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#bannedbooksunday today's book is Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. This book was banned due to passages that were "Extremely vulgar detailing sexual acts". The National Coalition Against Censorship had this to say on its banning "Removing a book with recognized literary and pedagogical merit simply because a few parents disapprove of it not only disserve the educational interests of students but also raises serious constitutional concerns."

A particolar book.. When I read this book I tought the boy is a "special" boy because every adventures is a "special" adventure.

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Picked up on a whim off a table in the library featuring books that had been banned at some point. The protagonist is so impactful and funny and heartbreaking. True reminder of how difficult childhood is, even without any major tragedy. P impressive how the author wove in the grandparents' history during WWII. The different manifestations of grief across characters were fascinating. So good.

While this will never surf one of my top favorites lists, I am glad I took time to experience this book. I don‘t say read because it really does feel like an experience with the imagery throughout, bizarre and long-winded writing style, and emotionally evoking perspectives from different family members. A young boy loses his dad in 9/11 and his journey to seek comfort and his dad after death makes us realize how fragile and beautiful life is.

Picked up on a whim off a table in the library featuring books that had been banned at some point. The protagonist is so impactful and funny and heartbreaking. True reminder of how difficult childhood is, even without any major tragedy. P impressive how the author wove in the grandparents' history during WWII. The different manifestations of grief across characters were fascinating. So good.

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Extremely loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Saran Foer
The book and the film tore my heart.

Post 9/11 incident story from a victim‘s son perspective

Hard to read for content- one has to be in a place to receive this story. Organizationally I was unsettled between storylines and point of view. Worth a read, skip the audiobook as there are text features and graphics that you will miss. #julydoublespin #betterlatethannever

Picked these up at a library sale yesterday even though I have eleventy billion unread books at home. Why am I like this?

I‘m going to power through the rest of my September reviews before I sleep in prep for the big readathon tomorrow.🎉

I was skeptical about this one for years (golly the reviews are SO polarized), but I fell decidedly to the pick side. Heartbreaking while also heartwarming, Oskar‘s story of grief and healing is compelling, and the writing and narrative choices really worked for me.

Glad I chose for #RelatedTo911 prompt for #Booked2021.

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I tried this on audio earlier this year, but it wasn‘t working for me. So glad I picked up the book to see all of the extra pictures included...it‘s adding to the reading experience! #bookspinbingo

Early Sunday evening I went to pull a book from my Bookspin stack, when this book stood out on my TBR. And I knew. I knew this was the book I‘d read next because 20 years ago this was the last Labor Day, the last day, before the worst day. It‘s a beautiful story.

#QuotsyAug21 Day 10: #Skyscraper

The backdrop for the story is 9/11 but it‘s really about a precocious boy embarking on an adventure through NYC while dealing with the aftermath of tragedy. It was at turns funny, sad and beautiful.

I really loved this book, especially the narrative choices. The grandmother's ending seemed off to me, but otherwise I loved it.

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Thanks @Mavey for the tag!

#CuriousCovers Day 2: Red and white ❤️🤍

This has been on my TBR and bookshelf for ages. Might have to get to it soon

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#OppositeDay #Quiet Still haven‘t read it.

I find it fascinating to dive into the heads of childeren. The story is heartbreaking at times, but also made me laugh extremely loud. The end made me sad, but overall the book is full of hope and adventure. Will read again!
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This was a very strange book, but I liked it. It reminded me of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.“ The story is also narrated by a child trying to sort out a mystery that he isn't able to fully understand.

Up next on audio. 🎧
#bookspinbingo

Day 9 - #Incredible #WordsOfOctober
#ExtremelyLoudandIncrediblyClose #JonathanSafranFoer

I read this in Feb. It is an uplifting myth which was born of the sorrows of 9/11. Parts were hilarious but heartbreaking. I found it difficult to once again hear about people jumping from the World Trade Center unable to escape the roaring fire. It was great to hear how many families are moving forward. I found Foer to be wise & compassionate. Recommended.

The image of the man falling from the World Trade Center is probably the most troubling one that Oskar (and all of us) saw from the images of the 9/11 attacks. Oskar's terrified of the image but can't stop thinking about it. At the same time it gives him a strange comfort, because he thinks it could be his father and he believes that falling to your death is less painful than burning to death.
#senseoffalling #septembersenses

#3books #setinnewyork

My tenth book of #lockdown has been a good one. I really enjoyed this book although I did find it kind of hard to follow at time with the changing narrator but it was written so well and really makes you able to get inside of the mind of a grieving 9 year old. I watched the film a long time ago but found the book much more gripping

It is an empirical but good read. Could be triggering in some cases but interesting to read about trauma of early 2000's in this different world.

#QuotsyApr20 Day 30: #pocket

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness💔🧳🔒

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#disaster
#reallyrandomfebruary
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This was a powerful read, based on 9/11😥

I‘ve been wanting to read this one for a while, so I finally picked it up as my #tearjerker read. While I didn‘t actually cry, it was a painful book to read. That‘s the best way to describe it: achingly painful. But it‘s a kind of pain that promotes growth. #ReadWithMrBook

Day 10: #stuff #quotsyfeb20

#WeeklyForecast #ReadWithMrBook #ClassicsChallenge2020 #NewberyEpicChallenge #Booked2020 #AtoZLitsy

Listened to this audio today & I wondered why I didn‘t do this sooner. It is an uplifting myth which was born of the sorrows of 9/11. Parts were hilarious yet very heartbreaking. I found it difficult to once again hear about people jumping from the World Trade Center unable to escape the roaring fire. It was great to hear how many families are moving forward. I found Foer to be wise & compassionate and look forward to reading another book by him.

#GratefulReads Day 27: Clearly, my #PreferredFormat is the physical version of the book, hardcover or paperback, doesn‘t really matter - so long as I can feel its heft and weight and pages in the palm of my hands. This is just one of the many bookstores I went to. Here‘s more from my book hunting expeditions in the Bay Area: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kIB

#Movember #future Love this book! 💕
As sad as this quote is, I love it. It hits home so much for me. It speaks to me deeply.
With my husband‘s condition, we are so mindful of always feeling like we‘re on borrowed time. So in response, we treasure every day. We feel so lucky to have had the happiest of marriages, we dont sweat the small stuff and we know we are lucky to have the time together that we do. Every day I get to keep him, is a gift.

Day 6 of #7days7covers #covercrush

@LiljaPleasant would you like to join in?

#7covers7days #covercrush
Day 3

@Ruthiella Want to play? Post a cover for 7 days with no explanation and tag someone every day.

I've never had a book pull on my heartstrings as frequently as this one. A meditation on love and death and war and all the horrible and wonderful things we humans do to each other. And while it got very heavy at times, requiring me to put it down for a bit to recover, it was a true pleasure to read.

This book is just about killing me right now.

“In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place, and in the morning the weatherman could report if the water level of the Reservoir of Tears had gone up or down, and you could know if New York is in heavy boots.”

#30JuneBooks | 13: #MadeYouCry

📷: Made with Typorama

“She had fallen in love so many times that she began to suspect she was not falling in love at all, but doing something much more ordinary.”

7 pages in and already madly in love. Thanks @bec1 for making me buy this!

This was great. I was able to be immersed in the audio book then go back and enjoy re-reading some passages in the physical book. I really enjoyed it :)

So I kinda feel like I‘m doing a disservice to myself by listening to the audiobook. I do read it when I have my lunch break but I am frequently interrupted so it kinda sucks with all that at times :/ anyway I can follow along a little and go back and look at all the cool stuff afterwards though

Been meaning to try this one. It‘s gonna be my next work read :) I‘m gonna do audio and physical

I‘ve never done one of these challenges, and so, have no idea what I‘m doing. But this is one that interests me. #closetome #anglophileapril

What a creative book! While there are certainly parts of this book that are confusing, the overall arc of the story is beautiful. The images that appear throughout the book are an effective method of evoking powerful emotions. Many times, I was left with a lump in my throat after reading powerful, heartbreaking words and turning the page to be sucker punched by an image.

This word flow so easily! I feel like I‘m watching a movie. How did y‘all like it?