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36 years old. Lifelong New Jersey resident. Fan of mystery novels, classic literature, and non-fiction about movies, television, sports, and American history.

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I Guess He Had to Be There

James Acaster's Classic Scrapes by James Acaster

May 20, 2022 by jeverett15 1 Comment

Thanks to my obsession with British panel shows I’ve become quite a fan of James Acaster. His series of Taskmaster was one of the show’s greatest, and he’s maybe the best Would I Lie to You? guest not named Bob Mortimer. I even occasionally listen to his and Ed Gamble’s Off Menu podcast even though I know almost nothing about food beyond the fact that I like to eat it. Part of Acaster’s appeal as a comedian is that he genuinely flirts with the line […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor Tagged With: james acaster

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: james acaster ·
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Turn Out the Lights, the Party’s Over

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

May 18, 2022 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

On the night of their famous end of summer party the four Riva children would seem to the outside world to have it all. Nina, the oldest, is a famous model living in a cliffside mansion bought by her tennis-star husband. Jay Riva is a champion surfer frequently on magazine covers in photos taken by his half-brother Hudson, while youngest child Kit is still in college and a promising surfer in her own right. But as they spend the day of August 27, 1983 preparing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Taylor Jenkins Reid

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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Where Little Cable Cars Climb Halfway to the Stars

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 15, 2022 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

In 1954 San Francisco, high school senior Lily Hu has a lot on her plate. Her busy parents, a doctor and a nurse, rely on her to look after her younger brothers until they get home from work. Her best friend Shirley is still trying to run Lily’s life, wrangling her onto dance committees and trying to set her up on dates with boys. Lily herself is more focused on doing well in her advanced mathematics class so she can get into college and get […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: CannonBookClub, Malinda Lo

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: CannonBookClub, Malinda Lo ·
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I Don’t Have a Clue

The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs

May 15, 2022 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life is the newest effort by author and human lab-rat A.J. Jacobs. After previously attempting such feats as reading the entire Oxford English Dictionary and spending an entire year living by all of the precepts of The Bible, here Jacobs takes a crack at learning about humanity through the unlikely prism of puzzles. Are they just time-wasters or do they have something profound to say […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A.J. Jacobs

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A.J. Jacobs ·
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The Moth Joke Writ Large

Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald

May 8, 2022 by jeverett15 1 Comment

As the subtitle proclaims, this is “Not a Memoir.” What it is, exactly, is harder to pin down. Purporting to be a book written by comedian Norm Macdonald to pay off his gambling debts, it centers on a comedian named Norm Macdonald trying to pay off his gambling debts. At times, Based on a True Story approaches the truth of it’s subject’s life, but never for long. Like its author, the book’s version of Norm was born in Canada, went into stand-up, got on SNL […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor Tagged With: norm macdonald

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: norm macdonald ·
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Something is Rotten in a Made-Up Balkan State

The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

May 6, 2022 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Itinerant wanderer Anthony Cade is bored out of his mind leading tour groups of old biddies in South Africa when a chance encounter with an old friend leads him into a strange new adventure. Anthony is asked to deliver a juicy manuscript written by a former political leader from the made-up state of Herzoslovakia. He is also given a sheaf of letters written between a blackmailer and a young widow and tasked with returning them to her so she won’t worry that they’re still out […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: agatha christie ·
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  • esmemoria on What Else Would You Look With?I wonder if the audio brings out the best in the novel. The last part of the book was pretty great, but I had so...
  • narfna on What Else Would You Look With?Sad you didn't really like this one. I absolutely loved it. Not sure when I will be able to wrap my head around reviewing it....
  • narfna on And now, jump back hundreds and hundreds of years…#BlameMalin on this one for me, too, because she literally sent me a copy.
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