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The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives by Brian Moylan

August 18, 2021 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

Bingo: People Some people consider being a Real Housewives fan a character flaw, but I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life. I don’t consider watching them a guilty pleasure, because I feel no guilt about it (although I refuse to watch the truly heinous women of The Real Housewives of Orange County). The Housewives was meant to be a behind the scenes look at the series, with interviews with current and former cast members, by Brian Moylan, who has been recapping episodes for years, and […]

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One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

October 5, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

It’s like watching a juicy reality TV show, but better! One to Watch is Kate Stayman-London’s debut novel, though she is no amateur writer. According to her profile, she served as lead digital writer for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and has written for notable figures ranging from President Obama and Malala Yousafzai to Anna Wintour and Cher. With a resume like that, you know her first book is going to be a good one! Bea Schumacher is a plus-size fashion influencer who has sworn off […]

The Nostalgia is Palpable

Open Book by Jessica Simpson

May 19, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

I have to start this review with a caveat: I was in the prime age for Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica on MTV to rock my world. I watched that show with fervor. I wanted to be as beautiful as Jessica Simpson. I coveted her hair, her makeup, her fashion, her house, everything. When Nick Lachey and Jessica divorced, I was devastated. Their reality show had sold me, and I just knew they were the perfect couple. I mean, why else would they write such beautiful love […]

“This wasn’t my first rodeo in Unrequited Land. In fact, I had a season pass.”

To Be Honest by Maggie Ann Martin

July 23, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Summer Reads! Savannah’s older sister is off to college, and she’s not sure how she is going to survive without her. Ashley has always been the peacekeeper between Savannah and her mother, especially since their parent’s divorce and their mom’s follow-up stint on a reality show called “Shake the Weight.” Since mom’s return home, she keeps pushing her new “healthy” lifestyle on her daughters, and Savannah has no interest in following the philosophy of the body-shaming show that body-snatched her mother. Plus, it’s […]

Dance partners on reality TV show fall in love.

March 30, 2018 by narfna 3 Comments

I wanted to like this so much more than I actually did. Like, trade secret here, even though I do not enjoy most reality TV, I realllllly enjoy reading about characters in books or stories (and fanfic, let’s be honest) being on reality TV competitions. (This is similar to me not really liking sports, but loving stories about people who play sports. Why? Shrug.) Take the Lead is Alexis Daria’s first novel, and I think you can tell. It was very uneven for me. One minute I’d […]

A New Appreciation for Ezra Pound, Frankenbiting, and Gerbils

January 3, 2015 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

This young adult novel was a welcome relief from the dystopian futures and epic trilogies that I’ve been reading, but the issue of threes does come up. Ethan Andrezejszak is a student at a Minneapolis high school for the arts and thanks to his English teacher, he has become enamored with the tricolon, a rhetorical device that involves a list of three elements such as “I came, I saw, I conquered.” This rhetorical trinity not only represents his three best friends at school—Luke, Elizabeth, and […]

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