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Tom Robbins re-reads #2, #3, and #4: Cowgirls, frog legs, and making love stay

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins

Half-Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins

May 23, 2021 by zinka 1 Comment

Even after re-reading a handful more of Tom Robbins’ books, there is not much I can say differently about why I love his writing and his stories so much that I didn’t already say in my first re-read review of Skinny Legs and All. That being said, this round of Cannonball Review Catching up includes my all-time favorite of all the Tom Robbins books, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, his work which I often perceive as the most popular amongst others (especially men), Still Life […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Magic realism (Literature), making love stay, Romance, surrealism, Tom Robbins

zinka's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Magic realism (Literature), making love stay, Romance, surrealism, Tom Robbins ·
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Kiss and Don’t Tell

Come Again by Nate Powell

March 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I hate to admit this, but I am not sure what I read when it comes to Come Again by Nate Powell. On the surface it is obvious: a free love, of the earth community lives together off by themselves. They only go to town for market days and a few supplies they cannot make or grow themselves. They sell their wares (some even are legal) and even dance to bands playing. The community consists of friends old and new because of the community (some […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adultery, Arkansas, communal living, hippies, Magic realism (Literature), memory, Nate Powell

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:124 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adultery, Arkansas, communal living, hippies, Magic realism (Literature), memory, Nate Powell ·
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