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Social Media: “They’re Using Our Pain For Their Gain!”

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

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This book changed my life for the better, so I want to spread the love and do recommend that people at least consider listening to the short audiobook version of (around 5 hours). Consider whether your life is better or worse with the presence of social media as-is. The decision is up to you, of course, as the author makes clear from the get-go. The author (or me) telling you what do is no better than social media giants manipulating you for their own gain – one of the main points of the book. For me, Jaron Lanier’s Ten Arguments nudged me […]

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9/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:37 |

Mystical, Brave, Horrific (Just Like Growing Up)

Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu

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For some reason, kids often get the best stories. Kids’ books can often tell hard truths in imaginative ways. They’re so true. Maybe the difference between kids’ and adults’ books is that as an adult, you can recognize the truth looking back better because you’re past that stage. Adult books are more ambigious because we’re all just winging. Or, maybe kids’ books continue ringing true because some things are always true. Hmm. Either way, a Juvenile Fiction book that gets you thinking about these Big Things is probably a pretty good book. Indeed, in Eventown Haydu gently provides a real gem of […]

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9/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:36 |

An Academic Look at a Fun Subject – Latinx Rock

Rock the Nation: Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock Diaspora by Roberto Avant-Mier

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If there’s anything good to be said about the Trump era, I think it’s that we’re all forced to figure out who we are. It’s not necessarily that we HAVE to take the President’s lead and become galvanized on all issues or against one another, but we do have to look at our identities, and what we’ll tolerate in our culture, and what we won’t. Personally, all of the negativity towards Latinx people has led me to embrace the Mexican-American and Basque portions of my heritage. Learning more about my own family background led me to a Latino USA podcast […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:35 |

Like if Blade Runner 2049 Sent You

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

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I love it when a piece of art is so great that I don’t fully understand what it is, but I know it’s really good and really cool. The movie Blade Runner 2049 was like that for me. Director Denis Villeneuve always impresses and entertains, and his take on the Blade Runner world was great. I can’t wait to see what he does with Dune. While trying to learn more about Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, I learned that Nabokov’s Pale Fire was included overtly and subtle in the movie (thanks IMDB trivia). I grabbed the book when I saw it sitting […]

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8/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:34 |

A Beautiful Dropkick to the Heart

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin

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Alias is one of those tv shows that I just missed. Never really thought about it until 15 years after it debuted. I knew people watched it, I knew it was a thing, but I didn’t watch it. This summer, though, I started checking out all of the Alias DVDs at the library on a whim. Since then, I’ve become something of a Jennifer Garner completionist. This coincided nicely with my quest to become a Timothy Olyphant completionist. They co-starred in a rom-dramedy (?) called Catch and Release. This book is kind of like that movie. It’s funny, sometimes it’s […]

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8/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:33 |

Doctor Strange Explains Why Time Travel is Possible

The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

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Ever since I’ve started traveling more for my new job, I’ve gotten back into audiobooks. (I liked them in college because of the long drives to and from school.) Long audiobooks stress me out because of library due dates, so this short four-discer read by a celebrity was perfect for a quick round trip through North Texas. In The Order of Time, theoretical physicist/brainiac Carlo Rovelli poetically and accessibily skims the surface of our understanding(s) of time. He includes a wide but shallow overview of theories and understandings throughout time, as well as some information about quantum fields that helps explain […]

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8/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:32 |

An Honest and Gracious Look at the Complexities of Adoption

All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

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From now on, when people ask what being adopted is like, I’ll just smile and tell them to read this book. It’s all in here. The simultaneous emotions of feeling special because you were chosen by a family and worthless because your parents didn’t want you. The confusion of not knowing who exactly you are, or whether you should feel thankful that you were taken in or annoyed that human right was even in question. Who are your “real” parents, if there is such a thing? Is learning about your heritage a weird form of cultural appropriation or is it […]

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8/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 |

Scribotherapy

Writing to Save Your Life: How to Honor Your Story Through Journaling by Michele Weldon

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Writers love reading, writing, and reading about writing. If you ask any writer to name some impactful books that have encouraged their craft, I guarantee you they will be able to pound out a list of 3-5 books immediately. My personal list includes If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland, On Writing by Stephen King, and any Jack Kerouac poem (they’re not usually specifically about writing, but always about living, and writing is about living, so I count Kerouac). I’m not quite sure where I found out about Michele Weldon’s Writing to Save Your Life; probably from some other non-fic book. Thankfully, a copy of […]

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8/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |


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