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These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.

 

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

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Cat’s Cradle is the fifth book I have read by Kurt Vonnegut. You’ll never believe it, but as a white, cis-gender man in college, I really got into Slaughterhouse-Five. After that, Vonnegut went into my rotation of authors I would look out for any time I went into a used bookstore. Since Vonnegut books are a finite resource, I try to restrict myself to one book every few years. Since then, I have read Breakfast of Champions, Armageddon in Retrospect, and Slapstick. I enjoyed them […]

Cannonball! “Armed with a burrito, Edie rounded her car and sprinted to intercept the zombie.”

Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

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Olivia Dade may have asked herself, what if The Walking Dead had a baby with True Blood and it came out a rom com? What if fat women had post-apocalypse adventures and got the hunky vampire too? She may have asked herself those questions and then written ZomRomCom. Dade opens with Edie going after a zombie with a burrito to protect her seemingly oblivious neighbor, Chad. Chad is not only not Chad, he is also not oblivious. He is a vampire named Max* and furious […]

This History Is Still Being Written

A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis

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“In answer to those who claim young people protesting across the country against mass incarceration, police violence, deportation, school inequality, rising Islamophobia, global injustice, and environmental racism are nothing like the activists of the storied days of the civil rights movement, our historically informed answer must be, they are” (208). Jeanne Theoharis’ A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History has been languishing on my TBR since 2018, the year it was published. I wish I had read it earlier, […]

Oh no, they (almost) killed David!

The Discovery by K. A. Applegate

The Threat by K. A. Applegate

The Solution by K. A. Applegate

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The Animorphs created a psychopath then abandoned him on an island of rats. Yes, I just finished Animorphs books 20 thru 22, the David Trilogy. See, the Animorphs meet a new kid named David (who, in my headcast, is tween Mark-Paul Gosselaar). This new kid is playing with a familiar blue cube – the very Andalite cube that gave the Animorphs their morphing powers! They attempt a stealth mission at David’s house to get the cube back, fearful the Yeerks will get their hands on […]

Wedding Guests Bring the Drama

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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Finishing this book also meant finishing my first buddy read with my mom, which was a fun experience, and I enjoyed the book. In a time of crisis, main character Phoebe has booked an expensive hotel, and upon arriving learns that due to a hotel oversight, she is the only guest who is not there for a wedding. Phoebe is grieving the end of her marriage, among other losses, and soon comes into contact with the bride, Lila. Through Lila, Phoebe slowly becomes sucked into […]

The Strengths of Human Management

Causing Others to Want Your Leadership by Robert DeBruyn

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Bingo: School. This book discusses leadership for school administrators. My father was a teacher for about 20 years, before he moved into school administration. He received a second administration Masters at Bankstreet College and the book Causing Others to Want Your Leadership was one of his texts. The book is quite old: it was first published in 1976. There isn’t a single rating for it on Good Reads (though it will get mine soon enough). But the book has remarkably modern guidance and is a […]



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