Since my mother has been recommending Fool by Christopher Moore to me for years (which I still haven’t read – sorry, Mom), I picked up Lamb for some light holiday reading. Levi who is called Biff has been resurrected by the angel Raziel two thousand years after his death to write the next … [Read more]
bonnie’s #CBR6 Review #2: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
When Katniss Everdeen tried to prove that she was no mere pawn in the Capitol’s power-play, she inadvertently set off a series of uprisings that had been roiling in all the districts for years. She proved to be the spark. In Catching Fire, we find Katniss still reeling from the aftermath of her … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: bonnie, Dystopic fiction, Suzanne Collins, Young Adult ·
Jen K’s Review #2: Bellman and Black
I'm pretty sure that my reaction upon completing a book isn't supposed to be "so what was the point/ what the fuck did I just read?" I don't think every book needs to have a deeper message (which this one kind of did, but it was a bit cliche, hence the "what's the point") or even a super exciting … [Read more]
The fault in our stars – Review #1 for AamilTheCamel
's CBR6 Review No:1 ·
Genres: Fiction, Romance ·
Tags: #CBR6, fault in our stars, john green, romance ·
Elecamel’s No. 1
Other than an episode of South Park and idle gossip about Tom Cruise, I know very little about Scientology. The belief structure, the founding of the Church and the politics that operate it were unknown to me beyond that. I couldn’t understand why anyone would truly have faith in something that … [Read more]
Lemondrop’s CBR #1: Holidays in Heck by P.J. O’Rourke
One of my goals with CBR is to read more fiction (I'm mostly a travel/history/how-to/humor girl), but I've been wanting to get to Holidays in Heck for so long that it would have been impossible to make a concerted effort to read anything else first. P.J. O'Rourke has been my favorite writer since I … [Read more]