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The Mall by Megan McCafferty

May 28, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Normally, I don’t go for bildungsroman tales. I have no desire to relive my younger days through fictional surrogates, nor do I often find the protagonists interesting enough to care about. They’re all either too smart for their own good or too dumb for the purposes of entertainment. But set one in a mall in the early-90s? Now you’re speaking my language. And Megan McCafferty definitely needs to speak it because this story is stretched as thinly as possible. It works because of the goodwill […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 90s, bildungsroman, Megan mccafferty, Shopping malls, the mall

Jake's CBR13 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 90s, bildungsroman, Megan mccafferty, Shopping malls, the mall ·
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Three books I loved and one I most certainly did not.

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

The Mall by Megan McCafferty

December 30, 2020 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

More quick reviews as the 2020 deadline approaches…and yes, I’ll be including blurbs because I read some of these MONTHS ago. The books I loved: First off, The Overdue Life of Amy Byler. Blurb: Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material, cbr12, kelly Harms, Megan mccafferty, Scootsa1000, The house in the cerulean sea, the mall, the overdue life of amy byler, TJ Klune

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material, cbr12, kelly Harms, Megan mccafferty, Scootsa1000, The house in the cerulean sea, the mall, the overdue life of amy byler, TJ Klune ·
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