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Excellent Use of a Great Dane in Romance, The Rest Was Good.

Back After This by Linda Holmes

March 5, 2025 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

Linda Holmes is probably known to many of you out there in internet-land for her work on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour or her first two books, Evvie Drake Starts Over and Flying Solo. This is not where I know her from – I am familiar with Holmes through her guest appearances on the Screen Drafts podcast. When she was last on for their 90s Sports Movies draft her next book Back After This came up and I was intrigued. Intrigued enough that I requested […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Back After This, Contemporary Romance, Linda Holmes, M/F romance, podcast book

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Back After This, Contemporary Romance, Linda Holmes, M/F romance, podcast book ·
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A basic intro to some famous cults.

Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler & Kevin Conley

October 23, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 5/30 I liked this but it didn’t really deliver what it promised. We do see “inside the world’s most notorious groups” (there were quite a lot of non-American cults in here, which was a pleasant surprise), but I think it is disingenuous of the subtitle to imply that this book tries to understand why people joined these cults, at least in any way beyond the most shallow and obvious (vulnerable people are catnip to cult leaders, who […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cults, Kevin Conley, Max Cutler, Max Cutler & Kevin Conley, non fiction, podcast, podcast book, true crime

narfna's CBR15 Review No:108 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: cults, Kevin Conley, Max Cutler, Max Cutler & Kevin Conley, non fiction, podcast, podcast book, true crime ·
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