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Cover of So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow

A Little Women “Re-miss”

So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow

February 4, 2023 by jomidi Leave a Comment

  My YA book group selection for February is So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow.  It is a take off of Little Women where the family is recently freed slaves and the time period is the civil war.  I assume it was selected for Black History Month. The March family in this book are Mammie and her 4 girls: Meg a teacher, Jo a writer, Beth a seamstress, and Amy a dancer (although these nicknames are based on different names […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: Bethany C. Morrow, CBR15Passport, historical fiction, Little Women, So Many Beginnings, YA

jomidi's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: Bethany C. Morrow, CBR15Passport, historical fiction, Little Women, So Many Beginnings, YA ·
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“No one tells you before you procreate that the hardest thing about being a good parent is that you never feel like one.”

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

January 17, 2023 by jomidi 4 Comments

I have been reading Fredrik Backman since A Man Called Ove. I mean reading everything he has ever written (including the novellas).  So, when a friend suggested we go see him at a local library, I jumped at the chance. I have seen lots of author presentations (I call myself a bit of an author groupie), and his was one of the best. He was wonderful: well spoken, polite, humble, insightful, smart, and most of all, very funny. The event included a signed book, so I […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: Beartown, CBR15Passport, Fiction, Fredrik Backman, the winners

jomidi's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: Beartown, CBR15Passport, Fiction, Fredrik Backman, the winners ·
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“There’s a Lid for Every Pot”

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

November 11, 2022 by jomidi Leave a Comment

I have been a fan of Lynda Cohen Loigman’s books for several years. I was looking forward to The Matchmaker’s Gift and it did not disappoint. Loigman writes historical fiction centering around the Jewish immigrant community in New York City. Her books are well researched and she captures their experiences very well. The book is set in two time periods.  In 1994 Abby is a divorce attorney working for a very demanding boss. She is mourning her grandmother, Sara, who helped raise her and her […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, History Tagged With: book club, historical fiction; jewish history;, Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History · Tags: book club, historical fiction; jewish history;, Lynda Cohen Loigman, The Matchmaker's Gift ·
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Don’t mess with an angry gingerbread cookie!

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

October 31, 2022 by jomidi 2 Comments

I really adored A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher. This charming young adult fantasy novel was so much fun to read. A shout out to the YA librarian who mentioned how much she had loved this book. Mona is a 14 year old baker who has some limited magic capabilities. She can do things like make gingerbread cookies dance. One day, she finds a dead girl in the bakery and it turns out all magickers in her town are being targeted and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Fiction, magic, t kingfisher, wizards, YA, Young Adult

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Fiction, magic, t kingfisher, wizards, YA, Young Adult ·
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“I devoured this.” V. E. Schwab

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

October 13, 2022 by jomidi 1 Comment

As a book lover, I couldn’t resist reading something called The Book Eaters. Especially with the review quote from V. E. Schwab (whom I love) “I devoured this.” Sunyi Dean’s novel is set in a dark fantasy world where there are a group of book eaters who are not human, but instead subside by eating books, which gives them the knowledge in the book. There are also mind eaters who instead eat human brains and gain knowledge that way. Devon is a princess from one […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, dark fairy tale, Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, dark fairy tale, Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters ·
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Perfect Halloween Read

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

October 11, 2022 by jomidi 1 Comment

I am part of a YA for everyone book group at my local library. The organizer tries to pick books that fit the time of year, so for October, Halloween, we are reading Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. I had no idea what this book was about, which is sometimes a great way to be pleasantly surprised.  Well, I really liked this book, it was such a fun ghost story. Yadriel is a trans teen who is trying to become a brujo. His Latinix family […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys, coming-of-age, day of the dead, Fiction, Ghost, halloween, YA

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys, coming-of-age, day of the dead, Fiction, Ghost, halloween, YA ·
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