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And I thought it odd when my classmates when to NJ to visit family

Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins

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Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border is a contemporary story on several levels. Of course, it is first a Christmasstory. Maria, Juan and their mother are going to see their Grandmother. They take a long trip to see her. And they bring presents. And second, it is a story about a family that must be creative about how they deliver said gifts, as they are separated by the border, the fence and the Border Patrol. Yet, this is a happy story despite that. It is how these loved ones can spend time together and give a […]

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12/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:519 |

You will never find a Romanov conspiracy that I will not read.

The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul

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It wasn’t long after reading Gill Paul’s The Secret Wife, that I learned of her second Romanov conspiracy novel. As previously stated, I AM HERE FOR IT. I don’t care what the premise is, or how far-fetched, I will eat it right up. In this novel, Paul focuses the story on Maria (which, much like in The Secret Wife, it’s so fascinating to read a theory about someone other than Anastasia). Half of this novel focuses on Maria herself, starting just before the family massacre in 1918. It theorizes that her relationships with a couple of the guards will set […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:45 |

Belated Bingo Review… because staying on top of reviews is hard, guys.

The Secret Wife by Gill Paul

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Yeahhhh… I was bound and determined to get that full card bingo… but plans went a bit sideways when I was REALLY good at the reading…. and REALLY bad at staying caught up with reviewing. So I’m determined to get my backlog cleared today, because I WILL end this year with a full Cannonball, dammit.   For years I’ve been an tad bit obsessed with anything related to the Romanovs. Their tragic story has captivated the world, and I can’t get enough – historical books, documentaries, conspiracy theories, I will eat it all up.  Then this year Netflix released their […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:44 |

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 |

Stories Bring Communities Together

Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

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I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from this novel but entered into it with cautious optimism. I love The Thirteenth Tale but was disappointed with her follow up Bellman and Black.  While it was gorgeously written with lots of interesting historical detail, it lacked the same emotional intimacy as the previous one. While Once Upon a River has a wide cast of characters, they are all easy to get invested in. It’s a slow build, and starts one evening in an old inn on the river.  This inn’s appeal has always been its love stories, and the current inn […]

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12/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:89 |

Theater During the Red Scare

The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

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I think it was either jomidi’s review of this novel specifically or Caitlin D’s more general review of Fiona Davis’s novels but I ended up downloading The Chelsea Girls a while back.  By the time I started reading it, I didn’t quite remember what the overall story line was beyond being set in New York during the mid-20th century and involving female friendships.  I was very pleasantly surprised when I realized this wasn’t simply a story about young women navigating life in a big city when women had fewer opportunities. While the women absolutely confront sexism in their time, it […]

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11/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:87 |

To the Moon!

Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm

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Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight was sitting on a cart at work the other day. I thought that the cover of Jonathan Fetter-Vorm’s book looked somewhat interesting. In am always up for a good story and the Moon Landing seemed like a good one. (Plus, I had just seen the end of the Minions movie where they have a quick scene of people filming the moon landing on a stage studio and therefore, that was in the back of my mind making this choice for me.) While the books subject is a weighty one, and the telling […]

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11/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:509 |

Fly me to the moon!

Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space by Rosemary Mosco

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I was never a science kid. However, if I had some of the graphic novels that First Second does for their Science Comics series, I might have been. And in the Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space by Rosemary Mosco (illustrations by Jon Chad), we learn about the solar system in a clever and cute way. Two best friends, Sara (home sick) and Jill (trying to cheer her up by stopping her boredom) tell a story of how their pets (in true tongue-in-cheek science-fiction humor) blast off into space to give us a look at the world beyond. […]

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11/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:508 |


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