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“The witch owes nothing. That is what makes her dangerous. And that is what makes her divine.”

Waking the Witch by Pam Grossman

September 18, 2019 by NTE Leave a Comment

(This is another one of those quote heavy reviews, but :shrug:) So, I can’t be the only one who’s hearing a lot of talk about witches lately, right?  Podcasts?(including the author of this book’s own) Friends dabbling in crystals? Little sister shoving the Co-Star app at you and asking what time you were born??  I feel like witches are in the zeitgeist right now, one way or another, and as any The Craft-Matilda-Practical Magic loving 90’s teenage girl can tell you, not even for the first […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, but not really, cbr bingo, History/Scmistory, oops, pam grossman, Pop Culture, quote heavy, Quotes, witches

NTE's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, but not really, cbr bingo, History/Scmistory, oops, pam grossman, Pop Culture, quote heavy, Quotes, witches ·
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Nonfiction reviews for CBR Bingo

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love by Thomas Maier

The Amnityville Horror by Jay Anson

August 13, 2019 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

So part of my “catch up while husband is overseas” plan involved writing 5 reviews per day but since that took roughly 100 years last night I decided to shoot for a more reasonable three. I am also going to try and find common threads between my reviews so it makes a bit more sense. All of the below reviews are “true stories” but I only needed one to check off the True Story Bingo square- CBR Bingo: True Story The Trial of Lizzie Borden, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Horror, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Cara Robertson, cbr bingo, cbr11bingo, jay anson, masters of sex, The Amnityville Horror, The Trial of Lizzie Borden, thomas maier

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:74 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Horror, Non-Fiction · Tags: Cara Robertson, cbr bingo, cbr11bingo, jay anson, masters of sex, The Amnityville Horror, The Trial of Lizzie Borden, thomas maier ·
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