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CBR 6

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God as a Grumpy Tortoise

Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

April 24, 2014 by Honey Bee 1 Comment

“His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, ‘You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.” – Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett People have strong opinions about Terry Pratchett. He has an intimidatingly enormous body of work set within his fictional universe of Discworld. You could almost do […]

Filed Under: Fantasy

Honey Bee's CBR6 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: ·
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Longing and Living in Kentucky Farm Country

All the Living by CE Morgan

April 8, 2014 by Honey Bee Leave a Comment

All the Living is a book set on a farm under a big sky, with a few people trying to figure out how they are supposed to live. The plot involves a young pianist named Aloma and her move to her boyfriend Orren’s farm when his family dies. She is ill suited to the environment and to the duties of farm wife, but over time adapts to the role, cleaning the broken down pile of a farm house and teaching herself to cook. Raised as […]

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Honey Bee's CBR6 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·
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Art as Ambassador

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

March 6, 2014 by Honey Bee Leave a Comment

“In life you’ll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it’s because they’re stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance… Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.” – Persepolis I mentioned in my last review that I’ve been reading books for this Cannonball, so far, that are out of date. I mean that they are books published within the last ten to twenty years, but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction

Honey Bee's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: ·
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Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

March 6, 2014 by Honey Bee 4 Comments

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” – Oscar Wilde (opening quote in The Night Circus) I’m on something of a streak of reading books that everyone else discovered years ago, and then being surprised when they’re great. The word “delightful” is overused – I heard that on NPR I think – but it describes this book perfectly. The Night Circus is pure delight. I don’t […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance

Honey Bee's CBR6 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: ·
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I Should Pay More Attention to Hype

Room by Emma Donoghue

February 9, 2014 by Honey Bee 2 Comments

Room was a big deal when it came out a couple of years ago. If you tend to stay current with popular fiction, you’ve probably heard of it. I saw this book on a “recommended” shelf at my local library, and I vaguely remembered the buzz about it. I had zero interest in it back then, so I’m not sure why I picked it up this time. The subject matter is just not appealing to me:  the main characters are a woman kept captive for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense

Honey Bee's CBR6 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: ·
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Unusual Heroines

We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg

January 31, 2014 by Honey Bee 1 Comment

We Are All Welcome Here is a story about extraordinary women. The book is set in the summer of 1964 in Tupelo, Mississippi, and it is told from the perspective of fourteen-year-old Diana Dunn. Diana’s mother, Paige, is a quadriplegic from polio contracted while she was pregnant. She is only able to move her head. Peacie has been Paige’s caregiver since Diana was born. Diana has a lot of responsibility in assisting with her mother’s care. The story follows this unusual family through an eventful […]

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Honey Bee's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ·
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