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Hands-Down My Favorite TITLE of 2022

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis by Grace E. Lavery

April 6, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 5 Comments

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis Let that title sink in. It’s so great! Also great: hearing Grace Lavery say it aloud herself. If you have any interest in diving into this piece (and holy moly, you should!) I HIGHLY recommend listening to the audio performance- and I do mean performance! Grace, Danny Lavery, and Marc Vietor do not skimp on the drama and pomp. Grace, in particular, has a lovely elastic and elegant lilt- cliché of clichés, but I do think I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: daniel lavery, essays, Grace E. Lavery, identity, LGBTQIA, LGTBQIA author, Literature, Love, Marc Vietor, porn, queer, read by the author, sex, social commentary, trans

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: daniel lavery, essays, Grace E. Lavery, identity, LGBTQIA, LGTBQIA author, Literature, Love, Marc Vietor, porn, queer, read by the author, sex, social commentary, trans ·
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A few slow moments but overall worth pushing through

The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk

August 19, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

BINGO – Free (picked up from my local library) Beatrice Clayborn must get married. She must. Getting married is the only way to save her family from financial ruin. But to get married means that she will have to give up her passion and goals: to become a great mage and the first female mage. Complicating her situation further is Ianthe Lavan, an extremely wealthy, handsome, compassionate man determined to win her hand in marriage, and his sister Ysbeta who wants the same things as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: c.l. polk, cbr13bingo, magic, social commentary, Spirits

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: c.l. polk, cbr13bingo, magic, social commentary, Spirits ·
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The King who brought back partying

A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow

December 30, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Charles II is an interesting figure to me, partly because he seems so much more human than the joyless Oliver Cromwell who’d preceded him having lopped Charles’ dad’s head off (also interesting to me, as despite my reading habits I’m actually anti-monarchy) but mostly influenced by the fact that before reading this, pretty much everything I knew about him was gleaned from Horrible Histories (and this song in particular – to be fair, they do a pretty decent job of covering the highlights). Thanks to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: english history, Jenny Uglow, monarchy, non fiction, social commentary

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:46 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: english history, Jenny Uglow, monarchy, non fiction, social commentary ·
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“They began their lives in deficit. Not only were most of them born into working-class families, but they were born female. Before they had even spoken their first words they were regarded as less important than their brothers and more of a burden in the world than their wealthier female counterparts. Their worth was compromised before they had even attempted to prove it.”

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

August 29, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

People have been fascinated by Jack the Ripper for over a century now, and we’ve long come to accept as fact certain things about the case – more specifically, we all think of his victim type as sex workers. Historian Hallie Rubenhold is here to change that with this incredible book that delves into the lives of Polly Walker, Annie Chapman, Lizzie Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly, letting us know who they really were while also giving us a window into what Victorian […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Hallie Rubenhold, non fiction, social commentary, true crime

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:30 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Hallie Rubenhold, non fiction, social commentary, true crime ·
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With great power comes great responsibility

A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

August 28, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Colour me surprised to find out that what I thought was Uncle Ben’s quote was actually much older than that, hailing instead from the pen of journalist Camille Desmoulins during the French Revolution. While reading this and following the fates of Camille, lawyer Georges Danton and politician Maximilien Robespierre, I couldn’t help but be reminded over and over of another superhero quote, this time from Batman – “you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” None of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #French Revolution, #Hilary Mantel, historical fiction, politics, social commentary

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #French Revolution, #Hilary Mantel, historical fiction, politics, social commentary ·
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Doesn’t live up to the title’s promise

The Worst Street in London by Fiona Rule

August 3, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

The Worst Street in London promises to delve into the history of Dorset Street, once a street full of fairly well-to-do weavers making the most of their flourishing trade, that sank into disrepute as the work dried up and the weavers moved away. Apparently becoming the most notorious street in the whole of the city and one haunted by thieves, pimps, prostitutes and murderers, on reading this it turned out it was mostly populated by the desperately poor who were busy being fleeced by unscrupulous […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, crime, Fiona Rule, non fiction, social commentary

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:26 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, crime, Fiona Rule, non fiction, social commentary ·
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