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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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“Women have power. Go, Girl, go.”

January 15, 2018 by Vern 1 Comment

I first heard of Sheila Nevins maybe 8 or so years ago. I was working at my first job, in the marketing department of an indie film distribution company. We would occasionally luck out and  get the rights to HBO documentaries. My then-boss told me that when it came time for the Emmys and Oscars to listen for Nevins’ name. She was always thanked by the winners—I read that she had sent Joe Berlinger an article about the West Memphis 3 which resulted in Paradise […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Short Stories Tagged With: cb10, essays, sheila nevins, you don't look your age

Vern's CBR10 Review No:2 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Short Stories · Tags: cb10, essays, sheila nevins, you don't look your age ·
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Moonstruck

January 6, 2018 by Vern 4 Comments

This review constitutes many firsts for me. Having fundamentally misunderstood CB9 and not posted a single review, this is my first time cannonball-ing in earnest. This was also my first ever audiobook, and it just so happened that we finished it on the 1st of the New Year. My intrepid fiancé and I were looking for a way to pass 12 hours in a car and I was asked to find an audiobook that was “Adventurous, but also Sci-fi and maybe mysterious.” No short order […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: Andy Weir, Artemis, cb10

Vern's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: Andy Weir, Artemis, cb10 ·
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