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Reading has slowed down a bit lately, but I won't let that stop me!

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“How Many Times Does a Person Write his Name in a Lifetime—a Million? Two Million?”

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

October 21, 2021 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

I finished listening to this audiobook (beautifully narrated by Sarita Choudhury) months ago, but couldn’t bring myself to write a review. And I’m not really sure why, because it’s not like I didn’t like this book. In fact, I loved it: it is one of my favourite books that I’ve read/listened to in quite some time. I’m also so sure that I’ve seen Mira Nair’s film adaptation of this novel at some point, and yet I can barely remember anything about it. Time for a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

Lisa Bee's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake ·
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Another Girl-Gone-Missing for Aficionados of the Genre, but the Conclusion Just Didn’t Work for Me

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas

September 4, 2021 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

I haven’t been as drawn to the YA genre as of late, but picked up this audiobook on a whim regardless. And as it turns out, it was one of the more compelling listens throughout than a lot of what I’ve been getting into these past few months. That is, until the ending: try as it might to have a big, surprising and meaningful drop, it just didn’t have the impact compared to the rest of the twists, turns, and theorizing within the novel. And […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Kara Thomas, little monsters

Lisa Bee's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Kara Thomas, little monsters ·
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A Brief Moment in Time– In the Stories and In My Mind Alike

Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

August 30, 2021 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

Filthy Animals is a novel composed of a group of short stories and characters that all link together in some form or another. The first story deals with an emotional young man named Lionel as he begins embarking on strange and perilous encounters with a man in an open relationship. From there, we also meet a babysitter who has exploded her life, a group of teenagers that engage in a night of emotional and physical violence against one another, dancers at an academy, and a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Brandon Taylor, filthy animals

Lisa Bee's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Brandon Taylor, filthy animals ·
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The Amount of Review Titles This Year Where I Say I Feel Apathetic: Well, Here’s Another, Folks!

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

August 19, 2021 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

The amount of times while listening to this audiobook where I just thought to myself, “I really don’t care” was astounding. I hate to say that, because it’s sad when things that once interested you suddenly don’t anymore, but to be honest I didn’t even know that this book (the 3rd and final of the Simon Snow series) was out in the series until I noticed it on a library list. The whole thing just fell from my head and I never felt the absence.  […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: any way the wind blows, Rainbow Rowell, simon snow

Lisa Bee's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: any way the wind blows, Rainbow Rowell, simon snow ·
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Almost a DNF, I Feel So Weary and Jaded

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

July 16, 2021 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

I listened to the novel as an audiobook, and while it started out promising I have to admit that as it went on and on and on, I became more and more weary with the whole ordeal. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I was going to finish it by the end, but I had put so much time in that I had to see how things came together, and what exactly the point of it all would be in the end. And it […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

Lisa Bee's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits ·
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It’s Hard to Know What to Say When Your Feelings are Just Slightly Above Apathy. It’s Fine, You Know?

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

July 2, 2021 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

Truth be told, I listened to this audiobook on a whim as it came up in the new book recommendations of my library app. Sounded interesting enough! And overall, it was an easy and engaging enough listen, though I can’t say that it grabbed me much beyond a passing enjoyment. The Lost Apothecary flits between two time periods (and 3 protagonists’ points of view therein). The first setting is 1791 London, where a woman named Nella works in a hidden apothecary for women, helping them […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: sarah penner, the lost apothecary

Lisa Bee's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: sarah penner, the lost apothecary ·
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