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What a wild and crazy guy

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

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I love Steve Martin.  The first time my wife visited my house when we were dating, we watched The Jerk.  He is a damn national treasure.  I was interested in the reading this book for some time now, six years according to Goodreads, and it was not quite what I was expecting and yet I loved it all the same. This book seemed almost like Martin wrote it reluctantly and somehow I enjoyed that.  I suppose I expected Born Standing Up to be a typical memoir type book filed with anecdotes and funny stories.  That is a part of this […]

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2/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:9 |

Bad books make for a good read

Bad Book Club by Robin Ince

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Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club is a funny and interesting tour through some of the books you will never find in Waterstones, hidden as they are inside charity and secondhand shops. Robin Ince has made a habit of collecting these books – the more esoteric or eccentric, the better – and reading them so that we don’t have to. Taking us into a world of ‘celebrity’ autobiographies (with those on the lower end of the fame scale and yet high on ego providing the more entertaining entries), specialist animal care books, pick-up tips for men, women’s secret fantasies, pseudo-science, New […]

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1/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

I’m just a soul whose intentions are good…

The Delinquent Housewife! 1 by Nemu Yoko (translated by David Musto)

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Komugi and Tohru are young newlyweds (or about to get married? I’m not entirely sure) who move in with his family while they find their own place. Tohru’s family – mom, grandpa, brother Dai and sister Yukari – are warm and welcoming (except Yukari) and eager to make Komugi feel like part of the family. For her part, Komugi is sweet and helpful and just generally delighted to be part of the family. Just as everyone is starting to get comfortable with the new living arrangements, Tohru must leave on an unexpected business trip. He tells Komugi that she can’t […]

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1/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

David Mitchell is slightly grumpy about things

Thinking about it only makes it worse by David Mitchell

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Thinking about it only makes it worse is a collection of posts that Mitchell has written for the guardian over the years. Dealing with everything from contemporary politics to weird hangups on grammar David Mitchell does what David Mitchell does best: is slightly grumpy about things. “Brainchild” is an odd word. You hear it a lot in explanatory voiceovers and I suppose I was trying to join in, but I don’t really like it. I’m not keen on the idea that my brain could have a child. Would it be made of brain – a child, made of grey brain, […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:51 |

My First Ever DNF featuring Paul, Mary, Mel, and Sue <3

American on Purpose by Craig Fergusson

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American on Purpose opens with a chapter on the white house correspondents dinner which I read just after reading this article. It made it feel a bit sour in my mouth. I bought this book, because, despite my rather lukewarm rating for Between the Bridge and the River, I did think it showed potential and people here were raging about how this biography was really good. I persevered through it, somewhat, but it was honestly a slog. It is mainly written for Americans, and there is nothing wrong with that! I always think it’s cool when Denmark gets positive media […]

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12/3/2018 's CBR10 Review No:46 |

Robert Webb is not David Mitchell

How not to be a boy by Robert Webb

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Robert Webb is the other half of the comedic duo featuring the greatest love of my life. So when he published How not to be a boy a couple years back I was CERTAIN I was gonna buy his book. The man behind some of my favourite comedy, writing about his life through a feminist lense. SIGN ME THE FUCK UP. But yah. I never got round to it. Despite seeing his adorable face in the window of every fucking Waterstones for a year I just never got it. I love Rob, but he’s not David Mitchell. He just lacks […]

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12/2/2018 's CBR10 Review No:45 |

No, really, it’s a comedy

Tick Tock by Dean Koontz

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This one is a reread for me, but it’s been about a decade, so there were a few things I’d forgotten.  Not a lot, though.  I don’t know how many of you are Dean Koontz fans, but this is another one of his that is basically a normal good guy versus a supernatural evil creature.  Of course, there’s the requisite side characters and side-kicks, and, in this case, a decent portrayal of first generation American angst. One thing I definitely have to say about him is that, unlike a lot of thriller novels or films, his female characters are not […]

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11/25/2018 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

You know what sucks? Not this!

Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan O'Malley

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This is the 6th and final book of the Scott Pilgrim volumes. I read only the final book, despite it being years since last revisiting the series*. I first read Scott Pilgrim in my early 20’s, back when I still believed in love and Michael Cera, but now I’m totally grown up and recognize Pilgrim for the whiny twat he is. PSYCH. I still love him. The Scott Pilgrim series tells the story of Scott who meets Ramona at a party and falls head over heels for her, but Ramona brings dangerous baggage in the form of seven evil exes […]

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11/14/2018 's CBR10 Review No:41 |


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