Summer is a good time for some fun with book titles. While you slather your body parts with sunscreen, let's insert some body parts into book titles. Change one word in a book title to a body part to make a fun new title. Here are some of mine: Lady Chatterley’s Liver The Armpit and the … [Read more]
America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson
My husband recommended America the Beautiful?: One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled (2023) by Blythe Roberson. I have a bit of a contest going with my oldest brother to see who can get to more U.S. national parks (I'm winning), and this book seemed on point. Roberson was taking an … [Read more]
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
CBR Bingo: Sheep, because while reading this I did feel a lot like I'd been a bit of a sheeple and Belle had been too hot take: Can you get upset at someone for doing something stupid that you yourself did? longer take: I don't know how to review this book in detail without getting into some … [Read more]
Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun
CBR Bingo: Map, because this entire book is frameworked by the map journey that Sadie takes along the Camino de Santiago. hot take: I like the concept (although I did like The Pairing better in the questioning queers questing genre) but found myself annoyed with the extreme insistence that … [Read more]
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
CBR Bingo: Right (for right pairing, wrong time) hot take: I'm really torn on this one -- at one point I was fuming and ready to give this a two, two but after finishing I appreciate what Jimenez was doing even if I thought it was more harmful than HEA (for the avoidance of doubt there is a … [Read more]
When the Cranes Fly South: A Novel by Lisa Ridzen
Cbr18bingo Season This book hits hard right in the gut. If you have experience with a loved one who suffers from dementia and/or is near the end of life, much of what is here will be achingly familiar. Lisa Ridzen was inspired to write this novel after seeing her grandfather’s caretakers’ notes … [Read more]
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
CBR18BINGO: And (2nd book by this author) Nadia and Saeed live in a nameless, though apparently majority Muslim, country. As their city becomes a battleground between militants and the army, they discover a way out through magical doors that have been appearing throughout the planet, and through … [Read more]
