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Finishing out my quarter-Cannonball with a little Odenkirk. Review dump 4.

Comedy Comedy Drama Drama by Bob Odenkirk

Hollywood Said No! by Bob Odenkirk, David Cross

Live From New York by Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller

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What better way to wrap up my little review party than with Mr Bob Odenkirk? We said goodbye to Saul Goodman this year, and Jesus, we almost said goodbye to Bob himself. Which would have been too much for me to take. So in between the final mini-seasons of Better Call Saul, I went on an Odenkirk binge. And I loved it. First up, I listened to Bob’s memoir, Comedy Comedy Drama Drama, read by the author himself. Spanning Bob’s life from his teens, and […]

“And if one is never lost in life, then clearly one has never traveled anywhere interesting.” Review Dump 3.

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

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Thanks to this group, 2022 was the year in which I discovered Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim, otherwise known as the Thursday Murder Club. The Club has a few other members. Donna and Chris, sometimes Bogdan, and even Alan. And I cannot read about their adventures quickly enough. Why aren’t there 90 books about these people? For the very few who do not know, the Thursday Murder Club is a group of seniors who live in a retirement community and review unsolved murder cases in […]

Review Dump 2: My Favorites of the Year. CBR14 Reviews 5-8.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

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In case I don’t get around to finishing all the reviews I was hoping to before the deadline…I wanted to make sure to share my thoughts on my four favorite books of the year: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow; This Time Tomorrow; The Candy House; and Sea of Tranquility. 2022 was an amazing year for books. I preordered Sea of Tranquility and received in on release day. I finished it on release day too. I was a little nervous that I wouldn’t love it quite […]

Mainlining Scotland to Make Me Feel Better. CBR 14 reviews 2-4.

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan

The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

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First. I have been the worst reviewer this year. I kept meaning to sit down and write, because I have read more books than ever this year, but life just kept getting in my way. As it does. And yet, here I am, in week two of a positive Covid test, and I’ve finished binging all the shows (SIDE NOTE: how had I slept on For All Mankind for so long?). No time like the present to get started. A few weeks ago, I saw […]

Why show when you can just tell?

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

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Have you seen Mare of Eastown? This is a lot like that. But without coffee from Wawa. And without Jean Smart. And without good writing or realistic characters. If you’ve seen that, no need to read this. Really, no need to read this at all. I had the mystery solved before the first chapter had ended and tortured myself to finish to prove I was right. Chloe Davis is an amazingly brilliant and wonderful young psychologist living in Baton Rouge. We know she is amazingly […]

“Mum spent a lot of time in my formative years gently reminding me that people don’t think about us nearly as much as we think they do, because they’re all busy worrying what people are thinking about them.” 

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

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Imagine a high school that has zero teachers or staff, just students trying to learn and advance. When you show up the first day of freshman year you don’t leave until graduation day senior year. All you have with you is what you had in your pockets or even in your mouth — No suitcases or trunks. It’s a school of magic, but not like Hogwarts or Watford. And that school is actively trying to kill you. This is the world that our “heroine,” El […]



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