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About Templeton

CBR16 Participant

First timer and felt motivated to participate in honor of my mother who was a big advocate of reading and died this past Oct from cancer. F* cancer!

Templeton's Reviews:

Je me souviens

The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez

January 15, 2024 by Templeton Leave a Comment

A synopsis of the book on its cover reads: “three strangers are thrown together in one Manhattan apartment: a solitary writer; a Gen Z college drop-out; and a spirited parrot named Eureka.” Yes and no – yes, some may argue that it is the central story but for me that is generalizing just one aspect of the book. The Vulnerables is more about the musings and observations of the central character (the writer) from her point of view all centered around the onset of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #NewYorkCity, pandemic, sigrid nunez

Templeton's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #NewYorkCity, pandemic, sigrid nunez ·
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Nevertheless, they persisted

Bright Young Women: A Novel by Jessica Knoll

January 7, 2024 by Templeton 2 Comments

From Harper’s Bazaar, Best Books of 2023: Don’t miss this “breakneck thriller based on Ted Bundy’s heinous crimes [following] two women with connections to the murders and their search for justice…a sharp examination of our culture’s obsession with serial killers and true crime” I was unaware while reading Jessica Knoll’s Bright Young Women: A Novel that the story was inspired by Ted Bundy’s murders of two sorority girls at Florida State University in 1978. The novel recounts the events and more importantly the aftermath of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: jessica knoll

Templeton's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: jessica knoll ·
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