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#CBR Bingo: #Cannonbookclub (Bingo #5)

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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#CBR10Bingo: #CannonBookclub I voted for this book in the most recent Book Club poll because Craig Ferguson’s autobiography is hugely enjoyable and one of the best ones I’ve read/listened to (I have the audiobook, narrated by Ferguson himself), and as a result, I was curious and excited at the chance to read a work of fiction by him. Unlike some who have already reviewed this book (by now quite a few, I’m yet again behind on my reviews), I didn’t really watch a lot of Ferguson’s stuff as a late night host (although I’ve seen quite a few fun interviews he’s done on YouTube […]

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11/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:97 |

So bad it made me make up a bad metaphor

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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So I thought this was going to be Craig Ferguson’s biography.  I know it says “a novel” but I still thought it was semi-biographical at least. I was wrong, it appears. This is not good.  It bounces around and rambles.  Everyone seems to have miserable lives.  Some of the background characters have interesting stories, but as others have mentioned, women are not portrayed well.  I didn’t hate it as much as other people, but I didn’t like it either.   We follow certain people around, the brothers Saul and Leon, George, and Fraser.  George seems to be the most decent […]

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11/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:38 |

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Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

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The only negative I hear about this book might be the only negative I’ve heard about any Rowell book so far; there’s a reason this was one of the “so popular” options.  And yeah, I tore into this knowing I’d love it, it would pretty much have to be about a libertarian and a nazi for me to dislike it.  So cards on the table, while I get the criticism about the premise being kinda creepy – our lovelorn hero falls in love with a woman based on her emails to her friend that he’s paid to monitor for internet […]

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11/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:53 |

Book Club Discussion Post: Between the Bridge and the River

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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Our final #CannonBookClub of 2018 has arrived. Our second Anniversary Read, Between the Bridge and the River, has inspired a wide range of emotions and responses – admittedly most of them negative. Craig Ferguson was after something, and we’ve all had different takes on what he achieved and how he failed. Ground rules remain the same as they always have. For those of you who might be joining in for #CannonBookClub for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome. The topics are numbered and we ask that you refer to them below by that number to help people find […]

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11/2/2018 |

Love the guy, hated the book.

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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OK, I’ll just say up front that if I had read Between the Bridge and the River when it came out in 2006, I’m pretty sure I would have loved it and written a rave review. Unfortunately reading it in 2018, I just didn’t have that reaction. I’ve always liked Craig Ferguson, and his sense of humour. He was my favourite part of “The Drew Carey Show,” and his most recent comedy special on Netflix, “Tickle Fight” made me laugh out loud. He’s a good guy, who’s been through some stuff and come out the better for it. Unfortunately, Ferguson’s first novel Between the […]

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11/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

CBR Bingo (5 and 6) Book Club/ Dear Lord I Have Failed!

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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I’ve never written a review for a book I didn’t finish but Between the Bridge and the River is an integral part of Cannonball Bingo and I still managed to gather together some thoughts that I hope to contribute to this weekend’s Book Club. However I cannot justifiably add it to my end of year book count so hopefully saying I am reviewing “0” books with this review keeps it from raising my total. I knew Between the Bridge and the River was not going to be the book for me when on just page 18 there were no less than six reference to Frank Sinatra’s cock (which, […]

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11/1/2018 |

Well, I got my center square

Between the bridge and the river by Craig ferguson

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Well, that was a book. I really wanted to like this.  I like Craig Ferguson, even if for some damn reason my addled brain kept getting confused and thinking “this doesn’t read like it was written by Stephen Fry” when they’re really not terribly alike. I guess European men who vaguely remind me of my erudite and shameless father all just get lumped into one, so pay attention if I review anything by John Cleese to make sure it’s him, I guess.  I bought this solely to participate in CBR bingo, and I got my square, so by at least […]

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10/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:48 |

My Six Hours Back

My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler

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This is my Alabama Pink Bingo Square, chosen for being the cheapest book not about politics on the list.  If I could get away with a musical review it would be the first three bars of “nobody but me” by the human beanz (a band name almost as stupid and ugly as this book) looped for ten straight minutes, just a cavalcade of NO. This book is so reductive I think it gives me negative credit for my underrepresented square.  Handler is the worst kind of ally, the one who thinks that because she’s “one of the good guys” it’s […]

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10/26/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:47 |


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