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Angst!

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

August 25, 2022 by carmelpie 2 Comments

“It was funny, the Gray Man thought, how humorous she always appeared, how that smile was always just a moment away from her lips. You really didn’t see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn’t it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs. And here was the other trick: Maura was not faking her happiness. She was both very happy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: angsty teen, brothers, child abuse, coming of age novel, found family, historical fiction. psychic, Maggie Stiefvater, orphans, poverty, psychic abilities, Tarot, toxic masculinity, toxic relationships

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: angsty teen, brothers, child abuse, coming of age novel, found family, historical fiction. psychic, Maggie Stiefvater, orphans, poverty, psychic abilities, Tarot, toxic masculinity, toxic relationships ·
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cbr12bingo – white whale (and BLACKOUT!!!! now I if only I could blackout and forget that this book exists!)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

October 24, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 8 Comments

Lolita is absolutely vile, and I cannot be convinced otherwise. Yes, Humbert Humbert is the worst, and yes, we are supposed to know that he is a monster, but good lord this book is venerated from here to kingdom come as if it is the be all-end all of twentieth century literature. The edition that I picked up, which was published in 1997 as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the original pressing- and is still the one in current re-prints and mass circulation, STILL […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 20th century lit, abuse, bingo, black out, cbr12bingo, jeremy irons, My Dark Vanessa, pedophilia, Rape, toxic masculinity, Vladimir Nabokov, white whale

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:110 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 20th century lit, abuse, bingo, black out, cbr12bingo, jeremy irons, My Dark Vanessa, pedophilia, Rape, toxic masculinity, Vladimir Nabokov, white whale ·
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“Heroes hate wasting time. ‘You’re wasting my time,’ they’ll say. Yet they devote very little time to time management, and rarely consult a diary.”

The Grip of Film by Richard Ayoade

June 15, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Another Ayoade book! So exciting! Except….wait. This is barely Ayoade. Yes, he wrote it, and yes, he does some narration- “some” being the key word in this situation. The Grip of Film is a fake book written by a fake person (written by Ayoade, naturally). The fake person is Gordy LaSure; a longtime Hollywood vagrant and alleged screenwriter. Gordy is a (purposefully) contemptible character; he has the bravado of The Kids Stays in the Picture with a fraction of the success and (at least) four times the casual […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: 80s movies, 90s movies, action movies, film, jesse eisenberg, jon korkes, Richard Ayoade, Satire, toxic masculinity

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:59 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: 80s movies, 90s movies, action movies, film, jesse eisenberg, jon korkes, Richard Ayoade, Satire, toxic masculinity ·
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But I’m one of the good guys.

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

March 7, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Del has it bad for Kiera Westing, and he’s crushed on her almost his entire life, from kindergarten to high school. But the girl always has a boyfriend, and he can never seem to get the timing right to snag her during the in-between times. But this time when she finally becomes available, Del may have an in. See, Kiera doesn’t seem to be in a rush to find a new boyfriend – she is taking it so slow, she has joined the Purity Pledge […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Young Adult Tagged With: black protagonist, lamar giles, sexism, toxic masculinity, YA, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Audiobooks, Young Adult · Tags: black protagonist, lamar giles, sexism, toxic masculinity, YA, Young Adult ·
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  • Pita on What Did I Just Read?Do you wake up in the morning and ask yourself "how can I be a victim today?" Not everything is about race Kairy. And this...
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