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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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The real happy ending is that she got to eat the whole plate of cheese.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

March 31, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“Since when do you wear dresses?” he said, the second he saw her. “Ugh,” Kit said, frowning. How were you supposed to change—in ways both big and small—when your family was always there to remind you of exactly the person you apparently signed an ironclad contract to be?” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising I’ve read two TJR books in the past two months. I plowed through both of them within seventy-two hours. Addictive is the only way I know how to describe them. Nina […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: celebrity culture, codependent relationships, glitz and glam, legacy, Malibu, misogyny, southern california, surfing, Taylor Jenkins Reid, the 1980s

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: celebrity culture, codependent relationships, glitz and glam, legacy, Malibu, misogyny, southern california, surfing, Taylor Jenkins Reid, the 1980s ·
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I used to care when men called me difficult. I really did. Then I stopped. This way is better.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

February 16, 2024 by carmelpie 2 Comments

Art doesn’t owe anything to anyone. Songs are about how it felt, not the facts. Self-expression is about what it feels to live, not whether you had the right to claim any emotion at any time. Did I have a right to be mad at him? Did he do anything wrong? Who cares! Who cares? I hurt. So I wrote about it. ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six It’s funny. At first, I think you start getting high to dull your emotions, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1970s, alcoholism, all of the drugs, Drug Abuse, fictional 1970s rock band, rock and roll, southern california, Taylor Jenkins Reid

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1970s, alcoholism, all of the drugs, Drug Abuse, fictional 1970s rock band, rock and roll, southern california, Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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Praise the Lord

The Churchgoer by Patrick Coleman

August 24, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

It’s clear that Patrick Coleman has an axe to grind against evangelical culture. He uses The Churchgoer as an outlet to do so. I’m a Christian and while I’ve always been a mainline Protestant one (translation: a tad more open-minded than many), I’m quite familiar with the evangelical culture Coleman is skewering here. Many of his references and stories brought back flashbacks to my own life. Attendance numbers have steadily declined in these churches for the last decade (reflective of a decline in church attendance amongst all […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Religion Tagged With: mystery, Patrick Coleman, Religion, San Diego, southern california, The Churchgoer

Jake's CBR11 Review No:84 · Genres: Mystery, Religion · Tags: mystery, Patrick Coleman, Religion, San Diego, southern california, The Churchgoer ·
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Jelinas Reviews Cannonball #3: An Ode to My Hometown

January 29, 2014 by Jelinas Leave a Comment

I’ve lived in Long Beach for over thirty years, and I love my hometown. It’s not easy for a town to gain international recognition when it’s living in the shadow of a major metropolitan city, but Long Beach has done just that. Long Beach is scrappy. I read D.J. Waldie’s

Filed Under: History Tagged With: ca, history, jelinas, long beach, socal, southern california

Jelinas's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: History · Tags: ca, history, jelinas, long beach, socal, southern california ·
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