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oh Sally, I don’t know about this one

Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney

December 22, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 13 Comments

At times transcendent, but at others cringe-worthy. In Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney crawls so far into her own butthole that she manages to shout out of her mouth “do not look at my talking butthole! You don’t know me!”- and once in a while she says something so beautiful that you wind up saying “thank you so much, butthole!”. Reading this book was a journey, to say the least. Originally, I picked it up on Pub Day and tore right in; I adored Normal […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bad relationships, conversations with friends, Depression, growing up, new release, Normal People, post-college, Sally Rooney, self-sabotage, success

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:80 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bad relationships, conversations with friends, Depression, growing up, new release, Normal People, post-college, Sally Rooney, self-sabotage, success ·
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cbr12bingo – Happy!

Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms by John Hodgman

September 7, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

“Hey, it’s John Hodgman!” John Hodgman used to spend a considerable amount of time on TV. He’s played, in his words, all sorts of “sexless weirds” in TV and commercials alike. He spent time on The Daily Show as, among other things, a deranged billionaire. He left his Daily Show role behind as Trump rose to power, as there is nothing funny anymore about criminally insane rich people.  He isn’t spending too much time on TV at the moment; it’s been years since he was the PC of […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Boston, cbr12bingo, fame, family, frequent flyer miles, happiness, happy, Hollywood, John Hodgman, maine, read by author, Show Business, showbiz, success

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:97 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: Boston, cbr12bingo, fame, family, frequent flyer miles, happiness, happy, Hollywood, John Hodgman, maine, read by author, Show Business, showbiz, success ·
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“There’s a particular feeling in your body when something goes right after a long time of things going wrong. It feels warm and sweet and loose.”

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

May 3, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Lily King is a magician. She takes an unassuming title like Writers and Lovers and crafts something beautiful, messy, and utterly captivating. Her last novel, 2014’s Euphoria, was my favorite read of the last decade- I have to admit that I was initially disappointed when Writers and Lovers was announced after the evocative fever of Euphoria.  A 30-something woman navigates creative struggle, debt, grief, and relationships? All I have to do is shout out of my front door and a line of people that fit the description […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #writing, Anxiety, Boston, creativity, criticism, debt, euphoria, grief, heartbreak, lily king, loss, Love, lust, service industry, success

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #writing, Anxiety, Boston, creativity, criticism, debt, euphoria, grief, heartbreak, lily king, loss, Love, lust, service industry, success ·
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outliers cover

Trying hard to sensationalize common sense.

Outliers: The story of success by Malcolm Gladwell

June 23, 2014 by AamilTheCamel Leave a Comment

Twenty-fifth book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. This is the third time I’ve tried to read Malcolm Gladwell and I’m sorry to say that I’m still not impressed. First one I tried was Blink. I grew tired of it really quickly (I want to make a ‘blink of an eye’ pun but I feel sad for Gladwell) as it just had a lot of trivia without really going anywhere. There was nothing substantial to be had there. Next came Tipping Point and it bored […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, 130 challenge, genius, gladwell, malcolm, outliers, success

AamilTheCamel's CBR6 Review No:25 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, 130 challenge, genius, gladwell, malcolm, outliers, success ·
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