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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Live Now - #CannonBookClub Discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
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“Perhaps the compulsion to fill every inch of space was because it made him feel less alone.”

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

May 13, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a perfectly fine book. I do not regret reading it. Ringing endorsement! It also isn’t really to my tastes anymore (though I think the me of ten plus years ago would have loved it). It feels too pat and constructed, not ‘optimistic,’ that’s not the right word . . . I don’t know how to explain it. Just saying it’s not to my taste really anymore seems easier than trying to figure it out. The premise is pretty high concept. A former artist […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: British, British fiction, Clare Pooley, epistolary, Fiction, the authenticity project

narfna's CBR14 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: British, British fiction, Clare Pooley, epistolary, Fiction, the authenticity project ·
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In which I get my husband to co-review this bit of fluff with me

Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer

July 21, 2019 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR11bingo: Two heads are better than one Allow me to introduce my husband, Peter! He is an avid reader but isn’t part of this community (yet). I’m working on him. A little background about the book: You may have heard of a British TV show called Rumpole of the Bailey, about a barrister named Horace Rumpole who defends various clients (the Old Bailey being the main criminal court in London). The creator is one John Mortimer, also a British barrister. I had never seen the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: British fiction, cbr11bingo, courtroom drama, KimMiE", two heads are better than one

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: British fiction, cbr11bingo, courtroom drama, KimMiE", two heads are better than one ·
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  • MsWas on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph ClubQ5: The opening prologue ends with Lily wondering if the pageant girls are what Chinese girls are "supposed to look like," and Lily does spend...
  • andtheIToldYouSos on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph Clubwell said- I think you just summed up the feeling that I couldn't quite place that was keeping me from loving this book
  • andtheIToldYouSos on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph ClubI want to know more about what happens with Lily's frenemy and HER secrets! She pushed the duty/desire line harder than Lily, IMO, and built...
  • andtheIToldYouSos on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph Clubyeah! coming of age and also that first fall into love with a capital L
  • Emmalita on Book Club Discussion Post: Last Night at the Telegraph ClubYes. And I didn't express my thought very well (I am so tired). Telegraph Club is a YA queer coming of age with a love...
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