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“Ask Me About Bacon Time!”

January 22, 2017 by SandyLemons 3 Comments

Q: What do Omaha, Fox News, a blow up doll, Captain Crunch, and Ken dolls have in common? A: This amazing book! “Welcome to Omaha” Andy is an ordinary guy whose wife ran out on him. So he ran to New York City. He returns home upon receiving news of his grandfather’s deteriorating health and meets Daisy, a spunky girl who makes him her new project. “Something is wrong here. And not just the obvious stuff, like dildos, the trashed yard, and the fact that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Matthew Norman, We're All Damaged

SandyLemons's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Matthew Norman, We're All Damaged ·
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“If my penis were a writer/director, it would be Woody Allen – small, neurotic, and, frankly, hit or miss.”

May 18, 2016 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

This book is about a struggling writer and his mid-life crisis, and begins with him having a discussion with his flaccid penis. I have to say, I liked it quite a bit more than I expected, based on all that! “Married silence is a specific kind of silence, typically one in which the woman goes mute while the man pretends as if it’s perfectly normal that she hasn’t spoken in hours.” Tom Violet has been struggling with his novel for years, while working a dead end job for […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Matthew Norman

badkittyuno's CBR8 Review No:93 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Matthew Norman ·
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Reality Bites

April 21, 2016 by Lynn 1 Comment

I picked up Domestic Violets in the bargain bin at Barnes & Noble and opened to the first page, where our hero Tom Violets was deep in the middle of a conversation with his penis, desperately trying to give it a pep talk, because his wife was waiting in the bedroom, dressed in Victoria’s best, and his little buddy was not cooperating. If my penis were a writer/director, it would be Woody Allen – small, neurotic, and, frankly, hit or miss. Just as things are […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, Matthew Norman, The Mama

Lynn's CBR8 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, Matthew Norman, The Mama ·
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