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Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

Fine, I Liked It.

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

September 12, 2021 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Libations (took me a long while to realize that was a broken lolly) A couple years ago I watched HBO’s adaptation of this book, and found myself completely sucked in. I binged both seasons in just a few days, and Laura Dern screaming “Thank youuuuuuu!” has lived rent-free in my head ever since. After I watched the series I picked up the book. I got to the part where Madeline introduces herself using her full name, and even though that didn’t bother me […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr13bingo, hbo tv series, Liane Moriarty, sydney

Ellesfena's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr13bingo, hbo tv series, Liane Moriarty, sydney ·
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Instead of HBO, Read the Book

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma

July 21, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo Review 5 (True Story): I was first very excited when I saw the tv ads for the new show Gentleman Jack, and then mildly irritated when I realized it was on HBO, which I do not have. I was then happy when I was browsing a bookstore for some travel reading and saw this paperback: Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister. Another good non-fiction read; this has really been a good year for that (at least for me). This book is based on Anne’s […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: anne choma, cbr11bingo, gentleman jack the real anne lister, hbo tv series, Lesbians, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, sally wainwright, true story, victorian history

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:54 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: anne choma, cbr11bingo, gentleman jack the real anne lister, hbo tv series, Lesbians, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, sally wainwright, true story, victorian history ·
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