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Ho Hum. So Much Nostalgia, So Much Meh.

January 17, 2016 by lainiefig 2 Comments

Do I love The Last Starfighter?  Do I need a new novel version of it?  Meh. Do I love 80’s games and remember them fondly?  Hell yeah, but even I got a bit tired of the references and repetitiveness in this book. This may be unrelated but these were my personal favorites: I listened to the audiobook of Armada because I so enjoyed the previous audiobook by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, also read by Wil Wheaton.  This novel also threw in a lot of nostalgia for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: 80s, gaming, nostalgia, science fiction, spaceships

lainiefig's CBR8 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: 80s, gaming, nostalgia, science fiction, spaceships ·
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Reservation to the Danger Zone

September 22, 2014 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

I texted a friend who read this book while I was in the middle of it and said, “Good GOD American Psycho. I have never had such a visceral reaction to a book.” (Note: I had forgotten about the time I threw “Message in a Bottle” across the room because Nicholas Sparks – bleh. But I digress.) This book…this book. I had seen the movie long ago so I thought I was mentally prepared but boy was I wrong. Patrick Bateman’s descent into madness is […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: 80s, comedy, horror, Satire

cheerbrarian's CBR6 Review No:18 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: 80s, comedy, horror, Satire ·
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