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Where pastrami and hot dogs come from

Pastrami on Rye by Ted Merwin

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Bingo 18 (Award Winner) In 2015, Ted Merwin’s Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli won the National Jewish Book Award, which is presented by the Jewish Book Council. I neither knew that nor would have cared if I had known when I bought the book, but it’s rather convenient for a Bingo Square. Basically, this book is as the subtitle suggests a social and cultural history of the Jewish deli in the United States starting in 1880sish NYC through nearly the present day. The book contains 4 chapters, a preface, an introduction, a conclusion, and notes/bibliography/index. […]

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8/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:67 |

The not so distant past

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery with Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley

The Tattoist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

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My mother used to watch Lifetime movies (back in the ’90s when they were about battered women and mother’s whose children had drug problems) to remind herself that no matter how bad her day was it could easily be worse. Here are two books to remind you that life isn’t that bad … while also sort of scaring you because- holy shit if 2020 is just 2016: the remix then maybe the below stories aren’t that far in the past and God forbid history repeats itself. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights […]

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8/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:84 |

Students, Nonviolence and History Begin Made

March: Book One by John Lewis

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#cbr11bingo #History   March: Book One by John Lewis is one of those books I wish I did not have to rate. Mostly because, while I enjoyed the experience of reading it, I am actually not a fan. Let me explain. I appreciate everything about it: the build up to the historical March on Washington. The showing of the Civil Rights movement by the youth of this country has a slightly different spin then what your textbooks probably taught you. The seeing history unfold does bring forth several feelings. You see the youth starting to see their elders in a […]

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8/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:313 |

“Be happy, but never satisfied.” Bruce Lee

The Boy who Became a Dragon: A Biography of Bruce Lee by Jim Di Bartolo

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#cbr11bingo #Travel I knew who Bruce Lee was. I had even seen one of his movies. But I knew only the “Hollywood version” of his life. And Jim Di Bartolo does continue with that slightly more romantic view of Lee in The Boy who Became a Dragon: A Biography of Bruce Lee. This graphic novel is due in February 2020. First, even the author says he has taken some poetic license with Lee’s life, as some pieces have been fabricated over the years, information exaggerated or is just not there. Therefore, if you are looking for a pure biography of […]

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8/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:312 |

“Can I handle the seasons of my life?” Fleetwood Mac LANDSLIDE

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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#cbr11bingo #Pajiba (and should finish my Bingo board) While predictable in many ways, Daisy Jones & the Six has a lot to like. Some parts of Taylor Jenkins Reid novel are strong and fast pace. Other parts move a lot more slowly; making it difficult to want to go on.  And while I never really liked anyone (even the more “likeable” people) they are all well done. These are people you know. You have been these people. Or you are these people. Okay, we are not all living the Rock-n-Roll lifestyle (at least I’m not) but we all have had […]

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8/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:303 |

Two Star Reviews

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

White Houses by Amy Bloom

The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

The Widow by Fiona Barton

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Tonight’s reviews will focus on books that were a little … disappointing because I have to write those reviews at some point and now is as good a time as any. At least my first lackluster books checks off a few Bingo boxes! CBR Bingo: Reading TBR Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty I put Nine Perfect Strangers on my TBR two months before its release and bought a copy within a week of its debut yet somehow it took me seven months to pick it up and an additional two months to finish it. There are a few reasons for […]

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8/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:78 |

Nonfiction reviews for CBR Bingo

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love by Thomas Maier

The Amnityville Horror by Jay Anson

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So part of my “catch up while husband is overseas” plan involved writing 5 reviews per day but since that took roughly 100 years last night I decided to shoot for a more reasonable three. I am also going to try and find common threads between my reviews so it makes a bit more sense. All of the below reviews are “true stories” but I only needed one to check off the True Story Bingo square- CBR Bingo: True Story The Trial of Lizzie Borden, Cara Robertson Lizzie Borden took an axe. And gave her mother forty whacks. When she […]

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8/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:74 |

Back for the Bingo!

The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood by Andrew Rannells

The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

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8/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:71 |


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