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Dear Fake Character People: An Open Letter to (most of) the Characters in Northanger Abbey

December 21, 2016 by narfna 12 Comments

This is the sixth in my series of posts wherein I write reviews for classic books in the form of letters to the characters. I’m re-reading all of Jane Austen’s books in 2016, and now I’m almost to the end. I was originally supposed to read Northanger Abbey in September, but due to the I’m sure hilarious from afar neverending comedy of errors that is my life right now, I didn’t get to it until October, and pushed writing the review until the last possible minute. Anyways, I’d […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bildungsroman, classics, Fiction, Jane Austen, letters to fictional characters, narfna, Northanger Abbey, parody, romance, Satire

narfna's CBR8 Review No:146 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bildungsroman, classics, Fiction, Jane Austen, letters to fictional characters, narfna, Northanger Abbey, parody, romance, Satire ·
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He really is, though…

December 5, 2016 by NTE 2 Comments

Warning – this post is political in nature, and a little bit of my … ahem… anger? Disappointment? Total confusion about the state of our country?… leaked through, which is to be expected, I think, given the nature of the book, and of our country right now.  If you’re not ready to read stuff about people being disappointed about how things could have gone, or if you’re on Team Trump, I just want to give you a heads up: this is not for you, and […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor Tagged With: ouch, parody, politcs, Sara Benincasa, Satire, tim kaine

NTE's CBR8 Review No:19 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: ouch, parody, politcs, Sara Benincasa, Satire, tim kaine ·
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I felt the need to share this with you immediately!

September 23, 2016 by crystalclear 2 Comments

I received this book in the mail today, and I had only read a few pages when I knew I had to review it.  “This book,” I said to myself, “needs to be shared with everyone I know!”  I got the book through a Nerd Block, one of those monthly subscription boxes that sends you miscellaneous items through the mail, with things you may or may not actually want.  This was one of the known items, so it was the main reason I shelled out […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: children's book, parody, Star Trek

crystalclear's CBR8 Review No:21 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: children's book, parody, Star Trek ·
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DID YOU LEAVE BECAUSE OF MY ATTIC WIFE IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT

May 5, 2015 by narfna 12 Comments

If you’re ever having a bad day, you could do worse than self-medicating with maybe a hot bath or some hot cocoa or ice cream or soft pajamas or episodes of Gilmore Girls, but maybe also think about adding Texts From Jane Eyre in there as well. There were parts of this book that made me laugh until tears squeezed out of my eyeholes. There were also other parts, mostly to do with classics and mythology, that made me glad I have my friendly Google […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Daniel Mallory Ortberg, humor, Mallory Ortberg, narfna, parody, Texts from Jane Eyre, the Toast

narfna's CBR7 Review No:71 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Daniel Mallory Ortberg, humor, Mallory Ortberg, narfna, parody, Texts from Jane Eyre, the Toast ·
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“Everywhere’s been where it is ever since it was first put there. It’s called geography.”

October 24, 2014 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

I’ve made my first foray into Discworld. There was an article on io9 that described the best way to turn your friend into a fan of your particular fandom. If I didn’t know better I would swear a couple of my friends either read or possibly even ghostwrote this article specifically about getting me reading this expansive fantasy series. I spent much of my life not reading Fantasy. I don’t know why exactly, but I feel it has something to do with having a tough […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: discworld, faintingviolet, parody, Satire, Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

faintingviolet's CBR6 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: discworld, faintingviolet, parody, Satire, Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters ·
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So endeth these Star Wars.

September 8, 2014 by narfna Leave a Comment

I apologize in advance for this review. Not only did I forget that I read this, and hence forget to rate it on Goodreads for almost two months, I read it so long ago I barely remember anything I wanted to say about it AND ALSO I didn’t take any notes. (Please refer to my reviews of the first and second books in the series for actual quality review material.) Here’s what I remember: This was my least favorite of the three adaptations. Of course, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: drama, humor, ian doescher, narfna, parody, retellings, sci-fi, space opera, william shakespeare, william shakespeare's star wars, william shakespeare's the jedi doth return

narfna's CBR6 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: drama, humor, ian doescher, narfna, parody, retellings, sci-fi, space opera, william shakespeare, william shakespeare's star wars, william shakespeare's the jedi doth return ·
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