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updated: mom of actual adult person / pretty damned good bartender...when that was a thing (hey, it's a thing again!)/ hate hate hate writing but inexplicably always want to do this / COVID silver lining: s o m u c h r e a d i n g / I was wrong to be optimistic about my 2020 participation. Or about anything re: 2020. We'll see about 2021. <---LOL didn't write shit in 2021 or 2022 either (yet?). Y'all are awesome, though.

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Cover of A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames

That’s a lotta corpses, bro

A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames

January 12, 2023 by chatelaine Leave a Comment

I liked the other Jonathan Ames books I’ve read, and learned ten seconds ago that he’s the creator of Bored to Death, which, for anyone who doesn’t know, is a show on HBO Max (which I haven’t seen, but which multiple people have told me I’d like). Anyway. A guy named Happy Doll – for real, his parents named him that…seriously? a little much right off the bat – is an ex-cop who’s now a fairly unsuccessful, i.e., not busy,  private detective. A friend comes […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, detective, Fiction, jonathan ames, Noir, police

chatelaine's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, detective, Fiction, jonathan ames, Noir, police ·
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what IS your deal??

Sugar Street by Jonathan Dee

January 6, 2023 by chatelaine Leave a Comment

I read this book in half a day. I enjoyed the first third or so, then was increasingly frustrated with its lack of focus and definitely unsatisfied by the ending. This (unnamed) guy is on the run. That is interesting – you know, how would you even do that? Turns out it’s pretty difficult. He’s only using cash, has no ID, has fled his home, ditched his car, all of the things, in an effort to disappear. He ends up in an (unnamed) city, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, crime, Fiction, Jonathan Dee, Sugar Street

chatelaine's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, crime, Fiction, Jonathan Dee, Sugar Street ·
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despair and disorientation

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

January 2, 2023 by chatelaine 2 Comments

3.75 stars Nuri and Afra are Syrian refugees trying to make their way to England, where Nuri’s cousin, who also fled Syria, awaits them. They’ve suffered a loss that’s left Afra blind and functionally paralyzed with grief. This grief is like a tangible thing Nuri has to negotiate while at the same time trying to persuade her to leave, and also to keep from her as much as possible the level of danger they’re in by staying. Their PTSD, despair, and loss of hope have […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, Christy Lefteri, Fiction, Syrian refugee crisis

chatelaine's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, Christy Lefteri, Fiction, Syrian refugee crisis ·
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cover of The Bridesmaid by Ruth Rendell

You know how you can make it up to me? MURDER

The Bridesmaid by Ruth Rendell

December 26, 2022 by chatelaine Leave a Comment

3.5 stars I’ve read and enjoyed quite a few books by Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine, so this caught my eye. Philip is an absolutely run-of-the-mill man: decent looking, recently out of college, working in a field he pretty much likes and with dreams of bigger things, living with his mom and sister, just out of a relationship because he wasn’t ready to/couldn’t commit as fully as his ladyfriend wanted him to. You know, regular guy. His relationships with his mom and two sisters — all of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Fiction, ruth rendell

chatelaine's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Fiction, ruth rendell ·
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I don’t know Weather I liked it hahahahahaha

Weather by Jenny Offil

December 22, 2022 by chatelaine Leave a Comment

Full disclosure: I read this, apparently, in 2016, and wrote a little about it. Then I read it again a couple of months ago, after reading somewhere that Jenny Offil and I are the same age and went to the same university (not at the same time) — totally irrelevant, but it brought me back to the book. Came to actually post something, and saw some more evidence of my shitty memory. Soooo two of the following paragraphs are new. If this doesn’t count, that’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: American Fiction, Fiction, Jenny Offil

chatelaine's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: American Fiction, Fiction, Jenny Offil ·
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Thank you, Liz!!!

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December 21, 2022 by chatelaine Leave a Comment

Liz (tiny_bookbot), thank you so very much! These arrived a few days ago, and it’s taken me a minute to post because I got lost in reading right away. These wonderful books are both right up my alley, and I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Happy holidays to Liz, and to all you other ‘ballers!

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2022

Genres: Fiction · Tags: Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2022 ·
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