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Bunnatine, Immy, Demon Lover, and Ghost Boyfriend walk into a bar…

Get In Trouble by Kelly Link

June 9, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Well, sometimes it’s a bar filled with men raised by wolves. Sometimes it’s a space ship. A warehouse full of mysterious sleeping people. A magical house full of “summer people”. A haunted house on a space ship. A lake where a few dozen nudists disappeared in the seventies. The penthouse party at a hotel full of dentists and super heroes. The crumbling remains of a Wizard of Oz theme park. A pocket universe that opened above Florida. Kelly Link writes things that are fantastic and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Appalachia, coming-of-age, despair, Kelly Link, Love, magical realism, melancholy, pulitzer noms, super heroes

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Appalachia, coming-of-age, despair, Kelly Link, Love, magical realism, melancholy, pulitzer noms, super heroes ·
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Devastating, but entirely necessary.

June 10, 2014 by narfna Leave a Comment

Initially, I only gave this four stars because it was just such a difficult reading experience. And I don’t mean difficult as in skill level. I mean it in terms of emotional effort. I usually reserve my five star rating for those books that end with me fist-pumping in the air and running screeching around the room while my pores ooze out excitement and love, and this is not the sort of book that inspires that kind of reaction. I think this says a lot about […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: annawadi, award winners, behind the beautiful forevers, katherine boo, life death and hope in a mumbai undercity, mumbai, narrative non-fiction, Non-Fiction, pulitzer noms

narfna's CBR6 Review No:47 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: annawadi, award winners, behind the beautiful forevers, katherine boo, life death and hope in a mumbai undercity, mumbai, narrative non-fiction, Non-Fiction, pulitzer noms ·
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