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The Very Worst Theatre Kids You Know

I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux

May 30, 2022 by LittlePlat 3 Comments

  Part of the reason I decided to pick up I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche was its premise: most books written about Friedrich Nietzsche tend to focus on the man’s writings and philosophy first, and then the man second. If at all. But this is not the case for Sue Prideaux’s biography, which had—I thought at least—a rather philosophically ambivalent and somewhat apolitical blurb. This kind of took me by surprise, so into the shopping-cart it went. I was quite delighted by […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: #biography, #history, Friedrich Nietzsche, so very extra, Sue Prideaux

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: #biography, #history, Friedrich Nietzsche, so very extra, Sue Prideaux ·
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A Family History

Seven Aunts by Staci Lola Drouillard

May 12, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Author Drouillard tells the history of her family in recent generations through the lives of her seven aunts, four on her mother’s side and three on her father’s. I’ve always been interested in family histories, because no two are the same – that, and that there are generally a lot of secrets to uncover and I am a nosy sort of person. The fact that Seven Aunts is so wholeheartedly focused on the lives of the women in the family, tracing their parallels and divergences, made it […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #memoir, ARC, family history, NetGalley, non fiction, Staci Lola Drouillard

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:64 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, #memoir, ARC, family history, NetGalley, non fiction, Staci Lola Drouillard ·
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Corona Days

Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese

Hit and Run by Lawrence Block

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

May 8, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

After two-plus years of successfully evading the coronavirus, it finally caught up to me last week. Fortunately, my symptoms were mild (vaccinated and boosted), the only one lingering was fatigue. That and family responsibilities left me little time to write reviews this past week. So I decided to put these three here instead of my monthly dump because they were all worthy of longer reviews, two good, one damn fine. Honor Thy Father **** One of the things that made The Sopranos such an excellent television […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #Science Fiction, assassination, Bill Bonanno, conspiracy, gay talese, Hit and Run, Hit Man, Honor thy Father, Keller, lawrence block, mafia, Mark Frost, mixed media, television, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, twin peaks

Jake's CBR14 Review No:78 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #Science Fiction, assassination, Bill Bonanno, conspiracy, gay talese, Hit and Run, Hit Man, Honor thy Father, Keller, lawrence block, mafia, Mark Frost, mixed media, television, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, twin peaks ·
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The King of the Nerds Falls Flat

Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons by Michael Witwer

May 1, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons tries to be a history of gaming, both general and specific, a biography, and a business of pop culture (cons, trends, geekdoms, etc) review all at once; it does not succeed. On the biography side, the subject Gry Gygax is presented with little personality other than ‘tempermental’ and ‘creative genius’ and ‘somewhat difficult’. There’s also little narrative to build and follow, mostly scattered episodes. Part of the problem is that no one else […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, History Tagged With: #biography, #fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons, gaming, Gary Gygax, geek history, Michael Witwer

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, History · Tags: #biography, #fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons, gaming, Gary Gygax, geek history, Michael Witwer ·
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Violent Delights

Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century by Stephen Galloway

April 12, 2022 by Pooja 7 Comments

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were an iconic couple in the acting industry, with their combined talent and looks. But the turbulent thread of mental illness ran through their intense romance, ultimately tearing them apart. I only vaguely know both these figures, Leigh better than Olivier because of Gone With the Wind. However, I have always been fascinated by old Hollywood romances because of how turbulent they are, and I was excited for this one. The author has a pleasant narrative voice – he is respectful of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #history, ARC, Hollywood, NetGalley, Romance, Stephen Galloway

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, #history, ARC, Hollywood, NetGalley, Romance, Stephen Galloway ·
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Bringing Life to the Story

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

March 27, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

I’m not usually one to knock people’s tastes in problematic art. Chinatown is my all-time favorite movie and I’d be hard pressed to never watch it again. So it’s tough for me to judge. Which doesn’t mean that automatically immunizes me from criticism. I may be a “You do you” person but I also believe we should be critiquing our tastes at all time and remember that many of them come at a cost. I read Lolita when I was an 18-year old college freshman. I’d like to say […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, Lolita, Sally Horner, Sarah Weinman, The Real Lolita, true crime, Vladimir Nabokov

Jake's CBR14 Review No:40 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, Lolita, Sally Horner, Sarah Weinman, The Real Lolita, true crime, Vladimir Nabokov ·
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