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I've been lurking on Pajiba since 2006, and loved Alabama Pink. Anything we can do in her memory is A-Ok by me. I'm an avid reader, love cooking, comedy, snarky humor, travel, and learning new things. I listen to many of my books while doing boring things around the house to keep up with a job and 3 little ones.

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Don’t Judge THIS Book by the Cover (seriously)

Beach Read by Emily Henry

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Disclaimer: I picked up this title based upon an NPR Books discussion, and upon seeing the cover, really had no idea what I was getting myself into, as evidenced by the fact that I offered it up to my MIL’s book club, which includes her sisters and 82-year old, very Catholic mother.  Heavens to Betsy.  There are very few beaches in this book, that’s what I’m telling you. January Andrews, authoress and former girlfriend to a handsome doctor, is broke.  At the funeral of her […]

Spoiler Alert: This Book is Nothing but Fun & Sexy Times

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

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Ooh, boy.  Buckle up, Buttercup, it’s about to get steamy in here. April Whittier, geologist, is a competent, brilliant, funny, lovely woman who has a serious job in Sacramento with a burning secret: she writes FanFic for her favorite show “Gods of the Gates,” a mainstream and wildly popular adaptation of Greek/Roman mythology.  April has gone to great lengths to compartmentalize her real life and online life, but decides to make a change, moving her to the more open and accepting (?) area of Oakland/Berkeley, […]

Must love Idiots and Bridges

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

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I read (actually listened) to this book directly after reading the review of another CBR reviewer (thanks, Narfna!), and finished it in 2 days.  I rarely tear through books these days due to meddling kids always being underfoot and a demanding work schedule, but this novel was the exception.  It made me want to fold an extra load of laundry, volunteer to do the dishes, and myriad other household chores so I could be left alone to linger in the world Backman created. I won’t […]

The Riyria Revelations Series (Books #1-6)

The Riyria Revelations (Books 1-6) by Michael J. Sullivan

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Well, first review of the year, and this is a doozy!  It’s kind of impossible to attempt to divide out all 6 books, so I’ll do this in a combined post.  I did consume this series via audiobook, and the fantastic narrator (combined with the tasks of taking down Christmas, laundry, holiday chore catch up), made the time sail by, hence all 6 at once.  🙂 The basic plot is this:  Two men are brought together by a wise scholar for an impossible heist.  Royce […]

I’m Gonna Armada Your Face!

Armada by Ernest Cline

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Upon deciding to pick up this book because you loved Ready Player One, kindly disregard all hopes and dreams of a Ready Player One Part Deux.  It is not a sequel, follow up, or companion piece, and to expect such will leave you disappointed. Plot synopsis: Zack Lightman is a high-school guy with an obsession with all things sci-fi and video-game related.  He’s a dreamer, a classic underachiever, and not really one of the cool kids in his class.  He spends his days playing Armada and Terra […]



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