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At least it was free

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

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When I post a review, I always search the media library to see if someone else has uploaded a cover photo so I don’t have to. Turns out, every single cover image Cannonballers have tagged with the word “duke” is a bodice ripper/romance novel (try it if you don’t believe me). Bringing Down the Duke is more McFluffy than McSteamy but it still fits the mold. It’s still not my preferred genre but I got the book for free so who am I to complain. Evie Dunmore, who wears a very fetching hat in her author photo, seems to be gunning to […]

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11/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:94 |

So unmemorable I forgot I read it

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

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This book is honestly so blah I kind of forgot I read it (not 100% the book’s fault, we pulled off a frankly spectacular wedding last weekend so I’ve been a little distracted) (did y’all catch that? WE GOT MARRIED AND IT WAS PERFECT OMG) I felt like I should have been fascinated by this book, but it just didn’t grab me. The whole book just kind of floated by. Our narrator is Sepha Stephanos, living in Washington, D.C., after fleeing the Ethopian Revolution as a boy. Stephanos is an exceptionally passive person which rarely makes for an exciting story – […]

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11/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:93 |

It’s a bloodydamn slog

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

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I’m starting to think that Pierce Brown should maybe have left well-enough alone with his Red Rising “trilogy”. I also can’t help but notice that his name is gaining more and more prominence on the covers as the series progresses. Not saying that’s bad, just something to keep an eye on. But seriously, was there always this much war in these books? I very quickly did not look forward to reading this, and I love this series. I am a huge advocate of Red Rising and I’m about to start telling folks to stop after book 3. At this point, it’s just exhausting. […]

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10/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:92 |

The bingo card is CLOSED

Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

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I’m on my work computer so I won’t get into the nitty gritty of my responses to some of this text but suffice to say that overall I really, really liked this essay collection. Do you enjoy feminist considerations of pop culture and our modern world, presented with wit and candor? Then grab Trick Mirror and be prepared to be both delighted and enraged (I mean, it’s feminist considerations of pop culture and our modern world, of course you’re going to be enraged). There are broad swaths of Tolentino’s experiences that I cannot speak to (I am white, my parents are not immigrants, […]

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10/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:91 |

An amazing new normal

Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

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When my husband buys me comic books, he (almost) always gets me the women-centered books, so a good chunk of our collective collection is given over to Jessica Jones, Spider Gwen, Captain Marvel, and, of course, Ms. Marvel (the exception of mine being a hardcover collection of the side stories from the Age of Apocalypse storyline which I ADORE). When I was looking for something to match my “Illustrated” Bingo square, I didn’t have to look far. One of the many great things about the new Ms. Marvel storyline is how fresh it feels. Here we are plopped straight into the life of Kamala Khan, the […]

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10/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:90 |

How I met your (1940s) father

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

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I never actually did read or watch Eat, Pray, Love so my disdain for the work of Elizabeth Gilbert was purely by cultural osmosis. I can’t say City of Girls did much to elevate her for me, though. It wasn’t bad, but neither was it good. It just kind of … was. The novel is narrated as a confessional of sorts, an older woman telling a younger woman the story of how she met her father so the whole meat of the story is in extended flashbacks. Much like the show for which I named this review, though, the focus is 90% […]

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10/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:89 |

Life is too short for books you don’t want to read

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

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There can come a time when a book is a chore and let’s be real – I’m three weeks out from my wedding, I have enough goddamn chores. I hadn’t gotten quite halfway through when I consciously uncoupled myself from this book and I have no real desire to go back and finish it in the week I have remaining on my library loan. For my Retelling bingo square, I revisited a book I didn’t much care for the first time around either. I was gifted this book in high school I think I finished it then, but that was […]

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10/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:88 |

I’ll need a round two

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

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Compare anything to Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire and you’ve pretty much guaranteed I will jump right on it so when I saw Black Leopard, Red Wolf being teased as “African Game of Thrones” right on my hold list it went. But I’m going to need at least one more pass at this because I just couldn’t quite find my way through it. It was like I could never quite find my entry point, like I was just lost and wandering at the gates. I did not finish this book on this first attempt. I want to try again, though, […]

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9/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:87 |


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