What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
212
pages
Longest Book
916
pages
Average book length in
2024
425
pages
Most Shelved
5,659,306
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
12,060
people
also shelved
David’s
average rating for
2024
3.8
3.8
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.60
average
David’s first review of the year
really liked it
4.5 stars. I really like McBride's writing and the worlds he creates. Deacon King Kong just kept sitting me and we will see if The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store has the same effect. But I loved how he collides Jewish and Black culture in Pottstown in the 1970s. It felt like McBride wrote from a real place of understanding and I looked it up to find that he was born to a Jewish mother (who did convert away from Judaism) and Black father. It works b
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David’s last review of the year
it was amazing
Beautiful book. I honestly need to re-read the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn now!
Favorite Quotes:
“Good ain’t got nuttin� to do wif da law. Law says I’m a slave.� We drifted on, our silence becoming quieter.
“Folks be funny lak dat. Dey takes the lies dey want and throws away the truths dat scares ’em.�
“Belief has nothing to do with truth. Believe what you like."
"How strange a world, how strange an existence, that one’s equal must argue for one’s ...more
Favorite Quotes:
“Good ain’t got nuttin� to do wif da law. Law says I’m a slave.� We drifted on, our silence becoming quieter.
“Folks be funny lak dat. Dey takes the lies dey want and throws away the truths dat scares ’em.�
“Belief has nothing to do with truth. Believe what you like."
"How strange a world, how strange an existence, that one’s equal must argue for one’s ...more
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