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Who actually wrote this one?

Look Alive, Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich

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Oh, Janet. Did you write this one? It feels like maybe you didn’t. First, a summary. One of Vinnie’s bondees (is that a word?) has gone FTA and forfeited his collateral, The Red River Deli in Trenton, which means that Vinnie is now the proud owner. The only problem? Three managers have gone missing in the last month, so Vinnie taps Stephanie and Lula to run the show. As bad as Stephanie is as a bond enforcement agent, she’s even worse as a deli manager. On the other hand, Lula is surprisingly pretty good at it, even if the health […]

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5/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

Rex and Ranger Have a Sleepover

Hard Core Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

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Rex is a lucky, lucky hamster. Spoilers abound, so… be warned. Simon Diggery is FTA, so Stephanie goes to get him, and he happily goes along with her. Simon’s usually an issue, so when he’s willing to go to jail and hang out there for a while, Stephanie can’t resist asking why. Turns out, there are zombies on the loose, which Simon discovered while grave robbing. Which, okay, but Stephanie’s not interested in zombie hunting because it’s scary, and besides, she’s too busy taking care of Ethel, Simon’s pet boa, while Simon is in the clink. But then Morelli catches […]

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5/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

You, Sir, Are No Colin Firth

The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sarah Angelini

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It has admittedly been a long time since I read Pride & Prejudice. My memories of that book have probably been conflated with the several retreads that have come out in the last twenty years, most notably Bridget Jones. And maybe I need a reread in order to compare Austen to Angelini. Or maybe P&P just isn’t that great (blasphemy!)? But it feels like I’d remember if Original Recipe Darcy was this much of a prick. Judge Fitzwilliam Darcy is a British barrister with an expertise in international law, who also happens to be the youngest judge in San Francisco. […]

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1/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

WTF Indeed

The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker

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A couple of years ago, a movie came and went starring Tina Fey called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the military call letters for WTF. I didn’t even remember the movie until I went looking for reviews for The Taliban Shuffle after I’d read it. I sometimes like to read reviews after I’ve finished a book, just to see if my thinking is in line with the critics’. One thing I discovered while doing so this time, apart from the fact that the book was made in to a movie, was that the reviews are as mixed as the characters in Kim […]

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1/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

(belated) Christmas gift exchange thank you!

Turtles All The Way Down and Forks, Knives, and Spoons: A Novel by John Green and Leah DeCesare

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You may remember that I’ve talked about Boss here before, the man who makes fun of my reading selections, but on a spiritual retreat once took a copy of Hulk Hogan’s biography instead of a “spiritual awakening book”. He dropped an open Amazon box on my desk the other day and said, “Oops. I opened these. I assumed it was for me cause you never get stuff.” So many, many thanks to Lori for my gift of Turtles All The Way Down and Forks, Knives, and Spoons, and extra thanks for giving me one more thing to give him crap […]

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12/15/2017 's CBR9 Review No:0 |

THIS BOOK IS STUPID

Grey by E.L. James

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I’ve decided to half cannonball on this, the worst of all the books I’ve read this year. Mainly because that’s how it’s come up in my giant back log of reviews, but also because it somehow feels fitting after the way this year has gone. I read the originals a year or so after they came out. They read like what they are: poorly written fan fiction based on a not particularly good original story. They’re problematic for all the reasons that have been discussed in zillions of online forums and think pieces. They’re also problematic for all the grammatical […]

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12/10/2017 's CBR9 Review No:26 |

I can’t remember anything about this book except for bioterrorism and Lula with a “personal massager”

Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich

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Somewhere on my Stephanie Plum journey, I missed number 22. And I have to be honest, I don’t quite remember what happened. Wacky shenanigans, Bob pooping everywhere, Lula, Grandma, Mrs. Plum ironing, Morelli being a cop, Ranger hotly being hot… it’s all the same, just with a different bad guy. There’s something about a fraternity (is there a college in Trenton?), a murder of a guy nobody liked, and I kind of remember some sort of radioactive bug or some other kind of weird bioterrorism in the basement of either the college or the fraternity. Which begs the question: is […]

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12/10/2017 's CBR9 Review No:25 |

Hurricanes and Hockey

The Ivy Years series by Sabrina Bowen

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About two months ago, which tells you how far behind I am on my reviews, Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida. Each day we watched the cone move further and further west, until it looked like it was going to come right up the west coast and in to Tampa Bay. And each day, I packed more things into bags and suitcases, until finally, on Friday afternoon, they declared a mandatory evacuation of my entire town. I went home to collect my kid and the last of my important things, filmed the interior of my house, and got the […]

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12/10/2017 's CBR9 Review No:24 |


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