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Just Stay Home

January 11, 2015 by Berry 5 Comments

There are no doubt piles upon piles of books that make you want to travel, and there’s probably no shortage of books that make you want to visit Venice in particular. Then there’s Ian McEwan’s The Comfort of Strangers, the book that makes you dread just the thought of Venice. Or really any travelling. After finishing this book, you will want to stay home forever, and lock all the doors to keep the outside world and its evils at bay. Mary and Colin encounter those […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Berry, crime, Fiction, horror, ian mcewan, sex & violence, Venice

Berry's CBR7 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Berry, crime, Fiction, horror, ian mcewan, sex & violence, Venice ·
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The anarchist’s wet dream!

December 29, 2014 by AamilTheCamel Leave a Comment

Forty-third book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. How would you like a ball busting, head chopping, tank driving bitchy diva who has serious fun while doing it all? Bring it on, I hear you say? Well, that and a lot, lot more than that is what Tank girl is all about. Tank Girl is an outlaw living in the Australian Outback who hangs out with her boyfriend, a mutant Kangaroo; her best friend, a junkie Aborigine; a stuffed toy Koala bear who hasn’t come […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Western Tagged With: 130 challenge, comic, humor, sex & violence, tank girl

AamilTheCamel's CBR6 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Western · Tags: 130 challenge, comic, humor, sex & violence, tank girl ·
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Sex & Violence

January 29, 2014 by LibraryRappsody Leave a Comment

Title: Sex & Violence Author: Carrie Mesrobian DESCRIPTION (from Goodreads.com):

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, carrie mesrobian, Fiction, sex & violence, YA, Young Adult

LibraryRappsody's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, carrie mesrobian, Fiction, sex & violence, YA, Young Adult ·
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