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Beth Ellen

Lover of books (specifically the kissing variety), kitties, tea, science, and kicking cancer's arse.

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A Girl Coming of Age Story Full of Kicking *ss and No Romance

Mistress of the Storm by M. L. Welsh

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Continuing my exploration of intermediate reader books this year is leading to a lot of, judging books by their cover. And this time I hit the jackpot. Verity Gallant is miserable. Her family doesn’t understand her, and she has no friends (she’s around 12-ish, I guess). She visits the library one day and sees a mysterious stranger. He steals a book so she chases after him. At the beach, before he sets sail, he hands her back the book and a round wooden ball with a strange statement, “The Storm is coming”. This sets off a series of events full […]

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1/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

Who’d a thunk a book with a train on the cover and set in the 30’s could actually be fun?

On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells

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Hi everyone! I’m back. Or attempting to be this year. And setting my standards way lower. Hello, quarter Cannonball, how you doin’? Anywho, I decided this year is going to be the year of seeing what’s up in kid’s books. Not BlackRaven’s level from last year (I read way too many kids books on repeat to actually analyze them), but intermediate readers. I go to the library every week, and spend my time wandering the children’s section, which at our library is ringed by the 9-12 year old kid’s books. Long enough to hold my attention, but simple enough that […]

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1/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

A *shrug* and a *yawn*

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

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So I first read A Wrinkle in Time around 20 years ago. That’s my best guess. I remembered nothing about it, except that I did not like it at all, on a fairly strong level. So when I heard they were making a new movie I shrugged, but then it was directed by Ava DuVernay (yes), staring a diverse cast (YES), and then the trailer dropped. All in. Alllllll in. And it’s our bookclub book today! Reread commencing. I’m going to skip the plot synopsis on this one, as it’s pretty darn well known, and go into why, yet again, […]

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2/23/2018 's CBR10 Review No:8 |

Figure Skaters Finding Love (literally all I needed to know to sell me on it, how about the rest of you?)

From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata

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Oh Mariana Zapata, I have such a love/please for the love of god find an editor relationship with you. She wrote my favorite slow burn romance ever, Kulti, and is back this time with a different set of athletes. Jasmine Santos is a world class figure skater trying to decide if it’s time to end her career after her pairs partner bailed a year before. Ivan Lukov is the current reigning pairs figure skating champion and all around taunting pain in Jasmine’s backside at their shared training facility. When Ivan offers her the spot of partner for a season Jasmine […]

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2/7/2018 's CBR10 Review No:7 |

Best Audiobook of the Year (Yes, it is only February, don’t care!)

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

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How can I have already listened to the best audiobook of the year? It’s only the beginning of February! But I have. It’s that good. Go listen. I didn’t even know much about Mr. Noah going in besides that he hosts the Daily Show, was from South Africa, and does stand up. Doesn’t matter, he tells you all you need to know. So when I told Mr. Beth Ellen what I was listening to his response was, “he’s too young to write a memoir”. And that’s kind of how I felt when I saw Mr. Noah was first publishing a […]

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2/5/2018 's CBR10 Review No:6 |

Another great CBR recommended romance – historical friends to lovers edition

A Woman Engtangled by Cecelia Grant

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So Narfna reminded me that this series existed. I started the first one last year, but set it down X months ago. When she said the third made her swoon, I decided to skip ahead to see what all the fuss was about. Thankfully I joined right in. Kate is the daughter of a disinherited earl’s son for marrying an actress. He now works as a barrister and is quite happy in his life, even though it’s not what it was expected to be. Nick is one of her father’s proteges, and has his own recent family issues from the […]

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2/2/2018 's CBR10 Review No:5 |

A historical romance with sensible people, lovely!

A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase

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So I can’t remember the last time I picked up a physical book and actually finished reading it. I have, let’s call her, an “aggressive reader” who’s just graduating from board books to paper pages. She is beyond fascinated with Mommy’s books, and is ready to read them and abuse the heck out of them. As a non-spine breaker, it makes my soul hurt to see her grab books. But she’s getting better! So when I saw that my library didn’t have a waitlist for the new Loretta Chase in paperback I took the risk. And the copy survived beautifully! […]

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1/23/2018 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

We’re Going to Need More Wine (And a Bucket to Hold My Tears from Laughing and Crying)

We're Going To Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union

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I’ve loved Gabrielle Union since 10 Things I Hate About You. I was the perfect age when it came out, and my friends and I as teenagers rented it from Blockbuster over and over and over again. I’ve always had such a soft spot for her, and have been thrilled that she’s had steady work for most of her career. I listened to this audiobook in less than 2 days. It’s sooooooo good. Everyone go get it. Gabrielle Union reads it. I’ll wait. It’s Gabrielle Union telling stories about her life. And it’s fearless. She says at the start she […]

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1/10/2018 's CBR10 Review No:3 |


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