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Marriage is not an end. It is a means to an end.

If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together by James Sexton

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Well, this was a terrifying read. I can see why the author says he doesn’t get invited to cocktail parties. (He does, however, point out that he still gets invited to weddings. So there’s that.) James Sexton has litigated over twelve hundred divorces in his career. He’s seen the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats. The acrimonious and amicable. He’s represented the ones blind-sided by the divorce papers, he’s represented an actual pimp in a custody hearing. He’s been described as a ruthless sociopath, and I might believe that on some level. He also may be a bit of a […]

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3/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:8 |

when perfect isn’t enough

Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

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SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS Hello! It’s hard for me to write about this one without giving away the whole plot, so I’m going to be oblique. Yejide and Akin are a young, happily married, childless couple, and their childlessness leads them both to some questionable and desperate decisions. Yejide’s life seems damned near impossible, while somehow simultaneously completely normal. Or maybe “normal,” but either way it seems impossible, but there she is, making it happen, in the way that so many women do. What she doesn’t know is that normal is one thing it is not, given the state of her […]

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1/22/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:2 |

A surprising read on marriage, motherhood, and loneliness.

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

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This is definitely a book I wouldn’t have picked up on my own, but am glad my book club chose it. It’s nice to read outside my comfort zone every once in a while, and especially when the book turns out to be one that works out for you. Stay With Me is nominally a book about a Nigerian woman named Yejide whose husband brings home a second wife, because Yejide is unable to get pregnant, and his family is pressuring them to have a child. The rest of the book details the emotional fallout from his doing so. But the […]

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12/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:125 |

We developed a coldness inside us that still has not thawed.

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

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This was such a beautifully researched work of fiction, it almost feels wrong not to categorize it as a biography. The book can’t be discussed without discussing its use of the first person plural, as in “Some of us read this book. Some of us only looked at it. Some of us never even heard of it.” It’s an unusual choice, and I could certainly see where it could get old. It’s a very slim book and for me, it was just starting to show some wear at the end. Mostly, I liked it. It created weird, simultaneous senses of scope […]

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11/17/2017 's CBR9 Review No:37 |

Still couldn’t stop the words from pouring out.

The Great Passage by Shion Miura

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The Great Passage is the first that I’ve actually read of the many, many “Kindle First” books that I’ve downloaded for free in the past year or so since I became aware of the Amazon program. I can’t ignore the opportunity for a free book, but I’ve been so on top of my library queue and meeting self-imposed reading deadlines that I just haven’t gotten to any of these, which I mostly choose either based on the description being the least irritating of the group in a given month, or maybe there being a cute cover that seems like maybe […]

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6/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

OK, my second Margaret Atwood book was awesome!

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

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My first exposure to Margaret Atwood was book one in the MaddAddam Trilogy – Oryx and Crake.  It was not a rousing success in my eyes.  I didn’t quite get it.  Aaaanyway, my library’s app had this in ebook form, so it was my second Margaret Atwood book.  I loved it.  It was my “reading before bed” book, which is hard when it’s a book that I really enjoy.  I find myself dozing when I really want to keep reading. So this is another dystopian story.  If you’ve read my reviews before, you know I like my topias dys!  We […]

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4/6/2017 's CBR9 Review No:16 |

This Will Be Our Year, Took a Long Time to Come

Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler

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Breathing Lessons is the story of a single afternoon in the marriage of Ira and Maggie, as they take a road trip to attend an old friend’s funeral. Along the way, they encounter some unique characters, reminisce about their lives together and take a detour to attempt to mend their relationships with their ex-daughter-in-law and granddaughter. There. That’s the plot summary for this book, but it tells you absolutely nothing about what really happens. Breathing Lessons is a case study of a marriage. I could write this review to be full of the usual platitudes that are on the back […]

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3/20/2017 's CBR9 Review No:12 |

I’d miss pants too Therese

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneil

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I have a feeling this will be one of many Unmentionable reviews that grace the CBR9 blog thanks to badkittyuno’s wonderful review and Jenny Lawson’s endorsement of it on The Blogess. But here goes… Therese Oneil has dropped you in Victorian America (for the most part) with a decent amount of money and all your 21st Century knowledge; however you’re still (I guess, I mean guys can read this too) woman so it doesn’t matter how much you know because life is gonna suck but you get to know just know how much it sucks. It’s all very interesting and very gross; for […]

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2/3/2017 's CBR9 Review No:15 |


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