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A beautiful murmur

The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

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I bought this book, put it on my kindle, and then forgot about it.  I don’t know why I bought it–I’m sure it was someone’s recommendation, or a list of new books somewhere.  One day I found it again and started reading, having no idea what the book was about. This book was enchanting. Set in early 20th century Mexico, this is the meandering story of the Morales family and their adopted son Simonopio, who was found by old Nana Reja under a bridge, with a cleft palate, covered in bees.  Simonopio can’t speak, but he has other gifts that […]

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10/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 9 |

“Now I am beyond prophecy.”

The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

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Everyone on this site who recommended the Winternight Trilogy: thank youuuuuuu! I devoured these books.  Like, ignore dinner, stay up til 3 am, read all lunch break.   Try to read slowly to savor, but can’t because it just is so good. Continue to recommend to everyone who would listen.  I think it’s so rare to find a trilogy that reads so well, for so long.  I can’t wait to read it again! So, back up, these are the second and third book of Katherine Arden’s Winternight series.  Book 2 picks up right where Book 1 ends: Vasya leaving her village […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 8 |

A debut novel with pomegranates on the cover; obviously, I bought it.

The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Foroutan

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This was on a list somewhere of noteworthy debut novels, and I quite enjoyed it.  It’s a fine novel and what’s more, it ticks almost all of my “I obviously have to read that” categories: historical fiction set in the Middle East!  Inter-generational family drama!  Slyly feminist messaging!  Pomegranates on the cover! This is the story of a wealthy family of Persian Jews in early twentieth-century Iran.  Asher Malacouti is the head – an astute businessman who has multiplied his family’s wealth.  His wife Rachel is young and beautiful–it seems like a good match.  But as their marriage progresses and […]

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7/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 6 |

The kind of book that you wish you could read for the first time, again.

Perdido Street Station by China Mielville

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When I was reading this book, a friend asked me what it was about.  I didn’t really know how to respond, because this book is insane.  Eventually I said something like, “It’s about humans…and other creatures that are loosely based on various mythologies?…in a parallel-world steampunk magic police state.  And also they are fighting these crazy dream-sucking moths.” And that’s true!  But there are also mob bosses, red light districts, cactus-people, water-magicians, sentient machines, scientists in secret labs, and, my favorite character, a giant multidimensional spider. So there’s a lot going on. The story begins with Isaac, a mad scientist […]

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7/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 5 |

Sometimes the stories we know are actually just the footnotes in another (better) story.

Circe by Madeline Miller

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I picked this up because I was seeing it evvvvverywherrrre.  I had low expectations because I am a contrarian and, in general, I don’t trust people’s opinions of books (except for Pajiba readers’, of course.)  But this book was so good!  It immediately became my new buy-it-for-everybody’s-birthday book. First, this book has it all: mythology, complex heroines, curses, potions, love, betrayal, exotic lands, gods and humans, bloodshed, magic, and monsters.  It also has an awesome female protagonist, “empowered” in the best way, by which I mean she has agency in the narrative itself, and in the very fact that Miller […]

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7/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 4 |

A long, long whodunnit

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith

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Firstly:  650 pages is too long.  I know you’re J.K. Rowling, but sometimes you still need an editor! That said, I enjoyed this book and stayed up late to finish it.  If you like the others in this series, you will probably like this one!  Convoluted mystery: check.  So many characters: check.  Plenty of red herrings: check.  Strike – Robin relationship tension: check. The book picks up with Robin’s wedding to Matthew.   For those of you who have read the previous books, don’t worry: Matthew is still a jerk.  I know a lot of other reviews complained that there was […]

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7/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 3 |

A Harlem Love Story

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

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I’d never read any Baldwin before, but he kept coming up in conversations, books, and of course, movies.  I took it as a sign that it was time to read some James Baldwin, and I thought I’d start with If Beale Street Could Talk, just to get to it before the movie, which looks great. First, in case there was any doubt: Baldwin can write.  The construction of the narrative, the careful plotting, the realistic dialogue, the direct but poignant tone.  It was just … good.  So good you kind of get lost in it, and then think, man, this […]

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6/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 2 |

Those crawdads gonna need to sing a little louder

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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…to drown out this terrible dialogue. But before we get to that, let’s start with the good. Warning: this post contains ALL the spoilers! The first half of this book is beautiful, moody, and gorgeously written. The marsh is described so lovingly, so well, and the family dynamics felt so authentic. Kya’s transition from little sister with a troubled family to nature child was described with a sort of reverence for Nature that I found compelling. Her relationship with Jumpin’ and Mabel was sweet, and her determined self-reliance was inspiring and heartbreaking. It started off so well, I thought that […]

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5/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 1 |


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