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Everyone’s Life Looks Great on Instagram

March 3, 2017 by Melina 3 Comments

Autumn likes to like stuff on the Internet (who doesn’t?)…and she soon becomes obsessed with one particular family–the McMullins.  She likes them for several reasons: 1. Daphne McMullin is the perfect mother. 2.  The McMullins in general, are the perfect family and 3. Daphne McMullin adopted Autumn’s baby girl at birth in a closed adoption.  Autumn “stays in” her daughter’s life by following Daphne on social media as a lurker.  She memorizes everything about them and is just absolutely thrilled that a woman like Daphne […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr9, Melina, Minka Kent, mystery, social media, stalker, Suspense, The Memory Watcher

Melina's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr9, Melina, Minka Kent, mystery, social media, stalker, Suspense, The Memory Watcher ·
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Secrets are lies. [Also, pizza gif within]

February 27, 2017 by tillie 6 Comments

“Secrets are lies” Holy mother of Jesus. I can’t even with this book. I’d been hearing about this book for ages, mostly praise, but I was unsure that I could handle ANOTHER book about “social media = bad” and technology is super duper dangerous. To be fair, the book did not immediately quell my fears. The first part was slow going and had me rolling my eyes slightly at the obvious parody of facegooglespacehoo. Then I burnt my bread. That’s not a euphemism. I’d put […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: dave eggers, Mathildehoeg, science fiction, SciFi, social media, Speculative Fiction, The Circle

tillie's CBR9 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: dave eggers, Mathildehoeg, science fiction, SciFi, social media, Speculative Fiction, The Circle ·
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