee is getting cold."i have bad news
sits at the furthest table, quietly reading a book, giving the impression that fortune had passed him by
I am the same way! I just finished finals and I am now studying for my GRE with 7 library books on my bedside table. Why do I do this to myself?!
Neo wrote: "sits at the furthest table, quietly reading a book, giving the impression that fortune had passed him by"<3
Eden wrote: "I am the same way! I just finished finals and I am now studying for my GRE with 7 library books on my bedside table. Why do I do this to myself?!"#priorities
This one actually contains spoilers???😂
Ella wrote: "This one actually contains spoilers???😂"looool now everyone knows i know how to use spoiler tags
Ella wrote: "Lol that’s true. Sorry!"ella, NEVER apologize. you are a perfect angel
I am confused why you hate what was in the spoiler tags so much. Like that is just life and I don't understand how it is offensive or anything. It is just a book and part of the story line and everything. And that is just a thing that happens in life
absolutely adored the premise, but definitely agree with you on the portrayal of women - some male authors just write women in such a way that screams it’s written from a male perspective
Yeaaaa that final chapter was awful. I was raising my eyebrow at all the emotional labor stuff along the way but that part just put me over.
Yes, the final chapter ruined it for me too!
Yes to everything but especially yes to being a book juggler thanks to library loans all coming the same day 😂
deleted user wrote: "I am confused why you hate what was in the spoiler tags so much. Like that is just life and I don't understand how it is offensive or anything. It is just a book and part of the story line and ever..."you're deleted, but in case anyone else has this question: i think the way it was covered was gross. just one girl's opinion
jackie wrote: "absolutely adored the premise, but definitely agree with you on the portrayal of women - some male authors just write women in such a way that screams it’s written from a male perspective"this exactly
s.penkevich wrote: "Yeaaaa that final chapter was awful. I was raising my eyebrow at all the emotional labor stuff along the way but that part just put me over."absolutely this
¸é²¹±ô³Ü³¦²¹ê§� wrote: "Yes, the final chapter ruined it for me too!"bummer city!
Grace Ann wrote: "Yes to everything but especially yes to being a book juggler thanks to library loans all coming the same day 😂"bookworms of many talents
Could not agree more. I actually didn't realize this was written by a man until like page four and then I *knew*. The ending really ruined the book for me. I like my books without the dash of pro-birth nonsense.
I agree with your review so much. I was loving the book until the last story.
Same here. Felt like an okayish book until the last chapter. It absolutely enraged me.
Yes I agree.I feel like the final chapter was rushed.
omg you put the words on why i'm so uncomfortable with the last story.
Exactly how I felt about this book!!
Austyn wrote: "Could not agree more. I actually didn't realize this was written by a man until like page four and then I *knew*. The ending really ruined the book for me. I like my books without the dash of pro-b..."perfectly said
Sam wrote: "I agree with your review so much. I was loving the book until the last story."it really derailed everything
Shruti wrote: "Same here. Felt like an okayish book until the last chapter. It absolutely enraged me."truly blood boiling
habibaaa wrote: "Yes I agree.I feel like the final chapter was rushed."for sure
Kezia wrote: "omg you put the words on why i'm so uncomfortable with the last story."such a bummer!
Sadie wrote: "Exactly how I felt about this book!!"twins
Reading reviews. . . Thinking about adding it to my WTR/TBR. A NYPL patron I met on a library walking tour had just started it.
Thank you for writing this review! I was about a quarter of the way into this book and not particularly liking it myself. But I don't mind spoilers and yours helped me know I absolutely do not want to read further. Or, if I did, I'd stop before the last story at least. That's definitely not something I want to read as a new mother with very strong opinions on women's health and rights in pregnancy.
Idk if you’ve heard of it, but I think you’d really enjoy this one � The Light of Eternal Springs
I totally agree. My personal feelings as a woman aside (and yes it did upset me to see pregnancy portrayed that way, and it felt obvious that this was a male author), I didn’t find it remotely convincing that they would all just resign themselves to Kei’s death. Doctors in the first world in the 21st century would explain the risks but they’d have her in bed in a hospital, then they’d do a C-section at the earliest safe moment. Heart patients can give birth this way, I thought?
What books are your top in the 'wonderful magical realism' genre
Oh my goodness thank you so much I had NO idea. I am a new mom who had a rough pregnancy and am so triggered by this stuff. I find it awful how often death in childbirth or pregnancy is used as a plot device. It makes the whole process so terrifying.
so what I'm trying to say is, I feel you