I decided to sit out this year’s Cannonball, after getting too far behind in reviews (as in, have not started, and am definitely behind my reading goal of a double Cannonball this year), but I could not miss our annual book exchange. KatSings is a hero and a champion. The Amazon Prime Fairy came to my house TWICE today, which was a double excitement, as the first installment was thrilling enough. I’ve been dying to read Elizabeth Acevedo, and now, I will be bringing this when I go on my family vacation this Christmas! As if that was not enough, […]
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
It has been a long semester (case in point: I’m 50 reviews behind, and am currently typing this on my phone at the dealership, because my husband’s trusty car has finally given up the ghost). So thanks to magical Christmas elf mathildehoeg for impeccable timing and beautiful gifts. I look forward to reading both books (the authors are both on my TBR list) and coloring in the activity book–how did you know I love to color??? Thank you, mathildehoeg!!!!
12/13/2018 's CBR10 Review No:0 |
52: My dive into the pool involved a book that was just okay.
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Before the review, a disclaimer: I decided that a triple Cannonball or greater would not be feasible or even fun with my current workload. I’m working a few jobs and trying to shoehorn research in (on my own time and dime, because adjunct faculty do not get time built into our jobs), all while trying to hold a few church offices. Last year, I had a really hard time reviewing enough books and I have barely made my reading goals the last two years in a row. I thought a slower pace would suit me best, because the whole point […]
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6/19/2018 's CBR10 Review No:52 |
51: An intriguing play that riffs off Plato’s cave allegory
The Shadow of the Hummingbird by Athol Fugard
I’m developing a “new global literature” online course, which means lots of lovely reading! For each of the literature courses I have developed, I like to implement a variety of genres. Further, since this is global literature, I need to think about several nations or regions being represented that are not European or Western in focus. Finally, since this is “new” global literature, I decided that everything needed to be published after 9/11, as a starting point to thinking about how globalization changed. This is all a very long preamble to my review, but that’s the reason I read a […]
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6/19/2018 's CBR10 Review No:51 |
50: Revisiting a haunting and beautiful dystopian novel
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
The Chancellor has June’s book club pick for our friend group, and he chose Future Home of the Living God, much to my enormous delight. I read and reviewed this about seven months ago for CBR 9, so I am going to plunk that link right here and just talk about my response for this re-read. Because I loved it even more than the first time I read it. I think we’re going to have a rollicking discussion this month, because a few of us loved it, and The Chancellor DID NOT. This time around, the theme of uncertainty really […]
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6/10/2018 's CBR10 Review No:50 |
49: An okay VR novel
Arena by Holly Jennings
I had never heard of Holly Jennings or Arena before my library book club assigned it, but that’s the beauty of reading new books and authors you never knew existed. I am also not a video gamer at all, so the content is unfamiliar. Sometimes, I learn a lot, and other times, I learn to gut through a book in order to finish and be able to discuss it with other people. This book, I am afraid, falls into the latter category for me. Kali Ling is an interactive gamer for a tournament. She’s part of a team which must […]
6/10/2018 's CBR10 Review No:49 |
48: An intriguing new novel
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
I’m a sucker for new books, but I don’t often read them, because of time limits, my library tower (graduated from stack), and my enormous TBR list in general. My sister recommended Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach, and I saw it available at my library and put it in my basket on a whim (yes, I have officially gotten greedy to the point of getting basketfuls of books from the library—it’s a new first for me!). It was a great book to read on the airplane from my Florida vacation, and an interesting summer read in general. I have not read […]
6/10/2018 's CBR10 Review No:48 |
47: An okay emergent YA novel from a great talent.
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
I greatly enjoy Jason Reynolds’ voice in young adult literature. I think his works are necessary to adding diverse literature for young adult readers, and I have liked his novels to this point. Since I read and LOVED All American Boys and Long Way Down, I think I may have a hard time going back to his first books (case in point: The Boy in the Black Suit was just okay). So I had that in mind when I read When I Was the Greatest, which is apparently trending at my library. Ali is fifteen and lives in a brownstone […]
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6/10/2018 's CBR10 Review No:47 |