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History and adventure all in one

Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams

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I do enjoy going on trips, and I had a long backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon planned for October of this year. Unfortunately, I could not get a permit, so I was left with some vacation time and nothing to do. I decided to join a tour company I’d used before and go visit Peru and Machu Picchu. I’d never been to South America, and the trip included some hiking over a 15,000 foot pass, which sounded beautiful and interesting. Because I was going with a tour company that I trusted, I did very little research. I knew I […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:42 |

Pelvic floor exercises have now been added to my to-do list

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

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This is Going to Hurt: The Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor is important reading for any Brit who’s about to vote without bearing the future of the NHS in mind. I’ve worked in that arena for the last 15 years and the last 10 years of that has been under the banner of ‘austerity’. In that time we’ve seen services go from underfunded to seriously critical, with staff breaking more and more regularly thanks to the increased stresses and strains that go hand in hand with said underfunding, increased patient need, and a workforce that is fleeing for less […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:47 |

A First Lady to Remember

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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Michelle Obama’s Becoming was an inspirational memoir to experience. I gave the audiobook to my mom for Christmas, but ended up borrowing and reading it myself! I had very high expectations for this book. It ended up being more of an emotional journey than I imagined. The Former First Lady recounts her childhood and her family. She goes into great detail of all the sacrifices her parents made for her and her brother in Chicago. My parents are both from nearby Indiana and  Chicago is the big city where my Great Aunt had many adventures. It was intriguing to hear […]

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12/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:14 |

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.

American Prison by Shane Bauer

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Like many of the books I read this year, I found American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 list. I love NPR’s list. There are so many books and genres to choose from, and most of them have been very interesting and readable. I’m eagerly awaiting their 2019 list, but I haven’t seen it yet. I really hope they haven’t discontinued it. In addition, American Prison was one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018. Shane Bauer is a reporter for Mother Jones. In 2014, Bauer went “undercover” as an entry-level prison guard at […]

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12/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:40 |

Think different

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

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I’m not very computer savvy, and I don’t have any particular interest in Steve Jobs. I’ve never even seen any of the movies about him. But I do like memoirs, so when I saw Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 list, I decided to give it a try. Lisa grew up in Silicon Valley in the 1980’s. Her parents, Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs, were high school sweethearts (if I’m remembering correctly). Her parents were together on and off for years before Lisa’s mother became pregnant with her. Steve Jobs denied it was his kid and the two broke […]

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12/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

A well-rounded portrait of a rock icon

Janis: Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren

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Janis Joplin has been the subject of a number of biographies. She is an irresistible topic after all. A rising star, a trailblazer for women in rock whose passion and emotion were evident in every song she sang, she lived hard and died young. Janis performed at Monterey and Woodstock, palled around with other musical greats of the ‘60s and died of a heroin overdose while at the height of her artistic powers. Hers is a story of triumph and tragedy combined. In this biography, Linda George-Warren gives the reader a picture of Janis as a young woman committed to […]

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11/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:58 |

She blinded me with science

Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome

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Several of us know about Katherine Johnson and her involvement in NASA. There are a few adapted books for teens and several for adults, there is even the movie. Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician is another book on that subject. But at the same time, it is something more. Perhaps it was the illustrations, the mood I was in while reading or something else, but Lesa Cline-Ransome’s book is one that should be read. Even if you have read the others. This book aimed at the older crowd (at least 5 if not 8 to […]

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11/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:488 |

His Holiness Pope Francis I stirs things up….

Francis The People's Pope by Ted Ral

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When I learned we had a Pope Francis my first thought was, “We have a Pope FRANKIE???” (And I mean no disrespect, truly I only have love here.) He caught my eye. Now I was curious who this man was. What was the hub-bub about? He was the fifth Pope I was alive for but only the second I was “aware of” (I knew of Pope John Paul II, as I remember the assassination attempt, but I was still a kid and not into politics). Later, I saw a graphic novel by Ted Rall. I have had this copy of […]

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11/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:484 |


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