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I’m not crying, you’re crying.

November 30, 2018 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

This was the first book I read this year way back in January, and I had just had my daughter (she turns one this week!) and it really just gave me a lot of feelings, and I didn’t know how to write them all in a book review, so I put it off to “let it settle” and whoooooops now it’s December!  Hi guys! This is a feelings book. It is grim, but it is also optimistic and lovely and hopeful. Kalanthi was 36 and […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: it made me cry, Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

Fiat.Luxury's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: it made me cry, Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air ·
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The Nightingale

A Nazi is a Nazi is a Nazi

September 20, 2017 by G.D. Giant Leave a Comment

I absolutely hate reading books about war because they upset me so much. I usually end up angry and crying.  Or angry and with a headache because I’m trying not to cry.  Basically, it all just upsets the crap out of me and I don’t like it. The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah, is no exception. I didn’t think it would be and although it was on my To-Read list, I probably wouldn’t have gotten around to reading it if it wasn’t selected by my book […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: France, French Resistance, historical fiction, it made me cry, kristin hannah, Nazi occupation, Sisters, the nightingale, war, WWII

G.D. Giant's CBR9 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: France, French Resistance, historical fiction, it made me cry, kristin hannah, Nazi occupation, Sisters, the nightingale, war, WWII ·
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