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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Life, Messy and Unfiltered

September 26, 2018 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square: The Book Was Better While I never became a huge Nick Hornby fan, I have enjoyed a few of his novels and adaptations of his novels (I quite like the ABC show About a Boy with Minnie Driver – between that show and Speechless, Minnie Driver has found her niche as overprotective sitcom mother, and I love it).  But he’s never been a go to author for me, so I tend to read his stuff after I realize another piece is being adapted. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Juliet Naked, Nick Hornby

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:159 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, Juliet Naked, Nick Hornby ·
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I Loved This One, Until I Didn’t Anymore

March 6, 2015 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

This was going to be a four star book. It had it all made. I was reading dialogue out loud to my roommate and giggling along with the characters. These are usually the hallmarks of a book that I love. And it’s Nick Hornby. We had taken a break from each other in the last few years (the description of How to Be Good just didn’t catch my attention) and I was ready to fall in love again. And I did. Mostly. Is it possible […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: faintingviolet, Juliet Naked, Nick Hornby

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: faintingviolet, Juliet Naked, Nick Hornby ·
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