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Kill Your Darlings

The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

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Bingo Update: This is my Reading the TBR square. Kate Morton books automatically go on that list once their publication dates are announced! I’m on the record as a HUGE Kate Morton fan. So much so that I buy each of her books in soft cover so I can see them all on my bookshelf (which is a rarity these days in an age where I love the convenience of my Kindle). She has a way with prose, mystery, and history that I just can’t get enough of. I may have found the book that counts as “enough now.” The […]

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8/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Paper-Thin Premise

The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

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Bingo Update: This is my YOUTHS! square, as it was not only published as YA, but feels pretty stereotypical of the genre as a whole, and not in a good way. The Paper Magician ostensibly takes us on the journey of our protagonist, Ceony (whose name I never figured out how to pronounce and still don’t really like) as she learns the magic of paper. In this universe, the magically inclined are bonded to a specific material, and then that is the only form their magic can take forever. Ceony, despite graduating at the top of her class, is forced into bonding […]

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8/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:9 |

Yes, I Will Read Anything Related to P&P

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

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  Bingo Notes: This is my Remix square. It’s a modern retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. Eligible tells the story of a modern Bennet family, set in Cincinnati, Ohio and updated to include things like Reality TV, CrossFit, and the trans community. In this telling, Liz is a magazine writer, Jane is a yoga instructor, Kitty & Lydia both work at a CrossFit gym, and Mary is hiding away completing one Master’s Degree after another. This story opens with the sisters more spread out (Jane and Liz both live in New York) and gathered together in response to their father’s […]

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7/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

Drinking a Mug of Male Tears

How to be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings by Sarah Cooper

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  Bingo Notes: This one is my True Story because it’s non-fiction and represents the lives of most women at some point, including myself. This book is both tragic and hilarious. It is a guidebook for getting through office life in The Patriarchy. Sarah outlines what should be great comedy, if it weren’t so very, very true. In fact, I bought this copy for my office while we were having a particularly hard time with the Boys Club aspect. One of my coworkers refused to finish it because she was too depressed by how real it was. This book contains […]

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7/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |

A “Reluctant” Beginning

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

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                Welcome to Bingo, where I finally start playing catch up on my stack of unreviewed books I’ve read this year! For Bingo counting purposes, they count as follows: A Princess in Theory is Far and Away. Not only does Prince Thabiso rule the fictional African nation of Thesolo, but the back third of the book requires our heroine, Naledi, to follow him there. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy is Own Voices. Alyssa Cole is a brilliant black woman writer creating a novella about two fantastic black women in love.   These two are […]

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7/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |

Fairy tale update with a Latinx spin

Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore

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Technically it’s a misleading to say this is an update of a fairy tale. Really, this is a reimagining of several, woven together with a Latinx flair and a contemporary openness to LGBTQIA sensibilities. If that sounds like a lot to pack into 375 pages, you aren’t wrong, but I think it’s a decent effort. Blanca & Roja tells the story of the del Cisne sisters, one of whom is destined by a family curse to become a swan. Told from four perspectives, this book mixes several fairy tale threads together, from The Black Swan to the Bear Boy. The […]

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1/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

Fun but ultimately unfulfilling

Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide by J.K. Rowling

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As a huge Harry Potter fan, there was no way I was skipping this book, which is essentially a collection of information from Pottermore, the official website dedicated to all things Harry Potter. I’ve read other supplemental texts affiliated with the series, but this feels like the least substantial of them all. The story is a small guide to Hogwarts – how to get there, fun facts about the school and its inhabitants – presented both as general information, and then commented on by Rowling herself as a creator. It provides very little that serious fans don’t already know. More […]

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1/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

poetry that hurts to heal

the princess saves herself in this one by amanda lovelace

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I haven’t read a book of poetry in a long time, and this was a perfect way to get back into it. I used to love writing and reading poetry, especially in high school. I was even published once, in our lit mag. This is the type of poetry I have always loved, and I wish Amanda Lovelace had come into my life sooner. This slight and powerful book of poetry is based on Amanda’s life and while simply written, contains such multitudes of feeling that you feel you’ve gone on a journey with her through her whole life by […]

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1/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |


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