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cbr12bingo – Orange

Sing to It by Amy Hempel

July 29, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 6 Comments

“A woman of her word can do what she signed on to do.” If you need a quick but cathartic sob, this is the book for you. Clocking in at under 150 pages, Sing To It  houses a tiny and brutal collection of stories- some so tiny that they are just a few sentences long. Do not let the brevity fool you; even the most micro of the micro-fiction within will burn you. Several stories are still playing in my head days later. “Full-Service Shelter” is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Amy Hempel, cbr12bingo, grief, guilt, irony, loss, micro fiction, orange square, Quick read, remorse

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:82 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Amy Hempel, cbr12bingo, grief, guilt, irony, loss, micro fiction, orange square, Quick read, remorse ·
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terrific writing about terrible things

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

May 31, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Trigger Warning: please read the tags before deciding to read this review and/or book. If you feel that you can read this book, then you must. If you feel that you cannot, I will pass no judgement. Perhaps you have heard of the drama surrounding this release. American Dirt was climbing the charts and dominating the controversy  conversation when My Dark Vanessa tip-toed in and threw a hat into the ring. There was an implication of plagiarism from a woman who wrote a memoir about being groomed and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #metoo, abuse, boarding school, child abuse, debut novel, grooming, guilt, imbalance of power, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Lolita, nabokov, Pale Fire, poetry, Power, responsibility, scandal, Sexual Assault, trauma

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #metoo, abuse, boarding school, child abuse, debut novel, grooming, guilt, imbalance of power, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Lolita, nabokov, Pale Fire, poetry, Power, responsibility, scandal, Sexual Assault, trauma ·
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“I’m no expert, but I remember reading somewhere, every time you retrieve a memory, that act of retrieval, it corrupts the memory a little bit. Maybe changes it a little.”

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

April 21, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 6 Comments

This book is highly readable. While it may appear that I am damning with faint praise, that is not my intention. This book is readable because, despite being filled with topics and characters that do not automatically appeal to me, I was interested and invested from page one. Had this book not been written by Emily St. John Mandel I probably would have glanced at the dust jacket and gone on my merry way, but since it was written by her I knew that I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 2008 recession, Emily St. John Mandel, finance, fraud, Greek tragedy, grief, guilt, isolation, memory, shared universe, Station Eleven, wealth

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 2008 recession, Emily St. John Mandel, finance, fraud, Greek tragedy, grief, guilt, isolation, memory, shared universe, Station Eleven, wealth ·
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“That’s the truth about making mistakes, about making wrong choices. You live with them, and if you’re lucky you get enough perspective to see where you went astray. “

Luck of the Draw (Chance of a Lifetime #2) by Kate Clayborn

January 16, 2020 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

I’m going to have such a tough time telling you why I like this book so much. This is my second Fake Relationship Romance Novels in recent days. Jackie Lau’s A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year handled the trope well with friends who agree to be in a short term fake relationship for the sake of familial peace. It was well executed and well plotted and I happily gave it three stars. This one shares a trope, and that’s about where the comparison ends. […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: almost 5 stars, Chance of a Lifetime series, faintingviolet, grief, guilt, Kate Clayborn, Luck of the Draw

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Romance · Tags: almost 5 stars, Chance of a Lifetime series, faintingviolet, grief, guilt, Kate Clayborn, Luck of the Draw ·
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I’m a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl…

The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel

February 11, 2017 by pluiedenovembre 1 Comment

Patricia Engel has published two other books, the short story collection Vida and the novel It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris. Even though I haven’t read either of those books, I felt that I needed to read her new novel, The Veins of the Ocean. Not only because the reviews were intriguing (and very positive) but also because I don’t remember ever reading anything by a Colombian American novelist. The Veins of the Ocean is the story of Reina Castillo. When we first meet Reina […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Cartagena, Colombia, Communism, Cuba, disenchantment, dolphins, exile, family saga, Florida Keys, free diving, guilt, Havana, healing, Immigrants, Latin America, loss, Love, Miami, orishas, Patricia Engel, Prison, scuba diving, The Veins of the Ocean, tragedy

pluiedenovembre's CBR9 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Cartagena, Colombia, Communism, Cuba, disenchantment, dolphins, exile, family saga, Florida Keys, free diving, guilt, Havana, healing, Immigrants, Latin America, loss, Love, Miami, orishas, Patricia Engel, Prison, scuba diving, The Veins of the Ocean, tragedy ·
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