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January 27, 2014 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

You’ve probably already seen a review of Hyperbole and a Half. Cannonball Read 6 already has four, and Cannonball Read 5 had a few as well.  But, from what I can tell, I’m the first to review it who only has a passing knowledge of Allie Brosh’s blog of the same name. I mean, I was aware of it. I had read about the Alots (who do not feature in the book), the helper dog and the simple dog, and about Brosh’s bout with depression. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Allie Brosh, faintingviolet

faintingviolet's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Allie Brosh, faintingviolet ·
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Read ALL THE PAGES!

January 9, 2014 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative – like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it – but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Allie Brosh, alwaysanswerb, Graphic Novel, humor

alwaysanswerb's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Allie Brosh, alwaysanswerb, Graphic Novel, humor ·
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Hyperbole and a Half

January 5, 2014 by Walking Widdershins 2 Comments

I got this and Yes, Chef from my Cannonball book elf, Jeena Livance Lim. Can’t even tell you how excited I was when I opened the box. Everyone has probably read this by now, but I’ve always been really good at being late to the party. Everyone also has probably heard about Allie Brosh’s struggles with depression, a lot of which were happening when this book was in production (from what I can tell, at least).  The book is made up of material that was […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #CBR6, Allie Brosh, Graphic Novel, Hyperbole and a Half

Walking Widdershins's CBR6 Review No:2 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: #CBR6, Allie Brosh, Graphic Novel, Hyperbole and a Half ·
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