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Carriejay

Many moons ago I took part in Cannonball Read II, under the name Teabelly. A lot has changed since then, and I now have two year old twin girls. I'm not getting as much reading done, but I'm hoping to make a half Cannonball at least.

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Impressive, but left me a little cold

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

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In the outer rim of the universe, a war is waging. A group of world-ships known as the Legion travel the stars, slowly decaying and dying, while each lord of the ship fights with others, scavenging for scraps to save their own worlds. Zan awakes with no memory, but is told by her sister, Jayd, that only she can save them. Only she can enter the world-ship known as the Mokshi and lead them all to salvation. But Zan has no choice in the matter, is a prisoner among those who call themselves her people. Is Jayd really her sister? […]

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12/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 55 |

More than just a shark attack story

Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic

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On July 30, 1945, not far past midnight, the USS Indianapolis was spotted by a Japanese submarine and hit by two torpedoes. The ship had just delivered the components of the atomic bomb in a highly classified mission. It takes around 12 minutes for the ship to sink, during which time there are intense fires and gallons of diesel are dumped into the sea. Nearly 900 men survive the explosions and make it into the water, some with only life jackets, others finding shelter on rafts or floater nets. They will drift, awaiting rescue, for five nights and four days. […]

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11/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 54 |

“This will end in flames”

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

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Simon Snow won. But he also lost. A lot. And now he’s lying on a couch barely living and his best friend is worried about him. His boyfriend wonders what’s going on in their relationship and everyone is walking on eggshells a bit. So Penelope decides they all need a holiday. In America! What better way to brush off the cobwebs and escape their normal (but never Normal) lives than a road trip across the U.S. of A? It starts out grand of course, these things do, and then they run into trouble. Magickal dead spots and ending up on […]

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11/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 53 |

Bring the light

The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley

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Dietz is a grunt in a war with Mars. New technology allows humans to be broken down into light and transported elsewhere – to Mars or other areas of Earth instantaneously. But Dietz starts having bad drops, falling out of sync with her unit, moving around in time. Are they really experiencing the war in a non-linear fashion, or have they come back wrong? Starting with Dietz’s experiences as a new recruit and going through basic training, The Light Brigade takes us on a journey through a war with no end, with ruthless corporations who will stop at nothing to […]

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11/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 52 |

Supposedly for Gilmore Girls fans, but only kinda

The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood

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The Garrett sisters live with their grandmother in the small town of Remington Hollow. There’s Des, the oldest at 19, who helps run the family bookstore and has little in life outside of looking after her family; Bea, who has life all planned out – heading to college with her boyfriend of five years – and it’s giving her panic attacks; Kat, an aspiring actress with a role in the community theatre production whose boyfriend just broke her heart. But she’s got a plan to get back at him; And youngest, 15 year old Vi. She’s crushing hard on the […]

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11/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 51 |

Master of the first draft, apparently

Master of Murder by Christopher Pike

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Marvin (no, really, Marvin) seems like your typical 17 year old boy, but he’s actually America’s bestselling author of teen fiction under the pen name Mack Slate. Everyone is crazy about his latest series, The Mystery at Silver Spring, and desperate to know who killed his heroine, Ann. But Marvin is kind of a dork (who wouldn’t be with that name? Sorry Marvins of the world), even if he is at pains to let us know he’s actually quite handsome, in the right light. He’s totally hung up on Shelly, his dream girl, who he managed to go on a […]

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11/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 50 |

“The whole world thinks I’m a slut!”

Gimme a Kiss by Christopher Pike

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Jane Retton keeps a fictional diary that somehow ends up being copied and splashed all over school. In her latest entry she wrote about how she lost her virginity to her boyfriend, but it was a lie! The mean cheerleader is obviously behind this smear campaign (because Jane once said something sort of nasty about the cheerleaders in the school paper), and her boyfriend is denying it (she thinks it’s cos he’s a lame-o dude thinking about his own reputation but he mostly didn’t want to call her a liar to everyone). Jane decides the best way to pay them […]

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10/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 49 |

“You give away nice like it doesn’t cost you anything”

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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Cath is about to start her first year of university without her usual partner in crime. Wren, Cath’s identical twin sister, has decided to spread her wings and room with someone other than Cath for the first time in their lives. Cath now has to navigate the intimidating world of college and roommates and the dining hall, as well as classes that leave her feeling out of her depth. It feels natural to Cath to stay in her room where it is safe and work on the thing she loves the most – Simon Snow fanfiction. Simon Snow is as […]

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10/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 48 |


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