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I too did not like this. #CBRBingo #Blackout!?

December 1, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

Well I tell you what, this book. It was just unpleasant. I would not have picked this up if it weren’t for bingo, and none of the other choices looked at all appealing. I thought, well if you pick that one at least you won’t  be bored! And that was true. But my version of not being bored mostly consisted of me yelling at my audiobook about how much I disliked almost everything that was going on. Maybe she is a different author now but […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, AlabamaPink, cbr10bingo, chelsea handler, My Horizontal Life, Non-Fiction

narfna's CBR10 Review No:160 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, AlabamaPink, cbr10bingo, chelsea handler, My Horizontal Life, Non-Fiction ·
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I wish this book had never come to me (or: I’ll take “Lazy, Unfunny Review Titles for Lazy, Unfunny Books” for $200, Alex)

November 13, 2018 by Dusty Highway 5 Comments

CBR10Bingo: Alabama Pink (BINGO!) I chose Chelsea Handler’s My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands for my Alabama Pink square, thinking I could breeze through it, laughing a bit along the way and then completely forgetting it as soon as I finished, but man, this book was so bad that I couldn’t get past the fifth chapter. I’d already powered my way through some terrible books this year, and the world is just too crappy a place right now, so I gave myself permission […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, chelsea handler, My Horizontal Life, unfunny, zero stars

Dusty Highway's CBR10 Review No:62 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, chelsea handler, My Horizontal Life, unfunny, zero stars ·
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