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Must-read historical fiction.

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

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CBR11 Bingo – History/Schmistory   After reading Quinn’s previous novel, The Alice Network, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on her new book. I adore her way of portraying women in historical fiction – finding the badass women who are the heroines of the story, not the background players. One part of this story follows the journey of Nina Markova, as she journeys from the wilds of the Soviet Union to Moscow, in order to join the Night Witches – a legendary group of female pilots, tasked with bombing the Germans under the cover of darkness. She is eventually […]

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7/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 |

A badass female spy network? What’s not to love?!

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

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CBR11 Bingo – Far and Away   This category is a bit broad, but hopefully a novel set on a different continent in a different time period is far enough away? 🙂 The Alice Network starts off with American co-ed Charlotte (Charlie) St. Clair travelling to Europe to get “a little problem” taken care of (1947 translation: she done got knocked up out of wedlock and her wealthy parents are insisting on an abortion in Switzerland). Charlie’s motivations for agreeing to the trip to Europe are a bit more complex, as she is determined to track down her French cousin, […]

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7/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |

Gives new meaning to ‘Shoot for the moon’

The Stone Sky by NK Jemisin

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CBR11 Bingo – Travel   The conclusion of The Broken Earth trilogy sees mother and daughter, Essun and Nassun, both setting out on their own journeys to change the course of history. (as this is the end of the series, this is super heavy with spoilers; be ye warned) At the end of book 2, both Essun and Nassun are coming into their full powers and know that to affect the world in the way they see best they need to gain control of the Obelisk Gate. Essun recognizes that the planet’s troubles have been caused by humans long ago […]

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7/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:29 |

Not your typical Mother-Daughter story.

The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin

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CBR11 Bingo – Award Winner (2017 Hugo Award)   This is the second book in the Broken Earth Triology, and picks up immediately after book one. Basically this entire review will be a spoiler, if you haven’t read the first book… sooo… stop here if you haven’t read them, but want to?). As the disaster that is this Season intensifies, Essun and Hoa (who she has learned is a stone-eater, and not a child at all) have found refuge in a community that is surviving in an ancient underground cave. This ‘comm’ is unique in that it is lead by […]

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7/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:28 |

Three orogenes walk into a bar…

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

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CBR11 Bingo – And So It Begins   This trilogy has long been on my radar and I picked it up on vacation at the beginning of the month, knowing that I’d have a few interrupted days to really dig my teeth into them. [the bonus I didn’t realize until after the fact: each book satisfies a bingo square requirement; thank you vacation-packing gods] The Fifth Season introduces us to The Stillness, a fictional, futuristic land. It’s a land populated by humans, but some of these humans have the gift of orogeny, and are known as orogenes (or by the […]

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7/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |

“This book is meant to free, not capture, a life” ~ Lindberg

Birdie by Tracey Lindberg

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CBR11 Bingo – Own Voices   When it comes to diversifying my reading list, I’m trying to be more intentional about including voices from Canadian Indigenous communities.  Canada, for all its wonderful awesomeness, has an atrocious history (and even current relationship) with its Indigenous population – and so often, has kept so much of it quiet. Stories keep coming to light now about the horrors that ripped these families apart, the way entire communities were destroyed, and yes, despite what many of our politicians say, it IS appropriate to label it as genocide. Canadian history as taught in public schools […]

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7/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:26 |

Reviews are divided, but I land on the side of loving it.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

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I know that this is turning into a ‘love it or hate it’ type book (even amongst the Cannonball reviews), but I personally really enjoyed it. We are introduced to Kya, a girl living in the marshes of North Carolina in the 60s. Her dysfunctional family lives a secluded life away from town, subject to poverty and her father’s drunken abuse. One by one her mother and siblings flee, leaving Kya alone with her volatile father, until one day, he too disappears. Kya becomes known as The Marsh Girl, mysterious and feral, living alone in her shack, fending for herself […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:25 |

How to create beauty from chaos.

A Beautiful Mess by Danielle Strickland

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Danielle Strickland is a speaker that I have had the privilege to hear several times, and even learn from directly at a conference she taught at. I’m a huge fan of her as a person, and of the work that she does. She’s passionate about empowering women to lead (especially in the church, where sadly, the patriarchy is still often calling the shots) and she’s passionate about justice (working with girls at risk of falling into human trafficking). She’s real and genuine and is someone I highly respect as a human on this planet. I picked up this wee little […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:24 |


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