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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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“I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.”

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

December 29, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

Been putting off this review because this book is too smart for me. Or, actually, all the characters and maybe the author want to be smarter than me. I am pretty smart! I just have different priorities than everyone in this book. I don’t know about Donna Tartt, it could go either way with her. I still haven’t decided if she secretly empathizes with all these assholes she birthed from her mind, or if she’s skewering people and ideas and places instead. Either, way, this […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: dark academia, Donna Tartt, lit-fic, literary fiction, narfna, the secret history

narfna's CBR13 Review No:201 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: dark academia, Donna Tartt, lit-fic, literary fiction, narfna, the secret history ·
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“I could never afford to look past survival, especially not for anything as insanely expensive as happiness, and I don’t believe in it anyway.”

The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2) by Naomi Novik

November 3, 2021 by narfna 10 Comments

Yet another great book I’ve read this year that I really just do not want to write a review for, because it means having to find the words and think thoughts and all that stuff. I always have the most trouble with books I love and give five stars to. It’s always like, HOW DO I CONVEY THIS FEELING which morphs into I DON’T EVEN WANT TO TRY with some whining in there for good measure. I really liked the first book in this series […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, dark academia, horror, Naomi novik, narfna, the last graduate, the scholomance, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR13 Review No:169 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, dark academia, horror, Naomi novik, narfna, the last graduate, the scholomance, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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