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kella

Canadian girl; collector of Pride & Prejudice; trying (unsuccessfully) to read the books I already own before buying more.

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Just as great as 9th grade.

Cue For Treason by Geoffrey Trease

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CBR11 Bingo – Back to School I read this book in my first semester of high school, in my 9th grade English class. All I really remembered was that it was set in Shakespearian England, and that I really liked it.  I apparently liked it so much that the copy on my bookshelf is my actual high school copy.  I wasn’t really the thieving type, and I don’t really remember why I didn’t have to return it at the end of the semester, but regardless, here we are – what better book to read for the Back to School bingo […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:41 |

Left wanting more… (and hooray – this completes two bingo lines!)

The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K Le Guin

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CBR11 Bingo- Birthday   I had to find a square for my girl Le Guin on this bingo card, and fortunately her birthday was October 21, so that was an easy pick 🙂 I’ve had The Eye of the Heron  on my TBR list for a while, and this seemed like a perfect time to pick it up. I love Le Guin not only because of her writing itself, but for the fact that she is one of the truly great female fantasy/sci-fi writers. Even when one of her books isn’t my favourite, I always admire her originality and her take […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:40 |

Worth all the praise it has been given…

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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CBR11 Bingo – Reader’s Choice (in place of Science)   I’ll admit that despite the hype surrounding this book, I initially had little interest in this memoir. It was a ‘meh, I’m sure I’ll get around to it someday, but it’s not near the top of my TBR pile’. I’m thinking it’s partially because I’m not a huge memoir person, partially because I’m not American, and partially because American politics makes my blood boil a little bit (no offence, eh?). But more and more people (specifically women) in my circles kept recommending it, and then it kept coming up in talks […]

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9/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

No less powerful when reading it 25 year later…

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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CBR11 Bingo: Banned Books   In trying to decide what to read for the Banned Book square, I considered several options, but landed on re-reading this classic. The first time I read To Kill A Mockingbird was in my Grade 10 English class. I remember being shocked as an adult to hear that it was so often protested, because it was just accepted as a classic in my classroom twenty-five-ish years ago. Maybe a difference between where Canadians and Americans draw their lines in the literary sand? Much of the protest has been about the use of the n-word, which I suppose […]

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9/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:38 |

Maybe the coolest, mind-trippiest, concept I’ve ever encountered in a book.

S by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst

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CBR11 Bingo – Listicle   If you look this book up on Goodreads, it ends up on several of their book lists, including “Best Experimental Books Ever”, “Books With Innovative Designs”, and “Books You Can’t Read On A Kindle”. All of these categories hint at the unique design concept which makes this book the amazing piece of work that it is (and with JJ Abrams (yes, that one) as the co-creator, it’s not a shock). The story is about Jen, a university undergrad who works at the campus library. One night as she is shelving books, she comes across a […]

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9/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:37 |

Required reading for all teens, parents of teens, or anyone who knows a teen.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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CBR11 Bingo: Youths!   This was one of those books that I had heard of but really didn’t know what it was about. I picked it up at a discount book sale based on name recognition alone; when I needed a YA selection for this bingo square, I dug it out of the TBR pile. Speak is a novel about a girl named Melinda, and picks up just as she starts her first year of high school.  From day one she is a social outcast due to the fact that she called the cops on a wild end-of-summer party a […]

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8/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:36 |

Sadly, the album is NOT on iTunes.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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CBR11 Bingo – Canonballer Says   This book has been popping up on ‘must read’ lists, and in bookstore displays all year, but in reading the description, I wasn’t sure it would be my jam. But then it was on the new releases shelf at the library, and there had been a couple recent 5star reviews here (Jen K, Manimama, and ardaigle), so I tossed it in my pile on a whim. The book is laid out like a VH1 Behind the Music interview, with snippets of comments from various band members, producers, friends, etc, all flowing together. At first […]

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7/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:35 |

Austen meets Downton

Longbourn by Jo Baker

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CBR11 Bingo – Remix   When tackling the Remix bingo square, it was OBVIOUSLY going to be some sort of Pride & Prejudice variation, with the actual challenge being which one to pick. Then I read LanierHgts’ review of Longbourn, and it immediately got bumped to the top of my list. Unlike other remixes that tend to modernize the story, or speculate what happened next, this book takes place during the events of the original Pride & Prejudice, but is told from the point of view of the house’s staff: Sarah, Mr & Mrs Hill, Polly, and James. It parallels […]

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7/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:34 |


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