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Admix of Newer fiction

September 30, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Eat Only When You’re Hungry – Lindsay Hunter 3/5  This is a weird and gross book and also a sad and a touching book. Ostensibly, it’s a story about the divorced and remarried father of an addict who has gone missing looking for him in his old haunts. In addition, we are treated to a history of the failed first marriage and various other kinds of stories related to a life lived and now reflected upon. That’s why it’s sad and touching and sweet at […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: eat only when you're hungry, lindsay hunter, little nothing, marisa silver, mia couto, patrick modiano, the black notebook, the confessions of the lioness

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:394 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: eat only when you're hungry, lindsay hunter, little nothing, marisa silver, mia couto, patrick modiano, the black notebook, the confessions of the lioness ·
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If You Ever Scream “Societal Expectations Of Women Are A Prison,” This Might Be The Book For You

January 16, 2017 by lyssie89 8 Comments

But like a rat or an icy wind, love creeps in. Well, I’m starting off my first Cannonball Read a little behind, but this was a great book to start with. Very surreal and oddly moving, Little Nothing will stick with me for a long time. While a lot of fantasy fiction gets caught up in sentiment (Not a slam. I read a lot of fantasy.), Little Nothing goes for something a little more raw and realistic. Set in a vaguely 19th century unnamed Eastern […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, Fiction, Folk Tale, little nothing, little nothing; marisa silver, marisa silver

lyssie89's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy, Fiction, Folk Tale, little nothing, little nothing; marisa silver, marisa silver ·
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