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> Genre: Non-Fiction

Maybe I don’t want to die like that

Engineering Eden by Jordan Fisher Smith

September 23, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I found Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature (2016) by Jordan Fisher Smith when I was looking for a book to fulfill the “in the wild” square for my bingo card. It’s not a book I had heard of before, but it seemed exactly the kind of book I would have an interest in and enjoy reading. Harry Walker was twenty-five years old and living on his family farm in Choccolocco, Alabama when he took off […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr15bingo, Jordan Fisher Smith

Sophia's CBR15 Review No:41 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr15bingo, Jordan Fisher Smith ·
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“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse.”

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

September 23, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I first noticed Daisy Jones & the Six (2019) by Taylor Jenkins Reid when I saw an ad for the new television series based on the book. It looked pretty entertaining, but I always like reading the book first. I put a hold in at my library and started waiting. I found this book to be a quick, entertaining read. We learn about the beginnings and endings of a popular band in the early 1970’s. I enjoyed that the entire story was told through interviews with the band, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr15bingo, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Sophia's CBR15 Review No:40 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr15bingo, Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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The book, "Spare" by Prince Harry standing next to a partially complete book bingo card.

I suspect a complete lack of physical affection has led the British monarchy to where it is today.

Spare by Prince Harry

September 22, 2023 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

CBR15 Bingo: Politics – The internal politicking of the British royal family is intriguing and horrifying. While not a British royal super fan, I’ve always been interested in them.  Queen Elizabeth’s corgis were part of the reason I got a corgi of my own. I thought I knew the broad strokes of Harry’s early life; trouble in schools, some drugs, partying, two stints in the military, and then he seemed to come into his own as an adult.  In recent years, I’ve followed the royals […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autobiography, british royalty, cbr15bingo, Dome'Loki, non fiction, Prince Harry

Dome'Loki's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: autobiography, british royalty, cbr15bingo, Dome'Loki, non fiction, Prince Harry ·
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One large pizza, extra scorpions

 How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?: Wild Facts about Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them by Brooke Barker

September 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

How Do Meerkats Order Pizza? I think they would call up their favorite joint and say, “A large cheese and scorpion pie please. And hold the eagle feathers.” (Or something like that.)  That is of course, if they ate pizza. They do eat scorpions though, and in How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?: Wild Facts about Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them we learn some amazing and fantastic facts about animals. Some of which we might not usually see in a book, so that is very cool. And even […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: animals, Brooke Barker, nature, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:689 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: animals, Brooke Barker, nature, Social Themes ·
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“I am done living in a world where women are lied to about their bodies; where women are objects of sexual desire but not subjects of sexual pleasure; where sex is used as a weapon against women; and where women believe their bodies are broken, simply because those bodies are not male. And I am done living in a world where women are trained from birth to treat their bodies as the enemy.”

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

September 21, 2023 by ardaigle 2 Comments

CBR Bingo – Sex I started reading this book in December. I finished reading it in July and began this review in August. And I’m here today to finally get it to the finish line. What has taken me so long? This isn’t just your run-of-the-mill book review procrastination, nay, I have a confession to make. I am 41 years old, and I am super duper uncomfortable talking about sex. But I finally bit the bullet and posted a reel review to Instagram where it […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr15bingo, come as you are, Emily Nagoski, Psychology, Self-help, sex, Sexuality, women's health

ardaigle's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr15bingo, come as you are, Emily Nagoski, Psychology, Self-help, sex, Sexuality, women's health ·
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Animals and Kids changing the world

 Cher Ami Comes Through: Heroic Carrier Pigeon of World War I (Heroic Animals), by Nel Yomtov

 School Strike for Climate (Movements and Resistance) by Nel Yomtov

September 21, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am assuming the below titles are from a series called Graphic Novel, with each having its own sub-series within that umbrella title. But I could be wrong, as stranger things have happened (I got my dad to eat fish and chips with me more than once). And in this series they take subjects and introduce them to readers ages 8 to 14. The younger side of this age timeline might need a little assistance, while the older might need to be a smidgen below traditional […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: climate change, Communications, Fern Cano, Greta Thunberg, Mark Simmons, Nel Yomtov, science, World War I

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:686 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: climate change, Communications, Fern Cano, Greta Thunberg, Mark Simmons, Nel Yomtov, science, World War I ·
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