Every Little Thing
2 journalers for this copy...
This is a book I bought at The Write Bookshop in St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada, during my trip to Ontario to celebrate Canada's sesquicentennial.
I'd read a book of short stories by this author before and found his writing extremely good.
I'd read a book of short stories by this author before and found his writing extremely good.
I struggled with this book. I came to it very eagerly because I was familiar with another book of short stories by the same author. The problem I mostly had was that I really disliked the characters. I liked Cohen Davies, the protagonist, well enough. We met this young man at the beginning of the book in a prison cell. The main thrust of the book was to tell the story leading up to his imprisonment. We learn about his family (mom, dad, and brother Ryan), his boss Clarence at work, and his new flirtatious neighbor, Allie Catherine Crosbie. As things began to go wrong, I had this thought that I would like to take Cohen out of this novel completely and put him in another story with kinder, gentler people.
As the story came to its conclusion, I finally saw the need for everything that went wrong to be that way...as it was indeed the reason he had been sentenced to prison. The end of the book had a plot twist which I found interesting enough, but then the very end...was vague. Why...after reading through the entire story was there no real outcome? I felt cheated in a way.
As the story came to its conclusion, I finally saw the need for everything that went wrong to be that way...as it was indeed the reason he had been sentenced to prison. The end of the book had a plot twist which I found interesting enough, but then the very end...was vague. Why...after reading through the entire story was there no real outcome? I felt cheated in a way.
I'm releasing this book to a fellow BookCrosser at the annual BCinDC Holiday party. We're playing "The First Line Game". :D
The first line of this book is...
He'd close his eyes and thoughts of Allie would pinball around in his head--thudding and dinging and keeping him awake.
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Hello and welcome to BookCrossing ... where we make the whole world a library!
Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu , or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
The first line of this book is...
He'd close his eyes and thoughts of Allie would pinball around in his head--thudding and dinging and keeping him awake.
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Hello and welcome to BookCrossing ... where we make the whole world a library!
Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!
I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu , or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.
Enjoy the book!
This book was leftover at the end of the BC-in-DC holiday gathering, so I picked it up to contribute to my hospital's book cart.
Journal Entry 5 by Firegirl at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia USA on Monday, December 17, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (12/20/2018 UTC) at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on the book cart in the main waiting area.