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#CBR10Bingo: AlabamaPink – The Dud Avocado (First bingo!)

October 16, 2018 by Malin 2 Comments

#CBR10Bingo: AlabamaPink Sally Jay Gorce is a young woman of independent means, thanks to the benevolence of a rich uncle. He’s given her enough money to live comfortably abroad for two whole years, no strings attached, as long as she comes back and tells him about her adventures at the end of the two years. Not needing to hold down a job or really do anything at all for the money, means Sally Jay spends her time flitting about Paris, taking a lover, drinking and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #CBR10, 1950s, AlabamaPink, cbr10bingo, elaine dundy, historical fiction, Malin, paris, the dud avocado

Curiosity, old bean. Curiosity every time.

September 6, 2018 by melanir 1 Comment

This is one of the books read and reviewed by AlabamaPink in the first Cannonball Read, so obviously this is going to go in that the AlabamaPink slot on my bingo card. To be honest, when I was selecting a book for this slot it was more “well, this one looks least objectionable” rather then “ooh, that one looks fun”. I suspect that Ms. AlabamaPink had very different tastes then I. I’m going to write this review and then go over and read what she […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, elaine dundy

It’s amazing how right you can be about a person you don’t know; it’s only the people you do know who confuse you

August 16, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR10Bingo – Alabama Pink I wasn’t around to know Alabama Pink in any way, but reading her post for this novel made me appreciate some version of the loss this community suffered. I was also glad to see this book on her list, because it’s a book I’ve owned for a while and feels like it always should have been up my alley, and for the most part it was. I have an affection loud-mouth American girls who refuse to act in according to social […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, elaine dundy, the dud avocado

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