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‘I’ve got something more important to offer. Something I’m sure Mom cares about more than anything. “Mommy. I am . . . so skinny right now. I’m finally down to eighty-nine pounds.”’

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

July 16, 2022 by Pooja 4 Comments

CBR 14 Bingo: Monster The author’s mother is rather a monstrous one, which is only compounded by the codependent relationship between the two of them. Jennette McCurdy was a household name as a child actress, but it was because her mother wanted it, not here. In the aftermath of her mother’s death, she faces a slide into eating disorders before she understands the complex relationship between her and her mother that led her there. I think everyone has an occasionally fractious relationship with their mother, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, acting, ARC, cbr14bingo, eating disorders, Jennette McCurdy, mental illness, NetGalley

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:90 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, acting, ARC, cbr14bingo, eating disorders, Jennette McCurdy, mental illness, NetGalley ·
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“By making me a bitch, you have freed me from the trite, sexist, bourgeois prison of ‘likability.’ Any idiot can be liked. It takes talent to scare the crap out of people.’

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim

June 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 23/30 This was great. I’m not normally a fan of celebrity memoirs, because in my experience the books are often being written just because the celebrity wants to write a book, and there’s no literary reason for the book to exist. I don’t mean that in a snobby way, but more in the way that said celebrities just don’t have anything to say, or they think they have something to say but they are often wrong. Alison Arngrim […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Alison Arngrim, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Little House on the Prairie, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, television, tv

narfna's CBR14 Review No:91 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Alison Arngrim, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Little House on the Prairie, narfna, narrated by the author, non fiction, television, tv ·
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“If you get killed in America, there is a 38 percent chance your killer won’t be caught.”

Chase Darkness With Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen

June 11, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 17/30 Yessss, I am still catching up on reviews from books I read in April. My goal is to be caught up by the end of June; we’ll see if I can do it, especially since in July I’m going to try and read the most amount of books I’ve ever read in a month (31!). It is going to be a Project.* *I am attempting to do this feat because I want to see if I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, audiobooks, billy jensen, chase darkness with me, how one true crime writer started solving murders, narrated by the author, non fiction, true crime

narfna's CBR14 Review No:85 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, audiobooks, billy jensen, chase darkness with me, how one true crime writer started solving murders, narrated by the author, non fiction, true crime ·
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Six Cases, Seven Deaths

The Ghosts That Haunt Me: Memories of a Homicide Detective by Steve Ryan

June 4, 2022 by Pooja 4 Comments

Steve Ryan, a veteran of the Toronto homicide squad, tells the tales of six murder investigations among the many that have stuck with him from his time on the force. I enjoy true crime, and morbid as it is, I really enjoy true crime memoirs – there’s something very visceral about it, when the writer can bring their firsthand viewpoint to the table. And Steve Ryan does it well, with a sympathy and care toward the victims and their families that is badly missed in […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, ARC, Canada, murder, NetGalley, Steve Ryan, true crime

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:73 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, ARC, Canada, murder, NetGalley, Steve Ryan, true crime ·
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May 2022 Leftovers

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob by Gianni Russo

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost

Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara

American Tabloid by James Ellroy

Hot Springs by Stephen Hunter

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Dead Soon Enough by Steph Cha

Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

June 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Here are the books I read in May 2022 that I didn’t get to give a full review for whatever reason. I read a lot of authors of AAPI descent; their books were all wonderful in their own respective ways… Sea of Tranquility **** Unquestionably a metacommentary on the author’s Station Eleven success in the shadow of Covid-19, it’s a beautifully written reflection on finding peace and contentment in the uncertainties of life. I don’t know that I enjoyed it as much as others did given […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #memoir, #Science Fiction, American Tabloid, Arkansas, Bullet Train, Chicago, Clark and Division, covid, Dead Soon Enough, Emily St. John Mandel, Gianni Russo, historical fiction, Hollywood Godfather, Hot Springs, James Ellroy, Japan, Japanese-American, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Jennifer Hillier, JFK assassination, Juniper Song, Kōtarō Isaka, LGBTQIA, Little Secrets, los angeles, mafia, Mark Frost, mystery, Naomi Hirahara, pandemic, Pizza Girl, Sea of Tranquility, Seattle, Steph Cha, Stephen Hunter, the godfather, thriller, tv, twin peaks

Jake's CBR14 Review No:95 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #memoir, #Science Fiction, American Tabloid, Arkansas, Bullet Train, Chicago, Clark and Division, covid, Dead Soon Enough, Emily St. John Mandel, Gianni Russo, historical fiction, Hollywood Godfather, Hot Springs, James Ellroy, Japan, Japanese-American, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Jennifer Hillier, JFK assassination, Juniper Song, Kōtarō Isaka, LGBTQIA, Little Secrets, los angeles, mafia, Mark Frost, mystery, Naomi Hirahara, pandemic, Pizza Girl, Sea of Tranquility, Seattle, Steph Cha, Stephen Hunter, the godfather, thriller, tv, twin peaks ·
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Law and Law with some Order

The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster by John Gleeson

May 25, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

There’s an overabundance of text written about John Gotti, which is kind of wild when one considers he reigned as the head of the Gambino Crime Family for barely five years. Hell, the man was even one of the last subjects of Andy Warhol’s legendary career. His bombastic, publicity-hunting personality made him the most compelling mobster in the public eye since Al Capone but if you subtract that context, he was an uninspiring thug in a bureaucrat’s job (albeit the bureaucracy of a criminal syndicate) […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, John Gleeson, John Gotti, legal, mafia, The Gotti Wars, true crime

Jake's CBR14 Review No:85 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, John Gleeson, John Gotti, legal, mafia, The Gotti Wars, true crime ·
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