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And yet I’m going to read the third one

China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

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On the one hand I ate this book up. Started it and finished it in a single day. On the other hand, I very clearly know that this is not a well-written book. The events are eye-scortchingly INSANE and the plot is fast-paced but man is this going to be so much better as a movie. Yes, I still need to see the first one. But in my head this kind of conspicuous consumption works much better in a visual medium. One of my biggest problems with this book is our presumptive leading lady, Rachel Chu. So often in these […]

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10/19/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:120 |

Myth lost in the novelization

Circe by Madeline Miller

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I appear to be in the minority who was not blown away by this book, but y’know, the world takes all types. It’s not that I didn’t like the book, it’s just that I somehow found it a little bit forgettable. I’ve got a soft spot for ancient mythology and the way that somehow nothing and everything makes sense, and by filling in the holes it lost some of the magic. Which is hilarious, in a book about a witch (or goddess of magic, however you want to tell it). See? Isn’t it better when it’s everything and makes no […]

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10/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:119 |

H*cking finally

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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Lord save me from the overrated ramblings of mediocre white men. What possessed Craig Ferguson to write this? Did he just want to add “writer” to his list of credits? Was he thumbing his nose at the literary world just to see what they would publish? Had he somehow deluded himself into thinking this was good? In a weird way, reading this made me think of watching that new movie, The Front Runner, in that it made me question why it existed in the first place. I got nothing from it but ocular exhaustion from rolling my eyes. This was the […]

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10/16/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:118 |

Accessible doesn’t mean bad

milk and honey by Rupi Kaur

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I am much more familiar with art as a visual media rather than a written one, but it seems like you encounter quite a bit of the same critique. There are some in the art world who deride accessible art, especially Instagram-friendly art, as somehow less than “real” art. That because the masses can appreciate it, it doesn’t carry the caliber that a professional would understand. It’s a criticism I don’t much care for – just because it’s pretty doesn’t mean it’s bad (and inversely, just because it’s weird af doesn’t mean it’s GOOD) (and also Jeff Koons is a […]

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10/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:117 |

This felt a little good to read right now

The Power by Naomi Alderman

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This weekend was either the worst weekend or the perfect weekend to start and finish reading The Power by Naomi Alderman. It’s a what-if novel – what if first teenage girls and the women awoke within themselves powerful abilities that made them the physically dominant gender? What would change? How would it change? And how quickly? I have a feeling that Naomi Alderman is a big N. K. Jemisin fan because her writing style feels very similar, just … stilted. Like it’s not how she naturally wants to write, it’s an affectation. I’m a huge Jemisin fangirl so I feel you, […]

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10/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:116 |

Coffee is a food group

The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

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This book took me a little longer to read than I anticipated, in part because I was so busy talking about it. It’s incredibly well-written, exceptionally fascinating, and a g-d TRUE STORY and if you’re anything like me, not fully awake till your third cup of coffee, you’ll love it. The Monk of Mokha is another book where I didn’t read the description closely enough and thought it would be a novel (I mean, c’mon, look at that cover). But nope. Pretty quickly it established that is a true story about a real person and what he did as is doing […]

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10/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:115 |

And I’m not even a short story fan

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

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I have a hard time with short stories because I really like diving deep into a novel and getting lost in the sheer volume of words and worlds which makes it all the more remarkable how electrifying and engaging I found Her Body and Other Stories to be. Be prepared to be all too attached to this book, to physically itch to read it. I was completely enthralled from start to finish. This is the third collection of short stories I’ve read this year and holy moly did is blow all the other two out of the water. In part I […]

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10/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:114 |

Rainbow Rowell is an evil genius

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

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Popular books are popular for a reason – I look a look at the bingo list and I’d read all of them. Which meant I was free to opt for the reread of my choosing! And I chose the Rainbow Rowell book I’d only read once: Attachments Minor quibble: no one ever actually attaches anything. But that’s really my only quibble, so you know this book is damn solid. Okay second quibble. What Lincoln does is really creepy and inexcusable and when Beth does finally get to confront him she makes a (mean) joke and then immediately apologizes which … I […]

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9/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:113 |


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