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About 1000Oysters

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1000Oysters(she/hers) is really bad at describing herself but got second place in a movie trivia night at the Lebowski Bar in Reykjavik one time.

1000Oysters's Reviews:

There are a lot of reasons…

Becoming by Michelle Obama

March 24, 2019 by 1000Oysters Leave a Comment

…To love Michelle Obama. In Becoming, Mrs. Obama tells the story of her childhood and her life up to the point at which we now know her. Many of the basic facts and anecdotes in the book have been well documented through the years and the ever-present fact of her husband lends a deceptive familiarity to the book. Mrs. Obama’s voice also shines through and whether it’s because she has told many of the stories or because she is such a distinctive person, I imagined […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Becoming, cbr11, MichelleObama

1000Oysters's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Becoming, cbr11, MichelleObama ·
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Smash Cut! Flashback!

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

February 18, 2019 by 1000Oysters 4 Comments

In Transcription by Kate Atkinson, Juliet Armstrong finds herself swept along the currents of World War II to become “someone’s girl,” making tea and transcribing the audio recordings of homegrown Nazi sympathizers. Having found my way to Kate Atkinson’s writing by way of Life After Life, I’ve now read most of her published work. She is one of the most versatile writers I’ve ever read but with Transcription, she seems to have fallen prey to that thing that happens when a tv show or movie is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: historical fiction, kateatkinson, spy thriller

1000Oysters's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: historical fiction, kateatkinson, spy thriller ·
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