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Sex, Drugs, and Really Good Writing

Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz

October 5, 2018 by Tragic Sandwich 2 Comments

I can’t remember where I heard of this book, and I’m not sure how it ended up in my shopping cart, but I’m so glad it did. I wound up listening to the audio version during my commute (in L.A., which is fitting), and the match of Mia Barron’s voice to Eve Babitz’s words seemed just perfect. I don’t know what Eve Babitz sounds like, but Barron did an amazing job of making me feel as if I were listening to the author. Eve Babitz […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction Tagged With: eve babitz

Tragic Sandwich's CBR10 Review No:13 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction · Tags: eve babitz ·
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cover of book "Less" showing man falling, surrounded by papers

Less is More

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

September 21, 2018 by Tragic Sandwich 1 Comment

This book won the Pulitzer Prize. I didn’t know that until I sat down to write this review, so I have no idea how it wound up on my radar. I’m very glad it did. Arthur Less is a novelist. He has an enemy and a nemesis, which is a lot of antagonists for someone who isn’t particularly antagonistic; an identity-defining blue suit; friends; and ex-boyfriends, the most recent of whom is marrying another man. And he is about to turn 50. Arthur can’t bring […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Andrew Sean Greer, less

Tragic Sandwich's CBR10 Review No:12 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Andrew Sean Greer, less ·
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Close, But No Cigar

Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser

September 4, 2018 by Tragic Sandwich Leave a Comment

A mother and her twins go missing, and her friends are mystified. Was it the soon-to-be ex-husband? Did she leave on her own, and if so, why? Ultimately, it’s not that suspenseful. I mean, there are things that are unknown, and at the end they are, to one degree or another, known, but there’s only one scene that really has a notable level of tension. I feel like there’s an idea here, and maybe it would have worked better with tighter editing–and probably fewer characters. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Jessica Strawser

Tragic Sandwich's CBR10 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Jessica Strawser ·
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Choosing Change

Everyone Is Beautiful by Katherine Center

August 7, 2018 by Tragic Sandwich Leave a Comment

Every aspect of Lanie Coates’s life has changed, and she’s not sure it’s for the better. She’s the mother of three very young children, her husband is in grad school, and they’ve moved halfway across the country. An encounter in a local park motivates Lanie to change her life and take time for herself, with far-reaching and unexpected consequences. I “found” Center through a podcast, and thought that her focus on finding joy was something I could use in my reading. I liked Lanie, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Everyone Is Beautiful, Katherine Center

Tragic Sandwich's CBR10 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Everyone Is Beautiful, Katherine Center ·
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Book of Monsters

You Were Made for This by Michelle Sacks

June 27, 2018 by Tragic Sandwich Leave a Comment

This book. I can’t even. I’m amazed I stuck it out. I can’t imagine how the author managed to spend so much time with these appalling people in her head. She definitely shows that monstrosity is made, not born, but there is no one I could possibly like. There is no one for whom I retain sympathy. Merry and Sam, two American ex-patriates, live what appears to be an idyllic life in a remote Swedish cabin. But no one is happy, and no one can […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Michelle Sacks

Tragic Sandwich's CBR10 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Michelle Sacks ·
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Surprised Me — In a Good Way

Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner

June 21, 2018 by Tragic Sandwich Leave a Comment

Manon Bradshaw is smart, competent, and lonely. She’s a Detective Sargeant in Cambridgeshire, and while she is having exactly the level of career success she looked for, she spends her off hours trying to build relationships from Internet dates she doesn’t really want to be on. Some of her actions made me think, “Urgh! Don’t do it!” But her actions are what a lot of people do, so it rang true in a way that can be hard to capture on a page. When a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: susie steiner

Tragic Sandwich's CBR10 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: susie steiner ·
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