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Pedal-to-the-Metal

Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

December 30, 2022 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

Well, this is a perfect book to review after Blood Sweat and Chrome? Going by the blurb of Blacktop Wasteland, I had been expecting a crime novel. But this is not really the case. What I got instead was a novel that was one part noir and many many parts most intense car changes I have ever seen committed to the written word. Now I may have made some grammatical clunkers there trying to convey the kind of feel you get from Blacktop Wasteland, but […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Blacktop Wasteland, capers and heists, Noir, Pedal-to-the-Metal, S.A. Cosby

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Blacktop Wasteland, capers and heists, Noir, Pedal-to-the-Metal, S.A. Cosby ·
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Tales of the Times

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Crosby

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

July 30, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

I read two books this week, a new one I was excited about and one that I’ve been putting off for three years. Both are good. Blacktop Wasteland This one was pretty hyped. I’ve seen S.A. Crosby’s image everywhere and it was covered review-wise by all the big ticket spots, including The New York Times. I’ve had my eye on Crosby for a while, even though I had yet to read him. A chance encounter at the library helped me nab this one. It absolutely meets the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, 2016 Election, Blacktop Wasteland, crime, hillary rodham clinton, politics, Rural, S.A. Crosby, Virginia, What Happened

Jake's CBR12 Review No:121 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, 2016 Election, Blacktop Wasteland, crime, hillary rodham clinton, politics, Rural, S.A. Crosby, Virginia, What Happened ·
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