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Double Bingo, so at least this book was good for something

October 27, 2018 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

Ugh, I didn’t enjoy this book in the slightest, which I guess makes sense since it fills the Not My Wheelhouse square for Bingo. The Vacationers is the story of a family from New York that goes on vacation to Mallorca, along with their oldest son’s girlfriend, and the best friend of the wife and his husband. I would use names here to help distinguish between characters but I’ve honestly forgotten half of them already. Man, I just. . . I really hated this book. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Emma Straub, mallorca, The Vacationers, ugh

Remove head from sphincter, then write.

April 2, 2018 by lowercasesee 4 Comments

I almost wish I actually hated this book because then I could summon enough vitriol to fill a full 250-word review. As it stands, all I really got is ” … meh”. I kind of wish I’d done CBR last year just so y’all could have been treated to my screed on My Absolute Darling but nope, you guys are stuck with this much masquerading as a philosophical journey. It’s a writer writing about a writer writing about a writer. She’s so far up her own […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Nicole Krauss, ugh

Hated this Textbook

June 30, 2016 by Andrea Krieter Leave a Comment

While the authors had good intentions, I was thoroughly disappointed in this book. The whole premise of this book is so that educators can use YA as a teaching aide. However, the authors have only thinly disguised their preference for classics. The tone I found while reading is that “Oh this YA book is good… but classics are still better.” and “teenagers won’t change their views/perspectives based off books!”. Both these statement are total bullshit for me so I highly disagreed with their opinions and […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: About YA, most frustrating, ugh

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