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SOMEONE explain this one to me, please

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

June 3, 2022 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Hot Take (04/2022): Full review to come but like: Wade is a Gary Stu, everything is a Deux Ex Machina, the 80s had more than just male artists/everything. Why does everyone love this so much? Full Review (6/2022): so it's been two months since I read this, and I can't say my feelings on the … [Read more]

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Ernest Cline ·
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like passing notes in high school English with your nerdy, austen-obsessed friend

The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by David M. Shapard, Jane Austen

June 3, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Goodreads really wants to slot this in with a regular copy of Pride and Prejudice, and to be fair you are reading a copy of Pride and Prejudice when you read this. In my case, it's been so long since I've read this book and I have watched so many snippets of the 1995 BBC version and the 2005 … [Read more]

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: David M. Shapard, Jane Austen, now with annotations, Pride and Prejudice ·
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Sounds like a cult…

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

June 3, 2022 by 1000Oysters Leave a Comment

Oh, gosh, where to start! Language is an endlessly fascinating subject to me. What words we use, where those words came from and why we use the ones we use when we use them. Language is the foundation of culture and is used to include or divide, which seems super obvious but also begs the question … [Read more]

1000Oysters's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Amanda Montell ·
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Two sisters, two different directions

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

June 3, 2022 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I noticed The Vanishing Half ages ago, but there was always a ridiculously long wait for it at the library. I think I first saw it on NPR's Best Books of 2020 and it seemed like a must-read book, so I began it with relatively high expectations. In the end, I was pretty impressed. The novel covers … [Read more]

Sophia's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Brit Bennett ·
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the last, last look into the universe T-T

The Sins of Our Fathers by James S.A. Corey

June 3, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Glad that I found this novella on Goodreads instead of just the entry for Memory's Legion, which made it seem like I'd re-read all of the Expanse novellas instead of doing what I did, which is run immediately to the end of that book to read this new entry, which ties up the last loose thread (or, … [Read more]

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: james s.a. corey, the expanse ·
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Going West by Heading East

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

June 3, 2022 by 1000Oysters Leave a Comment

The Lincoln Highway was the first Trans-continental highway for cars in the United States. Between Laramie, WY and Cheyenne, WY on I-80, there is a bust of Abraham Lincoln that originally marked the highest point of elevation on the Lincoln Highway between New York and San Francisco. None of that … [Read more]

1000Oysters's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Amor Towles ·
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