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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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It’s Up To You, New York…

Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton

March 30, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Some reviews are easy. I can churn out 400, even 500 words no problem, either because of the book itself or the context invoked by the book. Rarely can I tell what I’ll have to say before I sit down to write it. I just have to do it. Others, like Social Creature, are tough. It’s difficult to spit out 250 words about a book that has some substance but not much, some memorable scenes but not many, leaves a fingerprint more than an imprint on […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: New York City, Noir, Social Creature, Tara Isabella Burton

Jake's CBR12 Review No:54 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: New York City, Noir, Social Creature, Tara Isabella Burton ·
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Read All the Things! (5 Mini Reviews)

August 20, 2018 by Bernard Black 6 Comments

So back in June I hit an amazing reading streak and read four books in a month (and 1 that i read a majority of and then a skimmed the end because I was so over it) and I was totally gonna review them later and *cough* *looks at calendar* looks like it’s later! Since it’s been a while since I read those books I’m just gonna do some mini reviews of each of them. 1. The Pisces by Melissa Broder You already know it’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, Red Clocks, Social Creature, The Kiss Quotient, the pisces, the power

Bernard Black's CBR10 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, Red Clocks, Social Creature, The Kiss Quotient, the pisces, the power ·
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