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CBR 6

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It’s getting plainer all the time

Bonnet Strings by Saloma Miller Furlong

March 2, 2014 by anotterchaos Leave a Comment

This book is the follow up to Why I Left The Amish.  That book dealt with the author’s “now”, her mature years while confronting her father’s impending death, and her remote past, her childhood.  This book fills in her young adult years. Saloma grew up in an abusive family, physically abused, emotionally damaged, and sexually violated. As we left her in the first book, she was escaping to the real world of her dreams, Vermont. Saloma makes what seems to be a successful transition. She […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: abuse, Amish, biography, incest

anotterchaos's CBR6 Review No:12 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: abuse, Amish, biography, incest ·
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It’s plain to see…

Why I Left the Amish by Saloma Miller Furlong

March 2, 2014 by anotterchaos Leave a Comment

Working as I do with the Amish, it’s interesting for me to get a look at what Amish life is like when we English aren’t around.  Bearing in mind that this is a different state (and the Amish can differ quite a bit from one church district to another, let alone another state), and a different era, it is still clear that the Amish are just people, dealing with many of the same issues we all do, but in a completely different framework. Saloma left […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: abuse, Amish, biography, incest

anotterchaos's CBR6 Review No:11 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: abuse, Amish, biography, incest ·
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Ya gotta pay the rent

Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp

March 2, 2014 by anotterchaos Leave a Comment

When I watch the musical Rent, I get carried away by the emotion, the stories, and of course, the music.  I cry. But when you actually think about it, it’s really a bit whiny (Really?  You think you should be able to live there for free because you’re fabulous?). This is a bit how I feel about this book.  I get caught up in the stories, the emotion. I cried, I admit it.  But really, it is a bit angsty, a bit whiny, a lot […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir

anotterchaos's CBR6 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: ·
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On the Road Again

Letters from Backstage: The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor by Michael Kostroff

February 26, 2014 by anotterchaos 1 Comment

See, this is what I get when I read two books on the same topic sequentially. The title says it.  Michael Kostroff is one of those actors that make you say, “Hey!  That guy!  What was he in?”  In this book, the answer is “The Producers” (ensemble and understudy for Max Bialystock), and “Les Miserables” (Thenardier). Like the last book I reviewed, Unnaturally Green, this is a memoir of a touring actor.  In the first book, the actor is young, and green in more ways […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: broadway, les mis, producers, theater

anotterchaos's CBR6 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: broadway, les mis, producers, theater ·
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It’s not easy being green

Unnaturally Green by Felicia Ricci

February 22, 2014 by anotterchaos Leave a Comment

Wow, is that post title a cop out. Anyhow, this is a memoir from an Elphaba.  An Elphaba stand-by, actually. It’s a fun look, for any musical theater geek, behind the big green curtain.  What goes on in there?  What do stand-bys do?  How crazy are those costumes?  Did the flying machinery ever break down? (Not answered, BTW). It’s also a memoir of a young woman plagued with insecurities and fears of failure, both in her professional & personal lives. It began as a blog, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, musical theater, Non-Fiction, wicked

anotterchaos's CBR6 Review No:8 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, musical theater, Non-Fiction, wicked ·
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Jeeves gets to the bottom of it

Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulk

February 20, 2014 by anotterchaos 2 Comments

A valiant show, old boy. Sebastian Faulk has set himself a difficult task: to write in the style of a man who wrote as no one else ever had.  Wodehouse’s style, his lightness and clever touch with a plot, and mostly, his two memorable characters, have set him apart from other writers of his generation & others.  (And if you’ve never read Wodehouse, shame on you.) Mr. Faulk makes a reasonable job of it. The plot, like any good J. & W. tale, is convoluted, […]

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anotterchaos's CBR6 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·
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