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faintingviolet's CBR14 Review #47:

“It’s time for the world to let queer black boys unpack their shit.”
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

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Ale's CBR14 Review #13:

Not What I Was Expecting? Maybe?
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories by Karen Russell

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vel veeter's CBR14 Review #5:

The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

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Wanderlustful's CBR14 Review #2:

Teenage me would have loved it, adult me is more ‘meh’
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart

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Cannonball Read (CBR) is an annual, memorial reading challenge that challenges participants to read and review 52 (or 26 or 13) books in a calendar year. We donate profits to the American Cancer Society in memory of AlabamaPink, our fierce warrior queen, in the fight against cancer. Read More »

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CBR14 Bingo – Week 5 Check-in

August 18, 2022 by Emmalita 6 Comments

Welcome to the Week 5 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. This week’s mood: adapt. I’m day dreaming about how much I’d love someone to to do a big budget adaptation of Tasha Suri’s Burning Kingdoms series. I read about the Netflix v Unofficial … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr14bingo ·
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CBR Diversion: The Books that Make You Scream

August 17, 2022 by Emmalita 67 Comments

I love it when I see people reading books I love and I am also one conversational turn from enthusiastically recommending a large number of books. At the same time there are a few books that make me so mad I get an eye twitch and my voice moves into a range only canines can hear. If you think … [Read more]

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: CBR Diversions ·
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Know It in the Dark

Slooooow-burn sapphic romance with a fire starter (pun intended)

Know It in the Dark by Skye Kilaen

August 19, 2022 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

CBR14Bingo – Shadow: A large chunk of the book is the women dealing with the potential threat of a shadowy government agency... plus other things that hide in the shadows *dun dun dun* I loved the first book in this sapphic slow-burn scifi series and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one! … [Read more]

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:67 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr14bingo, Romance, SciFi, Skye Kilaen, WLW ·
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This guy wanted to be Tolkien so very badly.

The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1) by Guy Gavriel Kay

August 19, 2022 by narfna 4 Comments

I was but a wee little fetus when this book was published in 1984, so I should probably give it some leeway—it was 38 years ago, times have changed, this probably seemed great back in the day, the genre hadn't evolved yet, blah blah blah—but I don't want to, and I'm not going to. This book is the … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:135 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay, narfna, the fionavar tapestry, the summer tree ·
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I found this Persian-inspired fantasy intriguing.

This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1) by Tahereh Mafi

August 19, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I always try to go into books with an open mind and wanting to like them; it's not fun for me to read books I don't like. But even so, I haven't had great luck with YA fantasy in the past so I mostly stopped reading it. For some reason, as a genre it's particularly vulnerable to publishing trends … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:134 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, narfna, Persian mythology, Romance, Tahereh Mafi, this woven kingdom, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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I unexpectedly fell in love with this one day.

Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

August 19, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

Thanks to NetGalley and Recorded Books for the audio ARC. It hasn't affected the content of my review. Firstly, I'm going to apologize in advance because this review might end up being the equivalent of one of those annoying YouTube comments where some genius pops in to be like "FIRST!" and … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:133 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Amy Scanlon, ARCs, audiobooks, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words, Eddie Robson, mystery, narfna, sci-fi, sff ·
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Problem play indeed.

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

August 19, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I will be honest with you here, and let you know that I barely remember this play. There were only a handful of Shakespeare's plays that I made it out of school not having read, and this was one of them. I've been meaning to read it for years but never seemed to get around to it. Honestly, I wish … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:132 · Genres: Comedy/Humor · Tags: British literature, comedy, drama, measure for measure, narfna, renaissance drama, Shakespeare, william shakespeare ·
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“I care about you, okay? I like you, even though you’re prickly as hell and looking at me like you wish I would vaporize, and you think ketchup is a vegetable.”

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

August 19, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, and Wednesday Books for the ARC! It hasn't affected the content of my review. I was slightly skeptical of this book going in, as I always am with YA these days, but I couldn't resist the premise. I'm really glad I gave in to my impulse on this one, because … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:131 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: ARCs, dahlia Adler, f/f, home field advantage, LGBTQIA, narfna, Romance, YA Romance, Young Adult ·
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  • narfna on I unexpectedly fell in love with this one day.I think more? Now that it's been a couple months, I think need some sort of button on her relationship with Fitz. The lack of...
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