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Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

January 2, 2021 by Nannerbears Leave a Comment

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson is a self-described mostly-true memoir whose title is begging to be left on the shelf, and reader, I suggest you do exactly that. There are a few laugh-out-loud moments, and I use the word moment pretty loosely. It’s more like she accidentally strung a few genuinely funny words together after trying so desperately to prove to us all that she is just so weird, so funny, and so unique. There is an attempt at self-deprecation that any […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Anxiety, humor, Jenny Lawson, not for me, unfunny

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: Anxiety, humor, Jenny Lawson, not for me, unfunny ·
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(Bingo: Pajiba) All shall fade into the whiteness of death

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

August 19, 2019 by sistercoyote 8 Comments

I was keenly intrigued upon reading both the Pajiba post about this one and I think also possibly Big Idea on Scalzi’s website but I’m not certain about that. I just know I saw a fair amount of press and was very interested in reading James’ take on an epic fantasy world beginning from an African perspective. “Children cannot help how they are born, they had no choice in it. Choosing to be a fool, though . . .” (Kindle loc 1020) Unfortunately, I am […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, African setting, bingo: Pajiba, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Dark Fantasy, everybody lies, feminism, Fiction, first of a series, Grimdark, lgbt, magic, not for me, read POC, sistercoyote

sistercoyote's CBR11 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, African setting, bingo: Pajiba, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Dark Fantasy, everybody lies, feminism, Fiction, first of a series, Grimdark, lgbt, magic, not for me, read POC, sistercoyote ·
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