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James Acaster's classic scrapes by James Acaster

September 6, 2018 by tillie Leave a Comment

I first witnessed the glory that is James Acaster on an episode of Would I Lie to You where he recounted the, now infamous, cabbage tale. I watched that episode twice. Then I googled the man and watched pretty much everything on YouTube, including obscure clips from before anyone knew who he was. What I’m trying to say is that I was very much the target audience for this book and my review is in no way objective, but based purely on the fact that James Acaster is in fact the greatest man currently alive. I mean this is the […]

9/6/2018 tillie's CBR10 Review No:30 |

Laugh, Learn and Cry with Trevor Noah

Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

December 26, 2017 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

Trevor Noah’s autobiography, Born a Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood, was my first audio book. I was determined to hear his narration and found the CD version at my local library. My car still has a cd player, so Trevor kept me company during my first week commuting to a new job. All I knew of Trevor Noah was he replaced Jon Stewart, grew up in South Africa and was a comedian. I had no idea what to expect from his book to be honest. The book begins by introducing you to his amazing mother who defied Apartheid and gave […]

12/26/2017 teresaelectro's CBR9 Review No:6 |

I tried to keep this review clean. I failed.

Back Story by David Mitchell

February 6, 2017 by tillie 9 Comments

On the first page I was laughing out loud. On the third page he made a reference to star trek. I am a simple girl. I like dark haired men and references to star trek. I really like David Mitchell (not the novelist). David Mitchell is famous for a million things; his cringeworthy “Mark” in Peep Show, being the other half (or the first half I suppose) of that Mitchell and Webb Look (and Sound), his many appearances on panel shows where he’s known for dry sarcastic rants, David Mitchell’s soapbox and so on. And also books (not THOSE books). This […]

2/6/2017 tillie's CBR9 Review No:4 |

narfna on There isn’t really peace when you are doneI HAVE TO WRITE A REVIEW OF THIS D: I didn't mean to all caps that but it feels appropriate so I'm keeping it.
teresaelectro on Not sure if it’s me, the genre, or the book… #SummerReadOh wow, I used to work for a Danish company from London. I was hoping this book would be good. Darn.
narfna on Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow FlagAlso, it is my firm opinion that anything with a distinct style is going to have more people dislike it. Bland, neutral, unexpected things get...
narfna on Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow FlagI feel like it's a key thing to be able to look at a book lots of people love and understand maybe it just isn't...
narfna on Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow FlagI once told an acquaintance that I loved Farscape, and she responded, "Oh, you're one of those." YES I AM ONE OF THOSE. The show...

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