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How Long Can Hope Survive?

October 20, 2018 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square Round 2: So Shiny lollygagger’s review of this one intrigued me, so I ended up picking it up.  I was reading this on my phone, and started another new book on my iPad but realized I was much more interested in this novel, and elevated it to my main read and thus Bingo selection. Before I got too far into this review, I checked the description on Amazon to see how much they give away, and this is one of the rare ones […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, contemporary, Dani Atkins, London, while i was sleeping

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:181 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, contemporary, Dani Atkins, London, while i was sleeping ·
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Which of Your Lost Items Still Cause a Tinge of Regret?

October 13, 2018 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square (Round 2): Cannonballer Says! I thought Caitlin_D’s review was intriguing, and as much as I love fantasy, it’s been nice to incorporate some contemporary fiction back into my reading.  Oddly enough, this is the second novel I’ve read this year with short stories interlaced into the narrative, the other being Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. Over forty years ago, Anthony’s fiancé died unexpectedly, and on the same day that Anthony lost Therese, he lost a final gift and keepsake she had given him […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, contemporary, Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:173 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, contemporary, Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things ·
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Nice guy ™ can’t get laid. Now featuring the entire history of the Dominican Republic.

October 10, 2018 by tillie 2 Comments

What a great title for a book. What a shame that the book does not deal in either brevity or anything that resembles an account of Oscar’s life. This book was an absolute slog to get through. From the overt sexualization of women to the complete lack of plot there was nothing to be gained and certainly no connection to be made with any character. “The next day at breakfast he asked his mother: Am I ugly? She sighed. Well, hijo, you certainly don’t take […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, contemporary, Fiction, junot diaz, Mathildehoeg, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao

tillie's CBR10 Review No:36 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, contemporary, Fiction, junot diaz, Mathildehoeg, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao ·
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Some small fumbles, but the good outweighs the bad. #CBRBingo

August 22, 2018 by narfna 10 Comments

Project: Catch Up On Review Backlog, review #9 out of 16 So basically, my thoughts on this book are that it made some entry level mistakes, but I enjoyed myself anyway, because it also did some things I really liked. I’ve been having trouble buckling down to actually write this review, so I’ll do what I always do when that happens. Wait 5,000 years to review it and then do a pro/con list. Let’s start with the stuff I didn’t like about it first, so […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr10bingo, contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Helen Hoang, narfna, romance, The Kiss Quotient

narfna's CBR10 Review No:99 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr10bingo, contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Helen Hoang, narfna, romance, The Kiss Quotient ·
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This is going to make a really fun movie.

August 13, 2018 by narfna 7 Comments

This was one of those books I’ve seen around for years, and always thought I should pick it up, but just never got around to it. I’m glad the trailer of the Netflix movie adaptation came out when it did, though, and finally got me to try it out, because this was a very cute book and otherwise who knows when I would have given it a chance (I tend not to read contemporary very much). To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before follows Lara Jean Song, a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: contemporary, Jenny Han, narfna, romance, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Young Adult

narfna's CBR10 Review No:97 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: contemporary, Jenny Han, narfna, romance, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Young Adult ·
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Becky Albertalli is three for three.

July 11, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

As always with a Becky Albertalli book, I flew through it. I haven’t read an entire book in a night in quite a long time, but I felt compelled to keep going even though it got pretty late. And then I figured I might as well just finish it. No regrets here! A good time was had. I do think this is my least favorite of her three books, so far, though. Surprisingly, it has nothing to do with Leah herself. Leah is a tough […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: becky albertalli, contemporary, Leah on the Offbeat, LGBTQIA, narfna, YA, YA Romance, Young Adult

narfna's CBR10 Review No:83 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: becky albertalli, contemporary, Leah on the Offbeat, LGBTQIA, narfna, YA, YA Romance, Young Adult ·
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