Cannonball Read 10

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Ellesfena

Public health nerd (there are dozens of us!), non-fiction lover, with a side of YA and mysteries. My real CBR goal is to have the titles of as many of my reviews as possible be Mountain Goats lyrics.

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Double Bingo, so at least this book was good for something

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

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Ugh, I didn’t enjoy this book in the slightest, which I guess makes sense since it fills the Not My Wheelhouse square for Bingo. The Vacationers is the story of a family from New York that goes on vacation to Mallorca, along with their oldest son’s girlfriend, and the best friend of the wife and his husband. I would use names here to help distinguish between characters but I’ve honestly forgotten half of them already. Man, I just. . . I really hated this book. There are several different subplots here. There’s the parents, who are fighting because Dad slept […]

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10/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:43 |

Durr, that Mr. Darcy

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

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When I was in my 20s I adored Bridget Jones’s Diary and the sequel. I haven’t read either of them in a long time, but I picked up the first to fill my “The Book was Better?” square. Bridget Jones’s Diary hasn’t aged well, in many respects. Bridget monitors her weight obsessively and freaks out any time it goes above 128 pounds, which is laughable. She smokes like a chimney. There’s the line about the Japanese being “a very cruel race.” But in other ways I was surprised to see some progressive elements here. Bridget longs to find a partner, […]

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10/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:42 |

The One I’ve Been Waiting For

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

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For most of CBR10, I’ve been in a real reading rut. While I’ve read plenty of books I liked, there have been only a few that met my criteria for The Kind of Book I Love to Read: The story is engrossing: I have to feel like I can’t put it down. It’s not just engrossing, but also evokes specific emotions: I love a book that makes me feel happy or excited, or that awakens my curiosity or makes me want to learn something new. Books that make me feel depressed or grossed out may still be good, but I […]

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10/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:41 |

Life Can Be Delish with a Cheery Disposish

My Man Jeeves and Other Early Stories by P.G. Wodehouse

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I read My Man Jeeves a few weeks ago on a plane ride. This book was just perfect for a plane ride. In addition to being hilariously witty and delightful, it’s a collection of short stories. Since each one wraps up with a nice little bow at the end, they’re extremely satisfying, and they never get boring. For those unfortunate souls who aren’t yet familiar, the Jeeves and Wooster stories take place in the early 20th century and revolve around Bertie Wooster, an independently wealthy young Englishman, and his valet, Jeeves. Bertie and his friends get into a number of […]

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10/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:40 |

A Familiar Scent Rose Up Into the Air, and I Remembered Something Special From a Long Time Ago

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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Rebecca is atmospheric, spooky, and sometimes downright scary. In it, our unnamed narrator meets the handsome widower Maxim de Winter while in Monte Carlo. They build a sort of friendship which eventually leads to a marriage (there’s no romance involved, as far as I can see), and he takes her back to his estate, Manderley. There she learns more about his first wife Rebecca, who was drowned in a sailing accident, and struggles to find her place as the head of the household. Her problems are magnified by two women: Rebecca, the vivacious, seemingly perfect dead wife, and by Mrs. […]

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10/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:39 |

My Broken House Behind Me and Good Things Ahead

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

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Today is a good day to review this book. The Mysterious Benedict Society is a book with an intriguing beginning, a suspenseful and funny middle, and a happy end (spoiler, I guess, but it’s also the first book in a series so the I’m sure the happy ending is short-lived). It’s the sort of book you want to read or review during a garbage week like this one. Reynard Muldoon is an orphan. As the only gifted child at his orphanage, he feels out of place and alone, with no friends other than his tutor, Miss Perumal. One day Miss […]

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9/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:38 |

The Blood of an Englishman

The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

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I love Flavia de Luce, the 11-year-old budding chemist living in the small village of Bishop’s Lacey in post-WWII England. Flavia uses her natural curiosity and scientific knowledge to solve murders. In The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag, Flavia works to solve both the murder of a puppeteer. She soon finds it’s related somehow to the mysterious death of a young boy in her village that happened 5 years ago. This is the second book in the series, and it seems to take place very soon after the first. I had trouble getting into The Weed That Strings the […]

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9/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:37 |

You Come at the King, You Best Not Miss

All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of the Wire by Jonathan Abrams

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If you’ve seen The Wire, you should read this book. If you haven’t seen The Wire, you should go watch it and then read this book. What are you doing with your life?!   For All the Pieces Matter, author Jonathan Abrams spoke to almost every person involved in creating The Wire, from David Simon and Ed Burns to directors, casting agents, and writers, to almost every actor you could think of. It’s fantastic. There is so much information in here, it could have been five times as long and still have been interesting. The book starts with Simon’s struggles to […]

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8/26/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:36 |


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