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Banging the broads and KO’ing the guys

August 28, 2014 by tillie Leave a Comment

Chuck Liddell proves him self to be a fun paced guy giving an entertaining mix og wacky stories from his own life along with the history of UFC. It’s a great look into the development of a tournament as well as the way sports may evolve. Not only does the sport evolve, but it gives the fighters opportunities to constantly learn tricks and alter their fighting styles through their careers. “That’s the beauty of mixed martial arts. Multiple disciplines mean multiple ways for fighters to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction

tillie's CBR6 Review No:34 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: ·
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If you lived 300 years…

August 27, 2014 by tillie 2 Comments

There are journeys that we never know where take us. I was not impressed. I was angry, and this anger stayed with me. I found it hard to forgive Anyanwu for loving Doro. When we first meet Anyanwu she has been living for 300 years in different villages, serving as their medicine woman. She is a healer and can change her body shape at will, changing from old to young, from human to animal, from woman to man. Doro can sense her and he diverts his […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History, Science Fiction

tillie's CBR6 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, History, Science Fiction · Tags: ·
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Creating art as children

August 17, 2014 by tillie Leave a Comment

“What will happen to us?” I asked. “There will always be us,” he answered.”  Just kids is like one long shared breath; breathing in the same air as Patti breathed with Robert. Just kids isn’t an autobiography; it is the story of Patti and Robert, as they were, once lovers and artists together.  Patti Smith lives at home with her parents with dreams of becoming an artist. When she becomes pregnant she knows she cannot be a mother and she gives up her baby and […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction

tillie's CBR6 Review No:32 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: ·
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Don’t become a poet

August 11, 2014 by tillie Leave a Comment

Warning: Do not, DO NOT! read this if you or your partner majored in art. Especially not if you both did. It will be your worst financial fears put to paper. I apologize for the mental breakdown that is going to occur on these pages as I realize I just switched from a computer science major to Arts. You can’t eat arts! Iwill become the main character of this book and my boyfriend will be 40 and depressed and chat up his high school girlfriend […]

Filed Under: Fiction

tillie's CBR6 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·
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Mirror, Mirror

August 8, 2014 by tillie 3 Comments

“Light is the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light.” An envoy, Ai, from outer space arrives at a planet create an alliance between them and the planet Winter. This new society differs vastly from his own; the inhabitants are bisexual and enter kemmer where there sex changes to either male or female and they may procreate. Every citizen has the possibility of becoming pregnant and there is no difference in who might carry which task. This premise in itself is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction

tillie's CBR6 Review No:30 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: ·
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NO TOUCHING

50 shades of “oh my, no! Really?! Yikes…Oh come on!”

August 3, 2014 by tillie 9 Comments

Never has a book seduced me like this. It was page up and page down of sexy sexy seductioness. Christian wants Anastasia to eat all the food. Several times they eat pancakes and there is always bacon. They visit an IHOP for Christ’s sake! How is that fair to a girl like me, an ex-pat that can’t just visit an IHOP whenever I crave maple pancakes with delicious creamy syrup? How is my boyfriend supposed to compete with that? My relationship has lost its shine. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #please do not read this, no

tillie's CBR6 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #please do not read this, no ·
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