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Infamy, infamy! They’ve all got it infamy!

Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire by Terry Deary

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Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire is the second of my Terry Deary haul and proved to be far more information packed than the one I read on Ancient Egypt, covering three centuries of Roman history from the rule of Augustus to Rome’s fall. While lip service is given to some aspects of plebeian life, such as a look at some of the jobs that a Roman citizen might have, it’s very much a look at its rulers instead in a whistlestop tour through the good, the bad and the mad emperors (and noting that each emperor had something in […]

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7/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:25 |

Provocative, uneven collection of essays (Bingo!)

The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist by Richard P. Feynman

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Cbr11bingo Science. BINGO! These essays are by turns provocative and exasperating. Richard P. Feynman, who died in 1988, was a brilliant physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965. He also was part of the Manhattan Project, was a distinguished lecturer at Cal Tech, and served as a member of the Rogers Commission which investigated the Challenger disaster. The Meaning of It All is a short collection of three lectures that Feynman gave in 1963. In these lectures his goal was to discuss the impact of science on other fields of study. It’s a mixed bag. The first two essays […]

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7/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:32 |

What makes a writer?

Just Write: Here’s How! by Walter Dean Myers

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#cbr11bingo #birthday  Myers birthday was August 12, 1937.  Just Write: Here’s How! is a non-fiction practical guide with easy tips, accessible language and perfect examples for the teen who wants to learn how to write. In fact, this book maps out these tips so well, adults could benefit from them. Just Write could easily be adapted for classroom use or used by the individual writer.  However, I read the ARC from 2012 and wondering if any updates have been done between then and his death or since his death. Walter Dean Myers was one of my favorite authors as a teen, […]

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7/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:274 |

Trying to Take a Historical Lens to Family Didn’t Work This TIme

The Yellow House by Sarah Broom

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on August 13, 2019.  Well cutting to the chase I really didn’t like this one. I was all ready to fall in love with a nonfiction story where the author talks about her family living in New Orleans East. A place that I have never heard about. Instead the big jumps around a lot and Broom at times talks about her family as if they were these people she doesn’t know. I kept getting confused everytime she talked […]

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7/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:164 |

Well done

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

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CBR11 Bingo Science square What exactly was it that made Elizabeth Holmes so believable to so many people? Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup gives the history of how Elizabeth Holmes started her company Theranos and how the company fell apart around her. John Carreyrou very thoroughly details every step- from Holmes’ college days to her dropping out, working with two other people on her initial idea of a wearable treatment device and how her original plans turned in to the company Theranos. The author painstakingly describes the development of the Edison machines that purported to […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

Any introverts here? There’s a comic book about us!

Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story by Debbie Tung

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CBR11bingo: Illustrated My sister is visiting me from Philadelphia this week, and she said to me, “I have a cute book for you to read.” Lucky me, she pulls out a book that’s not only a perfect selection for the Illustrated BINGO square, but also as adorable as the tiny nose on the author’s self-illustrated face. Writer and artist Debbie Tung has assembled a collection of comics that tell the story of her life as an introvert. Her black and white ink sketches are simple and expressive and range from charming to a little bit heartbreaking. In a way this […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:29 |

Tales of a Queer Cross Country Road Trip

Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

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Review 1 for Bingo (Own Voices): Here’s the scenario for Real Queer America: A transgender reporter and a friend/scribe take a trip across the American Southwest, South, and the Midwest to document LGBTQ lives and history. Along the way, old friends are visited, new ones made, memories evaluated, and research is done. Two things surprised me about this book: first, how deeply researched it is (I will be looking up some of the historical and theoretical references cited), and second, how hopeful it is about the future. Samantha Allen decides to confront her past and present as a transgender woman […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:50 |

How to create beauty from chaos.

A Beautiful Mess by Danielle Strickland

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Danielle Strickland is a speaker that I have had the privilege to hear several times, and even learn from directly at a conference she taught at. I’m a huge fan of her as a person, and of the work that she does. She’s passionate about empowering women to lead (especially in the church, where sadly, the patriarchy is still often calling the shots) and she’s passionate about justice (working with girls at risk of falling into human trafficking). She’s real and genuine and is someone I highly respect as a human on this planet. I picked up this wee little […]

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7/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:24 |


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