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A B-movie Kind of Book

April 24, 2017 by Julie Leave a Comment

I read this book for a Bad Books Book Club so I will start by saying that it is pretty bad.  It’s about a small resort town in Australia that is attacked by giant killer crabs.  It’s the sequel to Night of the Crabs where a bunch of giant killer crabs attacked some people in Wales, I think.  I haven’t actually read it.  I guess it’s not really necessary to read book one to read book two! This book is full of characters who are […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: B movie, Bad Books, Guy N Smith, killer crabs

Julie's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: B movie, Bad Books, Guy N Smith, killer crabs ·
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Maybe I am Too Old for Young Adult

March 16, 2014 by the_blue_cow 4 Comments

Warning: Spoilers Ahoy Ransom Riggs’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is about Jacob, a 16 year‑old‑boy living in Englewood, Florida. Shortly after the story begins, Jacob’s grandfather dies and Jacob believes he has been killed by a rather creepy monster. Jacob eventually travels to an island off the coast of Wales in order to find out more about his grandfather’s history and the mysterious orphanage that he was sent to during WWII. Jacob finds the orphanage, which is stuck in a time loop such […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bad Books, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs

the_blue_cow's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bad Books, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs ·
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