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ElCicco #CBR6 Review #1: Jeeves and the Wedding Bells: an Homage to P.G. Wodehouse by Sebastian Faulks

January 3, 2014 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

PG Wodehouse fans should be delighted by this novel. Faulks revives our favorite duo, Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, for a fun summertime romp at Lord Henry's country estate. At stake is the happiness of Bertie Wooster's friend Woody. His engagement to Lord Henry's daughter Amelia is in jeopardy due to … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Bertie Wooster, ElCicco, Hugh Laurie, Jeeves, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells, Jeeves and Wooster, Jerome K. Jerome, PG Wodehouse, Sebastian Faulks, Stephen Fry, Three Men in a Boat ·

Fiat.Luxury’s Review #1: The Purity Myth #CBR6

January 3, 2014 by Fiat.Luxury 3 Comments

Feminism and modern evangelicalism, and the tension between religion's "ought" and human reality, are some of my favorite topics (hence my blog) so I was excited to finally pick up The Purity Myth. I expected to find a book that succinctly examined our cultural and subcultural obsession with the … [Read more]

Fiat.Luxury's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, fiat.luxury, Jessica Valenti ·

Yup, Hurricane Katrina Was Horrible

January 3, 2014 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

CN: Talk of disaster and euthanasia If you’ve read my previous reviews, you might recall that I work in emergency preparedness. This book was on my radar for 2014, and was lent to me by a coworker before I left work on New Year’s Eve. I spent most of my day off yesterday reading it, and … [Read more]

ASKReviews's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: disaster, Sheri Fink ·

Popcultureboy’s 1st #CBR6 Review: You Are One Of Them by Elliott Holt

January 2, 2014 by popcultureboy Leave a Comment

Kicking off CBR6 with a highly engrossing story of two childhood friends, where one becomes an internationally known symbol for peace at the height of the Cold War tensions before tragically dying in a plane crash. Or does she? The book follows her best friend as she tries to find out … [Read more]

popcultureboy's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, Cold War, Elliott Holt, Russia, You Are One Of Them ·

Scootsa1000’s #CBR6 Review 1

January 2, 2014 by scootsa1000 5 Comments

I remember the day that I went to the library on the advice of one Mr. Stephen King and picked up a crazy little book called The Hunger Games. On that very same day, I also got a book called Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. I devoured both books and thought they were both pretty good. But I … [Read more]

scootsa1000's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Life As We Knew It, Scootsa1000, Susan Beth Pfeffer, The Shade of the Moon ·

BrittaneyNichole #CBR6 Review #1

January 2, 2014 by BrittaneyNichole Leave a Comment

The book Revealed is book number 11 in the House Of Night series. These books are for young adults and I started reading the series when I was 18. I figure since there's only 1 more book after this one I might as finish out the series and see how it all ends. The basic gist of the series is good … [Read more]

BrittaneyNichole's CBR6 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: ·

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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