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Respect the Animal, Dammit.

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

July 15, 2021 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

Bingo square, Fauna I spent a week in Central Florida (pre-Disney era) one summer, many decades back, when I was 9 years old.  It was memorable.  From the gators roaming the backyards in the evening, to the constant state of sogginess I was in, even as a child, to the amazing show at Weeki Wachee wherein young women with amazing breath-holding skills played at being mermaids in a giant tank.  All this is to say that this book could only have been written about that […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, fauna, Florida, kristen arnett, LGBQT+, Seriously Florida, Taxidermy

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, fauna, Florida, kristen arnett, LGBQT+, Seriously Florida, Taxidermy ·
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CBR11Bingo: Illustrated (Lore) and 3 other books I didn’t particularly like

The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

Heads Will Roll by Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne

August 14, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

I’ve lumped these four together because I didn’t really like any of them (as much as that pains me, Kate McKinnon, because I do love YOU) and it’s so hard to write reviews on meh books. So I’m going to bust these out, then move onto some books I really liked. The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore #1) by Aaron Mahnke — my “Illustrated” Square This book was SO highly rated on Goodreads, and I really did not like it, but I’m not […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Aaron Mahnke, badkittyuno, cbr11bingo, Emily Lynne, iain reid, Kate McKinnon, kristen arnett

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:108 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Aaron Mahnke, badkittyuno, cbr11bingo, Emily Lynne, iain reid, Kate McKinnon, kristen arnett ·
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How we slice the skin

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

July 13, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Rainbow Flag This novel was recently released and it reminds in some direct ways of other Florida writers. The most obvious connection would be to Karen Russell’s Swamplandia, a novel I really disliked, but by way of Harry Crews, a writer who I have mixed feelings about, but have enjoyed a few of his books. This book has some clear strengths, and some unfortunate weaknesses. There’s a lot to the context of the story. We are dealing with our narrator Jessa-Lynn, who finds […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, kristen arnett, mostly dead things, Rainbow Flag

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:406 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, kristen arnett, mostly dead things, Rainbow Flag ·
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