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I love reading nonfiction books, especially ones about nature, zoology, brain chemistry, and psychology. I also love the classics, especially Victorian lit, but I'm pretty open to new genres. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: KimMiE”'s Quick Questions interview.)

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It is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it.

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

March 11, 2023 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

I had heard so many good things about this book that I decided to put a hold on it at my library back at the beginning of Bingo 2022. Like the characters in the novel, this book must have been on a journey, because I never heard from my library, and after Bingo, I forgot about it. In February 2023, a voice mail saying my hold book was ready for pick up left me slightly perplexed. Upon retrieving it, I found A Psalm for the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Becky Chambers, CBR15, fable, speculative ficiton

KimMiE"'s CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Becky Chambers, CBR15, fable, speculative ficiton ·
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Murder of the Week

A Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

March 11, 2023 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

I was a touch disappointed in Anthony Horowitz’s last Hawthorne mystery, so I started The Twist of a Knife with my expectations tempered. I love Horowitz’s two Atticus Pünd novels (Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders), and I suspect I’ve been judging the Hawthorne series a little too harshly because of that. I still enjoy them, though, for what they are: light-hearted, fun mysteries that read like episodes of your favorite murder-of-the-week television series. The Twist of the Knife is an entertaining installment. When the novel […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, British mystery, CBR15, KimMiE", meta fiction, mystery

KimMiE"'s CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, British mystery, CBR15, KimMiE", meta fiction, mystery ·
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The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.

The Overstory by Richard Powers

March 11, 2023 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

The Overstory is the type of novel I dread reviewing. At nearly 500 pages,  nine protagonists, and scores of literary and cultural references, there’s so much to unpack that a review could easily become a doctoral thesis if one had the time and inclination. To properly review, I would almost have to start over and take extensive notes as I read, planting even more stickies on all the pages that contain something interesting or pivotal. Reading this book was both exhausting and exhilarating. The novel is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, environmental fiction, KimMiE", Pulitzer Prize winner, richard powers

KimMiE"'s CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, environmental fiction, KimMiE", Pulitzer Prize winner, richard powers ·
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I just want to find Arthur Less and give him a big hug

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

January 28, 2023 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

When I received a copy of Less is Lost, the follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel I so enjoyed in 2018, I wanted to start reading immediately. But I also wanted  to reread Less, to see whether it would still delight me as much as I remembered. I summoned some self-control and started at the beginning, and I’m so glad I did. Less is the story of Arthur Less, a middling author who, to avoid RSVPing to the wedding of his former lover of nine […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Andrew Sean Greer, CBR15, KimMiE", LGBT fiction, Pulitzer Prize winner, Romance

KimMiE"'s CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Andrew Sean Greer, CBR15, KimMiE", LGBT fiction, Pulitzer Prize winner, Romance ·
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Book cover of The Descent of Man

The sequel is never as good as the original

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

January 15, 2023 by KimMiE" 4 Comments

Back in 2020, I finished out the year by reviewing On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Since then, I’ve been trying to motivate myself to work my way through Darwin’s follow up: The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. Knowing that the ideas in Descent of Man were controversial, Darwin held off publishing until 12 years after Origin of Species. His thoughts on natural selection being well received, however, he felt comfortable proceeding to the next step, namely, “. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: biology, CBR15, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary biology, KimMiE", science

KimMiE"'s CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: biology, CBR15, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary biology, KimMiE", science ·
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I feel like a Jerk, but I didn’t like it

The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin

November 27, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Steve Martin is a talented guy. He’s had a successful stand-up comedy and acting career since the 1970s; he’s written/co-written funny screenplays like The Jerk, Three Amigos, and L.A. Story; he’s published novels and written a Broadway musical; he’s an avid art collector and he plays a mean banjo; he’s won five Grammys, an Emmy, and a host of other awards. Throw in that stint performing magic on Main Street in Disneyland and you can say he’s lived a highly successful life. So, I feel kind […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, humor, KimMiE", OCD, quirky, steve martin

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr14, humor, KimMiE", OCD, quirky, steve martin ·
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