In the spirit of Halloween (not the pop-up store), this diversion, and our upcoming book chat Zoom, will focus on all things spooky. I will use the idea of spooky loosely here to include: ghosts, vampires, gothic, witches, horror, and things that goes bump in the night. I must start by saying I am a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to reading horror. I prefer being able to sleep at night. However, this has not stopped me from being in a gothic […]
CBR18 Book Review Bingo September Check In
The card, square descriptions, and rules can be found here. Make sure I have the correct numbers for reviews! This should be current as of 12:00 pm eastern on Friday, September 18. The Players: auntadadoom – 3 reviews beereadsbooks – 13 reviews, 3 bingos BlackRaven – 25 reviews, card complete! carmelpie – 14 reviews Classic – 25 reviews, card complete! Dome’Loki – 3 reviews ElCicco – 20 reviews, 3 bingos elderberrywine – 6 reviews esmemoria – 15 reviews, 2 bingos faintingviolet – 11 reviews G.D. Giant – 11 […]
CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Wheels”
Hope you are enjoying this year’s Cannonball Read Book Bingo Reading Challenge. You can get complete information here. I am back with assistance for finding books to meet the bingo circle “Wheels”. Wheels – leaving; traveling; transportation; immigration; vacation; assistive mobility devices; road trip; infrastructure; robots; a car on the cover. Let’s dig deeper into road trip. I love a good road trip book. People jammed into a car on a mission to get somewhere. There can be conflict among passengers, vehicle breakdowns, small towns, […]
CBR18 Book Review Bingo August Check In
Welcome to the August check in for the Cannonball Read 18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge. It is hot where I am. I know John Green gives air conditioning only three stars in The Anthropocene Reviewed, but I was without for 6 hours today and I can assure you that it is not optional during a Texas heat wave. I hope you are all finding the perfect spots for reading. The card, square descriptions, and rules can be found here. Make sure I have the correct numbers […]
CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Craft”
Hope you are enjoying this year’s Cannonball Read Book Bingo Reading Challenge. You can get complete information here. I am back with assistance for finding books to meet the bingo circle “Craft”. Craft – boats; knitting; a character makes something; this book is a good example (or bad example) of the craft of writing. I decided it would be the most fun to explore this one from several unusual angles ranging from witchcraft to spacecraft to baking. Hope something on this list inspires you! Here […]
CBR Diversion – Body Language!
Summer is a good time for some fun with book titles. While you slather your body parts with sunscreen, let’s insert some body parts into book titles. Change one word in a book title to a body part to make a fun new title. Here are some of mine: Lady Chatterley’s Liver The Armpit and the Pendulum Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Gallbladder One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Neck Gone With the Wisdom Teeth Now it is your turn, comment below with your body parts titles!
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