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Even from the windows of a prison, Rhodia was a beautiful place.

Aftershocks by Marko Kloos

The Instrument by John O'Hara

The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Meaty by Samantha Irby

The Innocence of Father Brown by GK Chesterton

December 3, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Aftershocks – 3/5 Stars This is a novel that begins a new trilogy by Marko Kloos (author of the Terms of Enlistment series, which I haven’t read). I bought it from Audible one day on sale for like $3, and while I am not entirely sure I am going to seek out further books in the series, I found that to be a pretty good deal. It’s structured similar to the Expanse series or Game of Thrones, in that there are several main characters, from […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: aftershocks, Eowyn Ivey, GK Chesterton, John Brunner, john o'hara, Marko Kloos, meaty, Samantha Irby, the innocence of father brown, the instrument, the shockwave rider, the snow child

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:629 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: aftershocks, Eowyn Ivey, GK Chesterton, John Brunner, john o'hara, Marko Kloos, meaty, Samantha Irby, the innocence of father brown, the instrument, the shockwave rider, the snow child ·
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“Favorite food? Brunch and tacos.”

Meaty: essays by Samantha Irby

May 3, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

This book is dedicated to the kid Maurice in my US history class my junior year who called me a fucking idiot. lol bruh I was not overly enamored by Samantha Irby’s We Are Never Meeting in Real Life but I was looking for a breezy memoir to listen to following a string of serious books and Meaty was available for immediate download off Overdrive. Plus my sister stans hard for Irby so I felt obligated to give her another shot. I will say I vastly preferred her debut Meaty over […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: meaty, Samantha Irby

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:41 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: meaty, Samantha Irby ·
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