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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Here I go again on my own.

January 16, 2015 by Robyn Robotron 1 Comment

Going down the only Road I’ve ever known! I know, I know, that was super cheesy.  But, if you’d read this book, you’d want to find some sort of humor, too. (Apparently, you have to click through to view just this post to click on the link to my review.)

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Cormac McCarthy, Fiction, Robyn Robotron, The Road

Robyn Robotron's CBR7 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Cormac McCarthy, Fiction, Robyn Robotron, The Road ·
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And now my scalp itches…

January 5, 2015 by bonnie 1 Comment

First: some background. Two years ago, I reviewed American Psycho for Cannonball Read 5, and had the immense fortune of seeing that review published on Pajiba. Yay! In the comments section, someone suggested that I needed to read Blood Meridian, to get some perspective on the physical revulsion that American Psycho had filled me with. This year, I decided to see for myself. No kidding. I decided the best way to review this book would be to share my real-time Goodreads status updates, because that […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Western Tagged With: bonnie, Cormac McCarthy

bonnie's CBR7 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Western · Tags: bonnie, Cormac McCarthy ·
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Anyway, you never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

October 11, 2014 by Sophia 3 Comments

I think it’s fitting that I finished my Cannonball this year with another Cormac McCarthy novel. Ever since I discovered McCarthy, I’ve read one book of his per year. His books are amazing but intense, so I take nice long breaks in between. I’d been waiting to read No Country for Old Men (2006) because I’d seen the movie when it first came out, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about reading a McCarthy novel where I already knew what was going to happen. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense, Western Tagged With: Cormac McCarthy, Sophia

Sophia's CBR6 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense, Western · Tags: Cormac McCarthy, Sophia ·
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