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The Title Says it All

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

May 7, 2023 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

God damn, Jennette McCurdy picked one startling title. I’m not entirely out of tune with pop culture or the long arm of Nickolodian, so I’m aware of  both iCarly and Sam and Cat, even if I was too old to be the target audiance for either of these shows. But like everyone else who is not completely detached from pop culture, I am not blind to the issues that are running rampart in the industry concerning young kids. But for what little protection a child […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: auto-biography, CBR15Passport, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy, new author, Some people deserve special hell

LittlePlat's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: auto-biography, CBR15Passport, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy, new author, Some people deserve special hell ·
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History of several kinds

The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty

November 30, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

I have to admit up front that I did not completely finish The Cooking Gene; I had it from the library and ran out of renewals before I had to return it. This is not a fast read if you want to really get the content and the feeling. I don’t mean that the style is hard to read; on the contrary, it’s written in a pretty conversational way. What made it slower for me was the depth of what was being presented. This came […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, african american history, American History, auto-biography, food history, lgbtq history, Michael Twitty, non fiction, slave history, The Cooking Gene

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:84 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, african american history, American History, auto-biography, food history, lgbtq history, Michael Twitty, non fiction, slave history, The Cooking Gene ·
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