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“By making me a bitch, you have freed me from the trite, sexist, bourgeois prison of ‘likability.’ Any idiot can be liked. It takes talent to scare the crap out of people.’

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim

June 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 23/30 This was great. I’m not normally a fan of celebrity memoirs, because in my experience the books are often being written just because the celebrity wants to write a book, and there’s no literary reason for the book to exist. I don’t mean that in a snobby way, but more in the way that said celebrities just don’t have anything to say, or they think they have something to say but they are often wrong. Alison Arngrim […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Alison Arngrim, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Little House on the Prairie, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, television, tv

narfna's CBR14 Review No:91 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Alison Arngrim, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Little House on the Prairie, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, television, tv ·
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Corona Days

Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese

Hit and Run by Lawrence Block

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

May 8, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

After two-plus years of successfully evading the coronavirus, it finally caught up to me last week. Fortunately, my symptoms were mild (vaccinated and boosted), the only one lingering was fatigue. That and family responsibilities left me little time to write reviews this past week. So I decided to put these three here instead of my monthly dump because they were all worthy of longer reviews, two good, one damn fine. Honor Thy Father **** One of the things that made The Sopranos such an excellent television […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #Science Fiction, assassination, Bill Bonanno, conspiracy, gay talese, Hit and Run, Hit Man, Honor thy Father, Keller, lawrence block, mafia, Mark Frost, mixed media, television, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, twin peaks

Jake's CBR14 Review No:78 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #Science Fiction, assassination, Bill Bonanno, conspiracy, gay talese, Hit and Run, Hit Man, Honor thy Father, Keller, lawrence block, mafia, Mark Frost, mixed media, television, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, twin peaks ·
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Weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women

Ship It by Britta Lundin

March 23, 2022 by carmelpie 2 Comments

“Real writing” is done by serious people, whereas fanfiction is written by weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women.” This is a comics convention. When did this industry start caring about what fourteen-year-old girls like? Have you ever found a book that feels as if it was written just for you? From the first two chapters, I was in love with this book. Small town girl – Check. Self-identified outcast – Check. Obsessed over a band or a show or a movie to the point of writing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bisexual character, Britta Lundin, fanfiction, feminist, gay romance, lesbian romance, representation matters, television

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bisexual character, Britta Lundin, fanfiction, feminist, gay romance, lesbian romance, representation matters, television ·
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Two Scottish bozos in a camper van.

Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish

June 10, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I have not seen the STARZ TV show this book is the account of making, but this book (and the audiobook specifically) was a pretty good time. (STARZ insisted on naming the TV show Men in Kilts, but its original name was Clanlands, as this book makes pretty clear without actually stating it.) If you want something extremely goofy, spotted through with Scottish history, this is your book. The book is told by both Graham and Sam in alternating POV sections as they narrate the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, clanlands, graham mctavish, humor, narfna, non fiction, Outlander, road trip, sam heughan, Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish, scotland, scottish history, television

narfna's CBR13 Review No:60 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, clanlands, graham mctavish, humor, narfna, non fiction, Outlander, road trip, sam heughan, Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish, scotland, scottish history, television ·
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Once Is Not Enough

Kindle enthusiasm

Once Is Not Enough by Jaqueline Susann

April 22, 2021 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

This pandemic has made everything hard, including reading. Something that I love to do, but somehow didn’t want to concentrate that hard to do … until I got a Kindle. This is not an ad. But the times we are living in have encouraged a few bigger-than usual purchases. Since I haven’t been spending my money elsewhere (or anywhere), one of those purchases was a Kindle. It has seemed easier for me to read some titles on this device for a few reasons. First, I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1960s, Hollywood, Jacqueline Susann, Jaqueline Susann, once is not enough, television, the love machine, valley of the dolls

xoxoxoe's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1960s, Hollywood, Jacqueline Susann, Jaqueline Susann, once is not enough, television, the love machine, valley of the dolls ·
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“Ultimately, the reason Harvey Weinstein followed the route he did is because he was allowed to, and that’s our fault. As a culture that’s our fault.”

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

October 20, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Like a lot of people, I read this in close proximity to She Said, the other book published in 2019 about breaking the Harvey Weinstein story. (I liked She Said better. I liked that both authors were ladies, and I liked the close focus on true journalism and building relationships with their sources; it really centered the women’s stories and how they had been affected.) But this one is different enough in tone and style that it brings a lot to the table, as well, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Catch and Kill, Harvey Weinstein, journalism, narfna, non fiction, non-fiction thriller, Ronan Farrow, television, thriller, true crime

narfna's CBR12 Review No:150 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Catch and Kill, Harvey Weinstein, journalism, narfna, non fiction, non-fiction thriller, Ronan Farrow, television, thriller, true crime ·
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