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ardaigle

I am a born and bred southerner and recent transplant to the Midwest. I read because I want to, because I NEED to, and because I'm possibly ignoring the frigid temperatures. Until spring, and then I may read outside. I also enjoy cooking, witty banter, and cheese. All the cheese.

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Interested in time travel? Not like this.

Kindred by Octavia Butler

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In Kindred, Dana a black woman in the mid 1970s in America, is settling in to her new home with her husband when she is struck with a dizzy spell and is mysteriously and immediately transported to the time of slavery, to a plantation, and finds herself face-to-face with a scared little boy, the son of a plantation owner. Who is he? Why is she here? This story answers these questions and more as Dana finds herself tethered to this place, with little control over when/where she is, and for how long. The conceit was fascinating and overall I would […]

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6/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:27 |

It’s a familyyyyy traditiiiiion (of dysfunction)

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

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Four siblings are eager to inherit what they affectionately refer to as “The Nest” from their late father. He worked hard his whole life, pinching and living a modest live, and his intention was to provide a modest bump for his children, but his investment practices and a favorable market have swollen the amount beyond what he could have imagined. But, when the eldest sibling’s bad decisions finally catch up with him, they all pay the consequences, literally. Now the nest is almost depleted, and financial times are tight. Will things be made right? This is a story of arrested […]

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6/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:26 |

This ends well (J/k/, it’s Saga, you know it doesn’t).

Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan

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How to write 250 words about Saga, Volume 5? I really struggle to sum up my thoughts on each volume, because I am possibly the worlds most ridiculous person when it comes to spoilers. I like to go into things like a newborn babe, with no knowledge or framing of the experience. So, what to say about this that doesn’t give anything away? Our main heroes (anti-heroes?) are still being chased, and still vacillating between making good and bad choices, with the dial swaying to bad more often than good. But, such is the life of fugitives and the parents […]

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6/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:25 |

Not your average cookbook – for the seasoned (food pun!) cook looking to take it up a notch.

The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food by Daniel Patterson and Mandy Aftel

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This was the May pick of the Slow Food Chicago book club, one of the four (five?) book clubs that I am in. I sometimes lament that I have given away some choice in my reading to these clubs. Luckily this book was one I wouldn’t have picked up on my own, and I found it both interesting and inspiring. That is what I call a resounding success in the world of book clubs. This is a equal parts cookbook, historical text, and flavor bible. It’s a little hard to explain, so I’ll let the authors words from page 3 […]

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6/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:24 |

Buckle up, Saunders is gonna blow your mind right out of your butt

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

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I heard about this book on my beloved podcast, Literary Disco, as they gushed about Saunders, both in general as an acclaimed short form writer, and for this, his debut novel. It tells the real story of the tragic death of Abraham Lincoln’s young son Willie, but veers into the extraordinary as Willie is in a sort of limbo, surrounded by fantastical and verbose ghosts. He is visited by Lincoln in the graveyard, hence the title, and is struggling with whether to stay in this in between place, or move forward to the unknown. I read this in audio format, […]

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6/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:23 |

Lawyering, fast and loose, like old times

The Rooster Bar by John Grisham

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Back in the day I devoured John Grisham books like candy. The “classics” I remember fondly, aka, The Firm, The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Runaway Jury, and, a departure from the thes, A Time to Kill. For no real discernible reason, it’s been about a decade (whoa) since I have picked one up and a quick pass over the “hot and new” section at my local library grabbed my attention as unsurprisingly, John is still at it. A few of my book clubs are winding down and taking a break for the summer, so I actually have some space […]

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5/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:22 |

A hilarious and heartwarming book. J/k, it’s Margaret Atwood.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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This is the May book club pick of my local library, and I was a little disappointed only because I wasn’t looking forward to rereading it. I am a huuuuuge Atwood fan and was hoping to dig into something new. Well, the joke is on me because I realized that I had somehow conflated this book with Anita Diamant’s “The Red Tent” and I had somehow never read it. For shame. And how appropriate to kick off a review of “The Handmaid’s Tale” with a reflection on shame. In Atwood’s reality, set in modern times in the U.S., women have […]

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5/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

Or just read “Girl on the Train” instead

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

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I was a little late to the game on Flynn’s “Gone Girl,” but like many, I’m a huuuuge fan. I enjoy a good psychological thriller and was excited to dive in to this one. Luckily, a pal of mine said that in her opinion, this was her least favorite of Flynn’s books. This tempered my expectations and I am glad it did because I did not love this book. This is a story of rural America in the 1980s, a failing farm, a slain family, and a sole survivor stumbling through her life as an adult in present day. It […]

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5/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |


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