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> Tag: read harder challenge 2018

Good, I suppose? Does this even count as a western? I’m counting it.

A Lost Lady by Willa Cather

December 31, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

And I am once again reminded that most of the time lit-fic is just not my thing. Willa Cather is good with words, but I just don’t get her writing. I chose this book as part of the Western challenge for Read Harder, and because I’ve owned it for years and years and years. It was a quick read, only 150 pages, and I read through it in a night. But I didn’t get very much out of it. A Lost Lady is about a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a lost lady, lit-fic, narfna, read harder challenge 2018, Willa Cather

narfna's CBR10 Review No:173 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a lost lady, lit-fic, narfna, read harder challenge 2018, Willa Cather ·
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Don’t let the cover mislead you. There are no grizzlies on the Appalachian Trail.

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

December 18, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

I added this book to my TBR the very first day I joined Goodreads in July 2008, so yes I do feel accomplished for finally having read it. And it was a good time! I was a bit worried based on a few reviews I’d read ahead of time that it would be dated, and it was a tiny bit (mostly in some jokes Bryson makes that read a little fatphobic to my 2018 eyes and ears, but would have been absolutely bog standard in […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Bill Bryson, humor, narfna, nature writing, Non-Fiction, read harder challenge 2018, the appalachian trail, travel

narfna's CBR10 Review No:165 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Bill Bryson, humor, narfna, nature writing, Non-Fiction, read harder challenge 2018, the appalachian trail, travel ·
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The madwoman in the attic.

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

November 30, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

I don’t know why I’m surprised I didn’t enjoy this. I nearly always react poorly to post-modernism. But, I really *wanted* to enjoy it. Every time I’ve read Jane Eyre, I’ve thought Bertha Rochester, née Mason, got a really shit deal. I’ve also thought it was really suspect that we don’t actually get any evidence of her going mad prior to being locked in an attic for years and years. I mean, if I’d been locked in an attic for that long maybe I would start […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: jane eyre, Jean Rhys, lit-fic, Literature, narfna, Postmodernism, read harder challenge 2018, Wide Sargasso Sea

narfna's CBR10 Review No:155 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: jane eyre, Jean Rhys, lit-fic, Literature, narfna, Postmodernism, read harder challenge 2018, Wide Sargasso Sea ·
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“It was stupid not to live your life to the fullest when you could die tomorrow, and I sure as shit wasn’t about to take hell for that from some macho skullhead idiot.”

Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) by Rachel Bach

September 10, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was fun! I think I might have had even more fun with it by audio, or hard copy, but all my library had was the e-book. I don’t know why, but I have a really hard time maintaining focus on e-books if they’re not romance. Anyway, hard copy or audio for the sequels, most definitely. Devi was a fun protagonist. She is extremely good at her job, and she is very ambitious. She wants to be a Devastator, the most elite fighters on her […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Fortune's Pawn, narfna, Paradox, Rachel Bach, read harder challenge 2018, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera

narfna's CBR10 Review No:109 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Fortune's Pawn, narfna, Paradox, Rachel Bach, read harder challenge 2018, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera ·
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Double cannonball with a kissing book.

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #2) by Cat Sebastian

August 28, 2018 by narfna 10 Comments

Cat Sebastian is now six for six. Not a stinker among her published books so far (though to be fair, I haven’t *loved* all of them (Unmasked by the Marquess was fun, but didn’t hit me in my swooners). A Gentleman Never Keeps Score, though saddled with a truly execrable cover*, features more of what I love about her books: two fully realized leads who have good chemistry, and who are kept apart not by asinine plot machinations and outside forces, but by character flaws […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a gentleman never keeps score, Cat Sebastian, double cannonball, historical romance, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, m/m, narfna, read harder challenge 2018, romance, seducing the sedgwicks

narfna's CBR10 Review No:104 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a gentleman never keeps score, Cat Sebastian, double cannonball, historical romance, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, m/m, narfna, read harder challenge 2018, romance, seducing the sedgwicks ·
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This graphic novel is cute as hell, and the art is beautiful. #CBRBingo

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

August 13, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was so cute! I love Jen Wang’s art, and she’s apparently just as good at story as she is at bringing a world to life visually. The Prince and the Dressmaker is about Frances and Sebastian. Frances is a seamstress who accidentally catches the eye of the crown prince of Belgium, Sebastian. Sebastian has a secret. When no one is watching, he loves to wear beautiful dresses. He hires Frances to make some for him, but his plan to not show her his face […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: cbr10bingo, graphic novels, jen wang, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2018, the prince and the dressmaker

narfna's CBR10 Review No:98 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: cbr10bingo, graphic novels, jen wang, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2018, the prince and the dressmaker ·
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