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Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McAnulty

Blood! Not Just a Vampire Drink by Stacy McAnulty

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Good thing I am not a zombie, as it would have made me very hungry to see the delicious brain in all its glory on the pages of Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McAnulty. Our zombie friend/chef is the nicest zombie you will ever meet, but you better not even let them smell your brain as it is … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:223 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ·

Against the Day

Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

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Gravity's Rainbow is a truly difficult book to read, mostly because of the complex language that often clips itself off at various times, paragraphs that go on and on, and a self-referential style that is both dense and ambiguous. To say that this book is significantly easier to read is a way of … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:220 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

Strap on your tiara and wear your pirate sword

Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty

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Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty was published around 2016. “Back in the day” when books for girl power were still somewhat new. Therefore, reading this gem now feels a little cliched. However, it is still relevant and a kick-butt tale. This dual aspect made me think I would love to see the reverse … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:221 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

A Severed Head

A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch

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You can't call a novel a quintessential Iris Murdoch novel because her novels often take one of a number of possible forms. Of the forms: a group of adults who fall in and out of love with each other and a lot of drinking, smoking, sending of letters, and philosophizing occurs. Here we begin with … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:219 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

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Yes, those Netanyahus. The narrator of this book is a kind of version of Harold Bloom, even though we're told not to think that, but I do anyway. Professor Blum is an Americanist history professor in a western New York college. He's approached by department chair asking him to be on a hiring … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:218 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·

I am quite sure that I need time with you more than I need star sprinkles.

If You Want Me Close by Skye Kilaen

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Skye Kilaen does a fantastic job of gentle hurt-comfort queer stories. One of the things you know you will find in one of her books, is care and respect for its inhabitants. A lot of queer stories are stories of families of choice. In If You Want Me Close, Simon has a very close and queer … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Romance · Tags: , ·


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