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Weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women

Ship It by Britta Lundin

March 23, 2022 by carmelpie 2 Comments

“Real writing” is done by serious people, whereas fanfiction is written by weirdos, teenagers, degenerates, and women.” This is a comics convention. When did this industry start caring about what fourteen-year-old girls like? Have you ever found a book that feels as if it was written just for you? From the first two chapters, I was in love with this book. Small town girl – Check. Self-identified outcast – Check. Obsessed over a band or a show or a movie to the point of writing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bisexual character, Britta Lundin, fanfiction, feminist, gay romance, lesbian romance, representation matters, television

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bisexual character, Britta Lundin, fanfiction, feminist, gay romance, lesbian romance, representation matters, television ·
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Two Scottish bozos in a camper van.

Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish

June 10, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I have not seen the STARZ TV show this book is the account of making, but this book (and the audiobook specifically) was a pretty good time. (STARZ insisted on naming the TV show Men in Kilts, but its original name was Clanlands, as this book makes pretty clear without actually stating it.) If you want something extremely goofy, spotted through with Scottish history, this is your book. The book is told by both Graham and Sam in alternating POV sections as they narrate the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, clanlands, graham mctavish, humor, narfna, non fiction, Outlander, road trip, sam heughan, Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish, scotland, scottish history, television

narfna's CBR13 Review No:60 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, clanlands, graham mctavish, humor, narfna, non fiction, Outlander, road trip, sam heughan, Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish, scotland, scottish history, television ·
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Once Is Not Enough

Kindle enthusiasm

Once Is Not Enough by Jaqueline Susann

April 22, 2021 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

This pandemic has made everything hard, including reading. Something that I love to do, but somehow didn’t want to concentrate that hard to do … until I got a Kindle. This is not an ad. But the times we are living in have encouraged a few bigger-than usual purchases. Since I haven’t been spending my money elsewhere (or anywhere), one of those purchases was a Kindle. It has seemed easier for me to read some titles on this device for a few reasons. First, I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1960s, Hollywood, Jacqueline Susann, Jaqueline Susann, once is not enough, television, the love machine, valley of the dolls

xoxoxoe's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1960s, Hollywood, Jacqueline Susann, Jaqueline Susann, once is not enough, television, the love machine, valley of the dolls ·
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“Ultimately, the reason Harvey Weinstein followed the route he did is because he was allowed to, and that’s our fault. As a culture that’s our fault.”

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

October 20, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Like a lot of people, I read this in close proximity to She Said, the other book published in 2019 about breaking the Harvey Weinstein story. (I liked She Said better. I liked that both authors were ladies, and I liked the close focus on true journalism and building relationships with their sources; it really centered the women’s stories and how they had been affected.) But this one is different enough in tone and style that it brings a lot to the table, as well, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Catch and Kill, Harvey Weinstein, journalism, narfna, non fiction, non-fiction thriller, Ronan Farrow, television, thriller, true crime

narfna's CBR12 Review No:150 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Catch and Kill, Harvey Weinstein, journalism, narfna, non fiction, non-fiction thriller, Ronan Farrow, television, thriller, true crime ·
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“People shouldn’t have everything they want. No one is entitled to their every desire. To live in balance, we must willingly decide not to take all that we can from the world, and from others.”

The Shadow of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #2) by F.C. Yee

October 15, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Super quick review on this one, because I read this and the first one back to back, so they’re a bit blurred in my memory. I do remember I liked the first one just a bit more. Yee continues Avatar Kyoshi’s story as she claims her Avatarhood. She doesn’t have advisors or mentors like most Avatars, and she has to figure it out all on her own. Like we saw of Kyoshi in A:TLA, she is hyper-focused on the concept of justice. But what is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: avatar: the last airbender, F. C. Yee, narfna, television, television continuation, the kyoshi novels, the shadow of kyoshi

narfna's CBR12 Review No:147 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: avatar: the last airbender, F. C. Yee, narfna, television, television continuation, the kyoshi novels, the shadow of kyoshi ·
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This is a media-tie in novel, but it’s also just a good fantasy novel.

The Rise of Kyoshi (The Kyoshi Novels, #1) by F.C. Yee

October 13, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

This was so good! I hope there are ten more of them. I watched Avatar: The Last Airbender when it was on Netflix the first time, around 2010 or so, and fell in love with it. I rewatched it probably three times in the next couple years, and then one day it was gone from Netflix. This was sad. So I had to buy the DVDs. Since then, about once a year I just get this craving to return to this world and rewatch, and I’ve […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, avatar kyoshi, avatar: the last airbender, F. C. Yee, michael dante dimartino, narfna, television, television continuation, the kyoshi novels, the rise of kyoshi

narfna's CBR12 Review No:141 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, avatar kyoshi, avatar: the last airbender, F. C. Yee, michael dante dimartino, narfna, television, television continuation, the kyoshi novels, the rise of kyoshi ·
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