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Deeper Than I Expected

The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty

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Best for: Fans of Liane Moriarty, fans of mysteries that unfold in unexpected ways, and fans of books that go a little deeper than you might expect. In a nutshell: Alice and Jack Munro abandoned their baby girl – named Enigma – 70 years ago. She’s now a grandmother, and one of the sisters who rescued her has died, leaving behind some unfinished business. Worth quoting: “If her back had ever hurt like this when she was twenty she would have been hysterical, demanding painkillers and cups of tea in bed, but she has found that nobody is especially surprised […]

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9/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:37 |

Well That Was Dark

Pharricide by Vincent de Swarte

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Best for: Anyone looking for something dark, evocative, and quickly read. (Note: it seems to be easier to find in the UK than the US) In a nutshell: Lighthouse keeper Lefayen is not doing well, folks. Worth quoting: N/A. Not because there wasn’t anything particularly interesting or moving; I was just so caught up in reading it that I didn’t stop to underline anything. Why I chose it: The cover drew my attention, and then the description on the back made me want to read it. Review: I didn’t close this book thinking ‘what did I just read,’ although that […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:36 |

Pretty Practical Stuff Here

Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale

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BINGO: Reading the TBR (purchased in October 2018) Best for: Those who know someone who is dying, or those who may die themselves one day. In a nutshell: Palliative care nurse Sallie Tisdale offers thoughts on both the reality of accepting (or at least acknowledging) one’s own mortality while also providing seriously practical suggestions and examples for what to expect. Worth quoting: “Our image of Grandpa at home in his own bed assumes that Grandpa likes his bed, that his house is safe and quiet, and that he really wants his relatives to take care of his most personal needs.” […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:35 |

She Did It Again

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

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BINGO: Listicle (ELLE magazine Best Fall Books 2018) Best for: People who like Liane Moriarty books. In a nutshell: Nine people arrive at a health retreat looking for change. They find a little more than that. Worth quoting: “The first was a woman … wearing an oversized, brand-new-looking whit t-shirt that hung almost to her knees over black leggings, the standard outfit for an average-sized woman who starts a new exercise program and thinks her perfectly normal body should be hidden.” Why I chose it: I have been waiting for this to come out in paperback and huzzah! It was […]

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8/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:34 |

I Feel Seen

Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family & Creating a New Age of Independence by Dr. Amy Blackstone

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BINGO: I Love This Best for: I wish everyone would read this. Parents who don’t understand why people would choose to not be parents can learn a lot about society’s misconceptions, but us childfree folks really benefit from writing that treats us as well-adjusted adults, not selfish, juvenile misanthropes. In a nutshell: Sociologist Blackstone looks at what it means to choose a life without children of one’s own. Worth quoting: I underlined something on nearly every page, and starred something especially poignant probably every three or four pages. But here are some of my favorites. Regarding trying to get sterilized: […]

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8/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:33 |

Perhaps Better as a Text Book

Do I Make Myself Clear? by Harold Evans

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Best for: Writing classrooms. In a nutshell: Longtime writer and editor Harold Evans offers lessons to improve writing. Worth quoting: “We are more likely to understand the argument if we know where we are heading.” “Anything that goes wrong will always be wordier than anything that goes right.” Why I chose it: I’m always looking to improve my writing. Review: In the first few pages of this book the author speaks well of both Churchill (racist) and Kissinger (war criminal), so I did have a little trouble moving past that. I was expecting something closer to Stephen King’s ‘On Writing: […]

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8/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:32 |

The Writing Got In the Way

Emerald City by Brian Birnbaum

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Best for: I cannot recommend this to anyone. In a nutshell: I couldn’t really tell you. I could reproduce the description from the back of the book, but I think that’s unfair to other authors whose books can be described by their readers without resorting to that. Though according to the reviews that have already seeded Good Reads it is ‘shocking.’ Worth quoting: Here is an example of the writing that fills each page: “He’d sooner have gotten mad at time’s perceived acceleration over life’s void of fulfillment. An illegal fraction represented best how fucked this so-called sentience was — […]

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8/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 |

Post-Apocalyptic, but also Pre-Apocalyptic

Severance by Ling Ma

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BINGO: Own Voices Best for: Those who enjoy novels that move around in time. Those who liked Station Eleven. In a nutshell: The fever has taken over the world. Candace has survived it, and is now traveling with other survivors. Through chapters alternating in the past and present, we learn what Candace’s life (and the life of her immigrant parents) was like, and is like now. Worth quoting: “It made me wistful for the illusion of New York more than for its actuality, after having lived there for five years.” Why I chose it: I saw it in a few […]

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8/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |


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