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“The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.”

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

May 31, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 14/30 After sitting on it for over a month, I think I’m going to chalk this one up to being the wrong book at the wrong time for me. When I do my eventual Full Stephen King Re-Read™ I’m hoping I will enjoy it more. (This won’t be for ages. I’ve still got about half his back catalog to go the first time around.) I was telling myself the story of this book before writing this review, […]

Filed Under: Horror, Suspense Tagged With: Baseball, horror, narfna, novellas, Stephen King, survivalist, Suspense, the girl who loved tom gordon

narfna's CBR14 Review No:82 · Genres: Horror, Suspense · Tags: Baseball, horror, narfna, novellas, Stephen King, survivalist, Suspense, the girl who loved tom gordon ·
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Cannonball! I wasn’t prepared for this read

Educated by Tara Westover

December 1, 2019 by KimMiE" 10 Comments

I’ve been hoping that I would read something amazing for my first Cannonball. I had heard so many good things about Educated that I put a hold on it in my library and was excited when I got the call last week, timed perfectly to be read over the long Thanksgiving weekend and become my fifty-second review. Educated is an incredible, thought-provoking memoir. Yet I find myself writing this review quickly not because I’m so eager to share my opinions with other readers, but because I […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, #triggerwarning, cbr11, KimMiE", Mormon fundamentalism, survivalist, Tara Westover

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:52 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, #triggerwarning, cbr11, KimMiE", Mormon fundamentalism, survivalist, Tara Westover ·
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