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Gentrification, as they understood it, was something other people did.

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

October 10, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Sheep – Anna and Tom daydream about buying a dairy in France and making artisan sheep and goat’s milk cheeses. Tom had argued that Sicily had been a conformist, lazy choice, in a tone that suggested that the conformist wasn’t him. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection An identical struggle for a different life motivated an entire sector of their generation. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection Berlin was, to all intents and purposes, their main pastime—exploring it, understanding it, feeling part of it. In a way […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 2000s, Berlin, cbr18bingo, designers, envy, expats, facade, hubris, millenial life, millenial malaise, pretentiousness, social media, Sophie Hughes, Vincenzo Latronico

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 2000s, Berlin, cbr18bingo, designers, envy, expats, facade, hubris, millenial life, millenial malaise, pretentiousness, social media, Sophie Hughes, Vincenzo Latronico ·
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More Superheros at Work

Andrea Vernon & the Superhero-Industrial Complex by Alexander C. Kane

September 3, 2021 by Ale Leave a Comment

While I normally don’t read self-published literature, Crystalclear lent me Andrea Vernon last year and I absolutely loved it, so I was super excited when she bought me book 2: Andrea Vernon & the Superhero Industrial Complex, for my birthday. Starting a year after the last book ended, Andrea’s gotten a promotion, she and The Big Axe are an official thing, and life is looking pretty good and stable….until Ms. Oh needs Andrea to go with her on a European tour to globalize CUP’s resources in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Alexander C. Kane, cbr13bingo, Corporations, desk job, millenial life, superheroes, travel

Ale's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Alexander C. Kane, cbr13bingo, Corporations, desk job, millenial life, superheroes, travel ·
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