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bookishfreedom · 5 months

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This is easily my favorite book I've reviewed through NetGalley and one I have every intention of buying my own copy of!!

Someday We'll Find It tells the story of Bliss, a teenage girl living with her aunt and uncle in rural Illinois, after her mother left her behind to pursue her modeling career. Bliss has it all figured out: she's dating the popular boy, River, and she works doubly hard not to let her aunt and uncle see her as a burden. But then she meets Blake, a boy who seems to see her like no one else does, and then, her Mama returns. Bliss is swept up in all the change, and has to figure out what's best for her: the life she worked so hard to prepare for herself, and the life she's always wanted.

I will say that this story probably won't be for everyone, but the reasons many people won't enjoy this book are exactly what made me love it. Bliss's voice is so strong; she really felt like a living breathing person, and so did every person around her. But the strength of her voice made the story start a bit slow, as you get a feel for what the world looks like through Bliss's eyes. (But once I got sucked in, there was no turning back!) She talks the way I would expect a teenager from a small town who had limited education growing up to talk, so if you can't handle intentionally bad grammar, you probably shouldn't pick up this book. Personally, I thought it made her feel even more real.

I would also consider Bliss to be an unreliable narrator (which again, not for everyone, but I love.) We are seeing the world and the people in it through her lens and have to make our own judgments. The people in Bliss's life, and even Bliss herself, are deeply flawed. Even the smallest side characters were lively and flawed and entirely real. I felt every range of emotions reading this book: happy, sad, and absolutely furious. If you have to like the characters in a book to enjoy the book, this one is not for you. But if you like seeing an honest look at family, at the ways people can be terrible to one another even with the best of intentions, or if you like characters that live in gray areas, and watch them figure things out anyway? Pick this one up ASAP

I felt like I was really on this journey with Bliss, and even when she made the wrong call, I was rooting for her every step of the way. (And did I mention this is a debut??? Can't wait to see what Jennifer Wilson comes up with next.)

TW: discussions of SA, domestic violence, abandonment

Many thanks to HarperTeen and NetGalley for the free review copy❤️

#someday we’ll find it #jennifer wilson #booklr #netgalley #harperteen #books #book #reading #read #reader #bookish #mine #bookblr #bookworm #review #bookreview #book recs #book recommendation

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dk-thrive · 7 months

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but love pushes us along...

–Jennifer Wilson, in her book review titled "J. M. Coetzee’s Interlingual Romance" on J. M. Coetzee’s The Pole (The New Yorker, Sept 25, 2023)

#Jennifer Wilson #love #J.M. Coetzee

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mariocki · 5 months

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Jennifer Wilson guest stars as Ruby Benson, the frightened wife of an escaped prisoner, in Gideon's Way: The Tin God (1.14, ITC, 1965)

#fave spotting #jennifer wilson #gideon's way #itc #1965 #classic tv #character actors #the brothers #the tin god #<3

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kwebtv · 8 months

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Special Branch - ITV - September 17, 1969 - May 9, 1974

Police Drama (53 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Derren Nesbitt as Detective Chief Inspector Elliot Jordan (1969–1970)

George Sewell as Detective Chief Inspector Alan Craven (1973–1974)

Morris Perry as Charles Moxon (1969–1970)

Fulton Mackay as Detective Chief Superintendent Alec Inman (1969–1970)

Patrick Mower as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Haggerty (1973–1974)

Roger Rowland as Detective Sergeant Bill North (1969–1974)

Keith Washington as Detective Constable John Morrissey (1969–1970)

Paul Eddington as Strand (1974)

Frederick Jaeger as Commander Fletcher (1970–1974)

Wensley Pithey as Detective Superintendent Eden (1969)

Jennifer Wilson as Detective Sergeant Helen Webb (1969)

#Special Branch #TV #ITV #1970's #Police Drama #Derrin Nesbitt #Wensley Pithey #Jennifer Wilson

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thisbluespirit · 2 years

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Jennifer Wilson as Det. Sgt. Helen Webb in Special Branch (S1, Thames TV, 1969).

#special branch #gif #jennifer wilson #helen webb #derren nesbitt #1960s #spies #<3 #my gifs

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guarionexjr · 2 years

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Jennifer Wilson

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#Jennifer Wilson #Guarionex Rodriguez Jr

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rajkumar0123 · 9 months

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#jennifer wilson

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esqueletosgays · 6 months

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HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003)

Director: Rob Zombie Cinematography: Alex Poppas, Tom Richmond

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brachiocephalics · 3 months

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normal show with normal parallels

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fortheloveofbuddie · 7 months

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* Buck is asleep on the couch next to Eddie*

Chim: Didn’t he just finish his fourth cup of coffee before he fell asleep?

Eddie: Fifth. But for Buck, caffeine is like taking a sleeping pill

Chim: Isn’t that very common for people with ADHD?

Eddie: Your point being?

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dreamduality · 16 days

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Letters the characters wrote for Kutner on an obituary website

#hugh laurie #house md #greg house #robert sean leonard #james wilson #rsl #hilson #housemd #robert chase #lisa cuddy #olivia wilde #remy hadley #eric foreman #chris taub #jennifer morrison #allison cameron #jesse spencer

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mariocki · 2 years

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The Brothers: Investigations (4.3, BBC, 1974)

"Your father founded this company. Why do you want to sell shares to outsiders?"

"Well, as far as I'm concerned, I don't."

"Then why did you allow it to happen? Hammond's has always been a family business. Well, your father would turn in his grave if he knew what you were doing."

"Then Father should have left me in control of it, instead of deliberately arranging the opposite! He didn't trust me, that's what it amounts to. He thought that I needed Brian and David and Jennifer Kingsley, but once they get together my hands are tied."

#the brothers #BBC #classic tv #1974 #Roderick Graham #N.J. Crisp #Gerard Glaister #Patrick O'connell #Jennifer Wilson #Jean Anderson #Robin chadwick #Richard Easton #Hilary tindall #Derek benfield #Murray hayne #Margaret ashcroft #Jonathan Newth #the double dealing is in full sway already; with Brian and David scheming to bring a new director onto the board (and thus break #Ted's tie breaking monopoly) the elder Hammond brother sets about stacking the odds for himself with good old Bill Riley #he's also bought a snazzy new car and had a sign put on his parking space. nothing says midlife crisis like a personalised car parking #space Eddy.. elsewhere Brian follows up on a minor plot point from the previous series‚ a telegram Ann sent to Nick (bleugh) Fox whilst he #was abroad. I'm particularly impressed with this plot point bc it's a nice attention to a minor detail as well as organically setting up #Brian discovering their affair AND it's a nicely in character thing to do too (the eternal accountant‚ of course Brian would check through #their telephone charges). as the cogs start to whir‚ Brian's work starts to suffer‚ and just as a big contract is being hammered out #less happily (for me) Jenny seems to be getting closer to Mr Martin the bank man. I like him‚ I do‚ but let's face it Jenny and Ted #are end game! still at least it gets them out of the office and we have some nice location stuff going on #the final mystery of the week: the mysterious case of Gabrielle Drake.. she's been conspicuously absent from the series so far #initially away on a film shoot and now simply out of the room or just having left it whenever she's mentioned.. could she have moved on #to pastures new? that would eventually require a storyline to sort out just where Jill had ended up.. here's hoping it was just a schedule #issue and she'll turn up safe and sound...

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teenageread · 2 years

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Review: Someday We’ll Find It

Synopsis:

Raw and unvarnished, Jennifer Wilson’s debut about one girl’s messy, unglamorous, very real summer in central Illinois is perfect for fans of Emergency Contact and Far from the Tree.

“Where to?” Blake asks.

“Anywhere but here,” I say.

Seventeen-year-old Bliss Walker has been stuck in a home that doesn’t feel like hers for six years. Ever since Mama dropped her off and never came back.

Then, the summer before her senior year of high school, two things happen: Mama returns out of the blue, and Bliss meets Blake, a boy who listens like everything she has to say is worth hearing.

It should be a dream come true. But as the summer spins on, Bliss finds herself facing a painful choice: between the life she’s always longed for, and the world she’s starting to make for herself.

Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Bryan Bliss, this unforgettable debut takes readers on a heartbreakingly real journey of self-worth, understanding, and finding the people who believe in you.

Plot:

Bliss Walker knew her boyfriend River was crazy for her. River waited an entire year for Bliss to break up with her then boyfriend, when River could have had any girl he wanted. Choosing Bliss, they were happy, with plans to live at Granny’s once River owned the house, and travel around the USA in River’s white pickup truck. Sure River got mad at her a lot, like having to drive her into town so she could buy ingredients to bake her cousin Patsy a birthday cake, or got mad at her when she took too long to get ready, but they were in love and perfect for each other. Right? Bliss found herself in this small town six years ago when her Mama dropped Bliss off at Aunt Trish’s place, saying that she had to model in Japan and could not take Bliss with her. Fighting for her place, she and her cousin Patsy almost became sisters, but an incident with Nathan kept them at the feuding cousin's relationship point. When stranded on the side of the road, Blake Wu picks her up and offers to take her anywhere. To repay him, and being very drunk at River’s party, Bliss finds Blake standing over the gravesite of an elephant and decides to kiss him. Horrified because she cheated on River, Bliss was going to stay away from Blake, which lasted mere hours as Patsy got them a job working for Blake by walking beans. When her Mama comes back for an unexpected visit, Bliss’s summer gets turned upside down as she has to choose between doing what her Mama wants her to do, doing what River wants her to do, or doing what she wants to do.

Thoughts:

Jennifer Wilson wrote this book about a hot summer in a small town, where beauty queen Bliss finds herself being torn in two. From a third-person point of view, you follow seventeen-year-old Bliss who is trying to be what everyone wants her to be - a perfect girl for River, a yes girl for Mama, helpful to Aunt Trish, and a friend to Patsy. It is only Blake who wants Bliss to be herself, and for Bliss that is difficult because she doesn't know who she is. Wilson writes the characters to be full of life, and that life is essentially hating on Bliss. You feel bad for our girl at every turn because no matter what she does someone is mad at her. The worst is River. Wilson writes him to be the typical “I-love-you-but-also-hate-you” boyfriend, as where he is hot and cold towards her, telling her one minute he loves her, the next fuming mad because she asks him to do a reasonable thing (like take her home early). Where River is the worst, Wilson makes it clear by giving us the comparison to Blake, who seems to like Bliss for more than her body. Blake and Bliss’s relationship is near perfect, near because Bliss did cheat on River which is not cool, as Wilson writes easy conversion between the two of them where Bake is trying to figure Bliss out, only to find out that Bliss does not know who Bliss is. Other characters in the book are Nathan (jerk), Patsy (jerk), Mama (a big jerk), and Aunt Trish (who's trying their best). I wish Wilson gave more people who cared about Bliss because it does get challenging reading a book where the main character gets dragged on by everyone and does not stand up for themselves. The ending is good as Bliss does find her backbone, I just wished it came early on in the book. Based on rural central Illinois, realizing that some boyfriends are not meant to be, and figuring out who you are, this book is for those who want a sticky night summer read, about bean fields and love in unexpected places.