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Instead of HBO, Read the Book

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma

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Bingo Review 5 (True Story): I was first very excited when I saw the tv ads for the new show Gentleman Jack, and then mildly irritated when I realized it was on HBO, which I do not have. I was then happy when I was browsing a bookstore for some travel reading and saw this paperback: Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister. Another good non-fiction read; this has really been a good year for that (at least for me). This book is based on Anne’s diaries, and apparently she was a very diligent diarist. The interesting thing here is that […]

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7/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:54 |

Sequel Bait

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

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Bingo Review 3 (Birthday- V.E. Schwab 7/7) I have to admit that I had a hard time getting myself to pick up Vengeful. I don’t pre-order often, but this I had, so it’s not like it hasn’t been physically on my TBR shelf since it came out. I’m pretty sure I was just worried I wasn’t going to like it as well as I had Vicious. I really only picked it up when I did because it fit a Bingo square that was going to change soon. I’d read the first few pages not long after I’d gotten it, but […]

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7/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:53 |

The Dullness of Medieval De’Ath

The Heretics of De'Ath by Howard of Warwick

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Bingo Review 3 (Summer Read): The premise of the Heretics of De’Ath is promising: very medieval medieval monk is accused of murder during an important debate (a Conclave) concerning whether or not Christ got sand in his sandals (Hermitage swears he didn’t do it- the murder that is), a weaver of adult tapestries gets involved, an ambitious younger son of an Earl shows up at the monastery, Church officials are corrupt, the abbot might be crazy, agents of the Vatican are afoot, and the King wants things straightened out as soon as he gets back from beating up those Normans […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:52 |

Love and Politics Can Mix

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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Bingo Review 2 (Rainbow Flag): On the one hand, Red, White & Royal Blue is a cute, light romantic story about how the First Son of the USA and a Prince of England start out as nemeses, are forced by political circumstances to fake friendship, become friends for real, fall in love, get outed as a couple, and the face their new reality together. I don’t view this as spoilers since this is the kind of mostly feel good light read that you know will have a generally happy ending. After all, the main couple always ends up together after […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:51 |

Tales of a Queer Cross Country Road Trip

Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

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Review 1 for Bingo (Own Voices): Here’s the scenario for Real Queer America: A transgender reporter and a friend/scribe take a trip across the American Southwest, South, and the Midwest to document LGBTQ lives and history. Along the way, old friends are visited, new ones made, memories evaluated, and research is done. Two things surprised me about this book: first, how deeply researched it is (I will be looking up some of the historical and theoretical references cited), and second, how hopeful it is about the future. Samantha Allen decides to confront her past and present as a transgender woman […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:50 |

How to probably not run the English Department at Payne U

The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher

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The Shakespeare Requirement is part sequel, part novel, and part satire of the modern university system as seen from the mostly inside. This is one of those books that’s supposed to be fiction, but a lot of it realistic to the point of being a little scary. If you haven’t read the first novel featuring Jason Fitger (Dear Committee Members), you really should as it’s funny (especially if you have ever been to college or work at one) and it introduces his character. The Shakespeare Requirement is told in a more straightforward narration in that it’s not epistolary like its […]

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7/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:49 |

Beware the UPS Guys

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

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I’m not much of a listener of metal genres, but We Sold Our Souls seems almost like a novelization of a heavy metal song, one of the ones with a Satanic tinge. Basically, Kris is a middle aged wash-out who in the past had been the lead guitarist of a metal band on the cusp of fame, only to be thwarted by the ambitions of her bandmate Terrence. Years after a disastrous night during which the band breaks up, the details of which are fuzzy, Kris is compelled to seek out her former band-mates to figure out what happened that […]

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7/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:48 |

Read this, it’s Important

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

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I have to admit I was a little surprised to see a Pride display at the local Barnes and Noble that still had a copy of I Wish You All The Best. Also for the record, I really dislike the use of the word “important” to designate something genuinely meaningful that everyone should seek out, but this might be one of those titles which actually deserves that term in that sense. If you can’t imagine the struggle of someone who wants to come out but worries about how it might be taken by those around them, you need to read […]

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6/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:47 |


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