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Fantastic Fantasy Fun

The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman

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Bingo 24 (I love this) The Invisible Library series is just plain fun fantasy, with a sprinkle of literary humor. The basic premise is an extra-dimensional library where rare books from all over the various worlds and realms are kept. The Librarians who work there often go to great lengths to acquire new titles or versions, including theft and adventure of various sorts. The Library is supposed to keep balance in the universe, especially between the forces of Chaos (the Fey) and natural Order (the Dragons). Upon induction into the Library, a Librarian is given a tattoo which gives him […]

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9/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:73 |

If you’re going to ban Harry Potter, at least come up with a better reason

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

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Bingo 23 Banned Book The Harry Potter series has been challenged for many things including glorifying witchcraft, encouraging bad behavior like disobeying rules and lying, and for being un-Christian. This recent ban though is almost laughable, but it did make the international news (click for link): Reverend Dan Reehill, head St Edward Catholic School in Nashville, Tennessee, apparently decided that the spells presented in the series were real. He supposedly consulted the Vatican on this, and had the books removed from his school library so that his students could not use them to summon evil who knows what from the […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:72 |

No mothers, no food

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

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Bingo 22 (Not My Wheelhouse) I don’t do well with contemporary fiction or modern literary fiction as a rule, but when Kitchens of the Great Midwest showed up in the 50% off bin at an indie bookstore I’m fond of, I decided to take a chance. The book then sat on my shelf for eight months. I picked it up to address the Not My Wheelhouse Bingo square. I was hoping this might be a rare exception to my bad luck with best-sellers off the general contemporary fiction list because I was born and raised in the Midwest. I know […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:71 |

Grown-Up Me May Have Overthought Things in Places but Wins in the End

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

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Bingo 21 (Back to School) I remember in elementary school being mightily impressed by From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler, but have no memory of what it was I liked or why I’d had to read the book in the first place. I suspect it was likely for a book report or reading hours. I kind of remember now upon a re-read over two decades later, in spite of some reactions to characters and situations that are likely the grown-up in me, at least grown-up in the sense I’m old enough to be the nameless mother of […]

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8/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:70 |

An addition to the Question of Who Wrote Shakespeare

Seven Shakespeare by Harold Sakuishi

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Bingo 20 (History/Schmistory) This is actually a review of 9 books, sort of. Seven Shakespeares turned out to be a lot more interesting than I thought. The premise sounded simple: a re-imagined version of how William Shakespeare become the household name that he has been since about 1600. I was pretty impressed by the degree of historical accuracy in the world, in that a lot of real Londoners involved in the theatre scene appear, as do a lot of real elements of Renaissance London beyond the theatres. One of the big themes that gets attention is how dangerous it was […]

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8/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:69 |

Holmes is an Avocado

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis HIll

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Bingo 19 (Cannonballer Says) On 8/7/19, Cannonballer Leedock posted a review for The Affair of the Mysterious Letter. It sounded interesting and got a 5-star review, so I tracked it down. It is most definitely a Sherlock Holmes inspired book, but also very much its own thing. Everything is told by an older John, looking back on his past. The basic gist of the beginning of the mystery is similar to Holmes, with a medical type (alchemist) who has had to leave the Army (Company of Strangers battling the “existential peril presented by the forces of the Empress of Nothing”) […]

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8/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:68 |

Where pastrami and hot dogs come from

Pastrami on Rye by Ted Merwin

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Bingo 18 (Award Winner) In 2015, Ted Merwin’s Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli won the National Jewish Book Award, which is presented by the Jewish Book Council. I neither knew that nor would have cared if I had known when I bought the book, but it’s rather convenient for a Bingo Square. Basically, this book is as the subtitle suggests a social and cultural history of the Jewish deli in the United States starting in 1880sish NYC through nearly the present day. The book contains 4 chapters, a preface, an introduction, a conclusion, and notes/bibliography/index. […]

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8/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:67 |

Surgery Before Anesthesia and Antiseptics

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

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Bingo 17 (Science!) The Butchering Art is part biography and part history of medicine, but mostly medicine. Do not read this is you are squeamish about some fairly graphic descriptions of surgery before things like antiseptics and anesthesia. The focus of the book is one the career of a Quaker named Joseph Lister in Victorian England; if his last name sounds vaguely familiar it should, and I’m surprised it doesn’t get more attention or pointed out sooner than it actually does. I’m also slightly ashamed of how long it took me to start wondering about that. In addition to following […]

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8/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:66 |


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