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The First Cut Is The Deepest

The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh

October 29, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR14 Bingo: holiday. I was gifted this book for Christmas a few years ago and used this Bingo as an excuse to finally read it. Again, all love to book bingos for helping me find gems that are lingering on my very own shelves. I used the holiday square as an excuse to get to this one. I had considered donating it a few times, seeing as how the reviews were good but not exactly rapturous. I have a lot of […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Glasgow, LGBTQIA, Louise Welsh, mystery, pornography, scotland, The Cutting Room

Jake's CBR14 Review No:189 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: cbr14bingo, Glasgow, LGBTQIA, Louise Welsh, mystery, pornography, scotland, The Cutting Room ·
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the (reading) Weekend…

Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Samuel R. Delany

Queer: A Graphic History by Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration)

Widespread Panic by James Ellroy

Quarry's Cut by Max Allan Collins

June 20, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read a variety of books close to and over the weekend. Let’s check it out… Bleeding Edge **** This is a 2021 reread and it’s better than I remember. The ending disappoints but it’s still an entertaining, prescient novel. Pynchon warned us about Too Online culture and yet, here we are.   Times Square Red, Times Square Blue **** I don’t know what I expected but it wasn’t this. And I liked it! Mostly. This is like a tale of two books. It’s two essays […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #history, 9/11, Bleeding Edge, conspiracy, essays, Freddie Otash, gentrification, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, homosexuality, James Ellroy, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Max Allan Collins, Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration), mystery, New York City, pornography, Quarry, Quarry's Cut, Queer: A Graphic History, Queerness, Samuel R Delany, Thomas Pynchon, Times Square, Times Square Red Times Square Blue, Widespread Panic

Jake's CBR13 Review No:92 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #history, 9/11, Bleeding Edge, conspiracy, essays, Freddie Otash, gentrification, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, homosexuality, James Ellroy, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Max Allan Collins, Meg John-Barker, Julia Scheele (illustration), mystery, New York City, pornography, Quarry, Quarry's Cut, Queer: A Graphic History, Queerness, Samuel R Delany, Thomas Pynchon, Times Square, Times Square Red Times Square Blue, Widespread Panic ·
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“I googled ‘monkey brothel’, had an existential crisis, and eventually found the details I wanted in a New Yorker article titled ‘Monkey Business’.”

Sex Power Money by Sara Pascoe

June 18, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Frequently, I find myself disagreeing with Sara Pascoe- but it’s not a problem! She’s funny, curious, and well-researched, and she makes no claims about being objective. She leans right into the fact that she her opinions are colored by her past experiences, and she remains open to other ideas and beliefs even if they do not mesh with hers. She is open and honest about her past experiences- especially those that pertain to sex, power, and money. Some are truly harrowing, yet she is a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: dating, feminism, human biology, indecent proposal, Money, pop science, pornography, Power, read by the author, Sara Pascoe, sex, sex work, Sexual Assault, sociology

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:61 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: dating, feminism, human biology, indecent proposal, Money, pop science, pornography, Power, read by the author, Sara Pascoe, sex, sex work, Sexual Assault, sociology ·
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Adult Actress

Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore by Walter Mosley

March 26, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Walter Mosley is one of the more unique and versatile mainstream writers out there. Most noted for his Easy Rawlins mystery series, Mosley has also written some simple noir tales, science and speculative fiction, and other stuff that can be difficult to categorize. This one falls in the other. I’ve always meant to read a non-mystery by Mosley and what better time than being isolated during a pandemic? This one is an interesting tale. There are crime elements but it’s not really a crime story. […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore, pornography, walter mosley

Jake's CBR12 Review No:51 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore, pornography, walter mosley ·
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Freaks, Geeks, and Automobiles

Role Models by John Waters

January 15, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 3 Comments

Oooh mama, this is not for the faint of heart! If you aren’t already a fan of John Waters and his coterie of misfits and outsiders then this is NOT the place to start! I first became aware of John Waters through the 1990 film Cry-Baby. It used to be on TV fairly frequently in the late 90s/early Aughts, and I would secretly watch bits and pieces of it when my parents weren’t in the room. I had the “flashback” button on the remote primed and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, Baltimore, counterculture, cult film, cults, drag, fashion, filth, John Waters, LGTBQ, Literature, outsider art, pornography, sex

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: art, Baltimore, counterculture, cult film, cults, drag, fashion, filth, John Waters, LGTBQ, Literature, outsider art, pornography, sex ·
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  • Merryn on Trigger warning. Also, spoilers.Yes, it's a discussion about the book, not an audiobook version of the book itself.
  • ingres77 on Trigger warning. Also, spoilers.I think I saw that when I searched for Jane Austen podcasts. They don't read the book? Only discuss it?
  • Merryn on Trigger warning. Also, spoilers.Persuasion is my favourite. The most recent adaptation is not very accurate in tone or characterisation, and I wouldn't recommend to a new Austen reader....
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