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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Make sure you have a box of tissues ready when you read this one. Because crying.

May 7, 2015 by scootsa1000 12 Comments

All the Bright Places has been showing up in a lot of places lately. I saw it at the library. I noticed reviews of it online from people I trust. I saw comparisons of it to other books I really liked — I’ll Give You the Sun and Eleanor & Park, to name a few. So I knew I had to add it to the list. And I’m glad I did. It really was lovely. And sad. Did I mention it was sad? Because it was really, really sad. Violet […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: All the Bright Places, CBR7, jennifer niven, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: All the Bright Places, CBR7, jennifer niven, Scootsa1000 ·
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I believe Keith Olbermann would call Levana “the worst person in the world”

May 5, 2015 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

Have you read Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles, and found yourself thinking, hey, I really hate that nasty Queen Levana…I wonder what makes her tick? If yes, then have I got a story for you. Fairest is a novella that ties itself in with the Lunar Chronicles, and it fits nicely in place after Cress and before the upcoming Winter. And its all about why Levana is such a nasty, conniving, emotionless bitch. Yes, I’m sorry that some terrible things happened to her as a child, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Fairest, Marissa Meyer, Scootsa1000, the Lunar Chronicles

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Fairest, Marissa Meyer, Scootsa1000, the Lunar Chronicles ·
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Becky needs an intervention.

April 24, 2015 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

Shopaholic to the Stars is the latest (the seventh?) book about Becky Bloomwood Brandon, a London girl obsessed with shopping. Over the past six books, she’s found herself in pretty much every single ridiculous plot situation imaginable, all while spending large amounts of cash in order to buy fashionable clothes. She’s kooky, but she has a delightful and grounded bunch of friends and family to keep her in check. You know what you’re going to get when you pick up one of these books, kind […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Scootsa1000, Shopaholic to the Stars, Sophie Kinsella

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Scootsa1000, Shopaholic to the Stars, Sophie Kinsella ·
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What a treat from Jelinas!

April 21, 2015 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

Just look at what came in the mail for us yesterday from Jelinas! What a delight to be a member of the holiday exchange that keeps on giving! Thanks so much, we adore the Prague bookmarks! Bunnybean and Joemyjoe were pretty excited to receive a package from overseas!!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CBR7, Holiday Exchange, jelinas, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:0 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: CBR7, Holiday Exchange, jelinas, Scootsa1000 ·
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My Lauren Oliver experiment is officially over. No mas.

April 17, 2015 by scootsa1000 11 Comments

I read this book almost a month ago, and am sadly realizing that I can barely remember anything about it. It had ghosts. It had a horrible, dysfunctional family. And it had a big, old house that brought them all together. Did I like it? I honestly can’t remember how I felt about it at all. Here’s what I do remember. Longtime readers might recall that I have a weird obsession with Lauren Oliver. She wrote a gorgeous, brilliant debut (Before I Fall). It made […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Lauren Oliver, Rooms, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Lauren Oliver, Rooms, Scootsa1000 ·
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The saga of Saga.

April 17, 2015 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

I know I’m preaching to the choir when I tell my fellow Cannonballers how great Saga is, how awesome the first four volumes were, and how tortuous its going to be to wait for volume 5. I’m going to keep this short, because I’m guessing a lot of you have already read these, and those that haven’t at least have it on their radar. Picking up some time after then end of Volume 3, we find our main characters assimilating to a somewhat normal life. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, CBR7, Fiona Staples, Saga, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, CBR7, Fiona Staples, Saga, Scootsa1000 ·
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