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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Diana Gabaldon (1)

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

January 5, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“I woke three times in the dark predawn.” I read the first book in this series about two years ago, the first summer during the Covid lockdowns, back when we were all taking our dumb little walks (I like walking). For some reason, I guess simply the length of these books put a hitch in my plan to keep reading them, because I found the first novel pretty compelling, especially the ending scenes with Claire looking into the morality of her position. At the beginning […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Diana Gabaldon

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Diana Gabaldon ·
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William Styron (1)

Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron

January 5, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“Riding down to Port Warwick from Richmond, the train begins to pick up speed on the outskirts of the city, past the tobacco factories with their ever-present haze of acrid, sweetish dust and past the rows of uniformly brown clapboard houses with stretch down the hilly streets for miles, it seems, the hundreds of rooftops all reflecting the pale light of dawn; past the suburban roads still sluggish and sleepy with early morning traffic, and rattling swiftly now over the bridge which separates the last […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: william styron

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: william styron ·
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For Harassed Mothers Everywhere

Are We Having Fun Yet? by Lucy Mangan

January 4, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Welcome to a year in the life of Liz. A mother of two living in London (or near London, not quite clear on that one). All she wants is five minutes of peace away from her husband who will not stop talking, and her children. Plus all the stuff that comes with those things: being the one to remember everything, signing up to volunteer for school events, especially when ‘volunteering’ means being strong armed by the local Mean Girl mum (the one who’s always perfectly […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Lucy Mangan, Motherhood

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Lucy Mangan, Motherhood ·
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Save the World!

Stillwater and Koo Save the World (A Stillwater and Friends Book) by Jon J. Muth

January 4, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Early February 2023 we will have another Jon J. Muth picture book. Now, if you are like me, I loved Muth. After a while, though the stories became similar, but I still love the illustrations, which is why I was excited to see that Stillwater and Koo Save the World (A Stillwater and Friends Book) will be the newest edition the collection. Muth has our two pandas finding ways to “save the world.” Now, they might not be big, splashy events, but they are important, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Jon J. Muth, Legends & Myths & Fables, pandas, Social Themes, uncles, Values & Virtues, way of life

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Jon J. Muth, Legends & Myths & Fables, pandas, Social Themes, uncles, Values & Virtues, way of life ·
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it’s so very fun to read a book that is set in a place you know :)

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

January 4, 2023 by wicherwill 1 Comment

CW: racism, police violence, minor character death (not by cop) Oddly enough, this book kept bringing to mind the movie “500 Days of Summer,” not that I’ve seen it more than the once when it first came out. Something about two people dancing around one another and getting in their own ways? Even though, to be clear, the message of the film is clearly that Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character brings his misery upon himself since he asks what Summer wants and then gets sad when she […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Caleb Azumah Nelson

wicherwill's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Caleb Azumah Nelson ·
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Secrets Typed In Blood: The Third Pentecost & Parker Mystery

Secrets Typed In Blood by Stephen Spotswood

January 4, 2023 by Owlizabeth 6 Comments

Hello howdy and hey y’all, it’s my first post ever! I love detective stories. I’ve got a brain that enjoys puzzles and being right, so it’s fun on top of fun. But I am also super picky and easily distracted or annoyed by most mysteries. I need a challenge but not something so convoluted it’s unsolvable. I don’t want anything too cozy or too grim, nothing with lots of graphic violence/mutilation/torture but a decent amount of action. I prefer women authors and characters, I like […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: detective, disabled characters, Female Detective, Fiction, mystery, Noir, queer fiction, Stephen Spotswood

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: detective, disabled characters, Female Detective, Fiction, mystery, Noir, queer fiction, Stephen Spotswood ·
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