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Doesn’t live up to its premise, but there are some bright spots

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

December 7, 2022 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

I agree with all the mixed reviews I’ve read so far. This one has some fun stuff, but also some aggravating stuff, and not nearly enough comeuppance. The good: The true crime lovers banding together to start their own offshoot book club after the overly persnickity neighborhood book club is awful. Patricia realizing the way the world works and initially doing what she can to make things right (Mrs. Greene and the missing children from the “wrong side of the tracks”). The ‘rich white privileged […]

Filed Under: Horror, Suspense Tagged With: book clubs, grady hendrix, horrible sexist husbands, privilege, Southerners, vampires

Bothari43's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Horror, Suspense · Tags: book clubs, grady hendrix, horrible sexist husbands, privilege, Southerners, vampires ·
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What happens when you ban freedom?

Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook

January 28, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Banned Book Club is an interesting book. At first, I was not sure I liked or understood it. Yet, once I got deeper into it, I realized what was going on. I did wonder if this was based on anyone’s experiences, or a general look at the time. It is both. It is based on Kim Hyun Sook’s experiences and several experiences of others pulled into one story to protect those involved. Ko Hyung-Ju and Ryan Estrada due their parts to bring this graphic novel […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: banned books, book clubs, Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, reading/books, Ryan Estrada, South Korea

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:51 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: banned books, book clubs, Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, reading/books, Ryan Estrada, South Korea ·
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