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“If you’re ever feeling poorly about yourself, about your lack of achievement, your utter inconsequentiality, your ridiculous little life lived in the shadows—take a moment and write some Internet reviews of other people’s work.”

A Load of Hooey by Bob Odenkirk

February 29, 2020 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

For those who take part in the annual Pajiba 10 voting, you may know me as the person who, year after year, picks nine random people to go on my list behind the great Bob Odenkirk. I’ve been a massive fan since back in the days of The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and, of course, Mr. Show. He’s provided us with some of the greatest comedy sketches ever. I mean, come on. SNL. Ben Stiller. Mr Show And yes, sure, he’s also […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor Tagged With: a load of hooey, better call saul, Bob Odenkirk, breaking bad, cbr12, mr show, Saturday night live, Scootsa1000, the ben stiller show, the Larry sanders show

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: a load of hooey, better call saul, Bob Odenkirk, breaking bad, cbr12, mr show, Saturday night live, Scootsa1000, the ben stiller show, the Larry sanders show ·
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Today is only February 1, and I already find myself way behind in reviews for 2020.

Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

American Royals by Katharine McGee

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

February 1, 2020 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

How can I already be so far behind? I always have such good intentions with reviewing…and I am great about keeping up with the reading. I just never find the time to sit down and think and type. Thus, I gift to you these three quick reviews for books that were FINE. First, Love Lettering, a book I never would have heard of if I hadn’t been obsessively following all of the tweets about the RWA meltdown over the holidays. I somehow stumbled across some […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Abbi Waxman, american royals, cbr12, Kate Clayborn, Katharine McGee, Love Lettering, Scootsa1000, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Abbi Waxman, american royals, cbr12, Kate Clayborn, Katharine McGee, Love Lettering, Scootsa1000, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill ·
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All hail Karen, queen of the mic drop book ending.

One of Us is Next by Karen M McManus

January 16, 2020 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

Disclaimer: Karen McManus and I went to college together. I am very good friends with her old roommate. Karen has been a huge supporter of the Cannonball Read in the past. I would never review one of her books if I wasn’t going to give it a big thumbs up. And so, with that out of the way, I’m happy to report that One of Us is Next, the sequel to her fun and amazingly popular debut, One of Us is Lying, is just as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, karen m mcmanus, one of us is lying, one of us is next, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, karen m mcmanus, one of us is lying, one of us is next, Scootsa1000 ·
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Time to break up with Sarah Dessen. Or at least see other people.

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

January 9, 2020 by scootsa1000 9 Comments

For a long while, I was happily riding along on the Sarah Dessen bandwagon, waving my flag and cheering her on. I recommended her books to my daughter and her friends, and enjoyed reading them myself. And now, I think I’m ready to get off the bandwagon. I’m going to ask the driver to pull over. I’m confused about why our relationship has cooled. Maybe its that I’ve just gotten older and can’t relate to her characters anymore. Maybe I’m annoyed with her about the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, Sarah Dessen, Scootsa1000, The Rest of the Story

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, Sarah Dessen, Scootsa1000, The Rest of the Story ·
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Next time, I’ll just read The Stand again.

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

January 2, 2020 by scootsa1000 5 Comments

This book had everything going for it, including multiple comparisons to The Stand, and a massive recommendation from the mothership. I started it back in August, thinking I could whip through it for the Pajiba Says bingo square, and well, I just finished it yesterday. I was…not a fan. I didn’t hate it, but I was incredibly let down by it. The story starts out strong: across the world, sleepwalkers start marching toward an unknown destination. Their numbers start off small, and as the group […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, chuck wendig, pajiba, Scootsa1000, the stand, wanderers

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr12, chuck wendig, pajiba, Scootsa1000, the stand, wanderers ·
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It’s Jolabokaflod! Thank you ellesfena and tiny_bookbot!

December 24, 2019 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

As is tradition at our house, we open our Cannonball books on Christmas Eve. tiny_bookbot, LouBear was so excited to get the two Shannon Hale graphic novels! And the bookmark magnets are beautiful. HUGE thanks from me to ellesfena for American Royals, Exile from Eden, and the adorable book magnet. Love them and can’t wait to start reading. We are so grateful to be a part of such a lovely community. Happy holidays to all!

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: american royals, Andrew Smith, best friends, Book Exchange, cbr11, exile from eden, Katharine McGee, real friends, Scootsa1000, Shannon Hale

Genres: Fiction · Tags: american royals, Andrew Smith, best friends, Book Exchange, cbr11, exile from eden, Katharine McGee, real friends, Scootsa1000, Shannon Hale ·
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