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A Storytelling of Ravens

A Storytelling of Ravens by Kyle Lukoff

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A Storytelling of Ravens seems like one thing by the cover, but here the old saying is true, “Do not judge a book by the cover.” The inside poem (for a lack of a better term) has a line about each animal and what their “group” is called in a clever sentence. There is a sloth of bears, a smack of jellyfish and (a term a dog lover perhaps would take glee in) a nuisance of cats. And for me, of course, a storytelling of ravens! (Which I find delightful on many levels). The first thought I had was that […]

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5/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:158 |

Theocons and Privatizing War

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill

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I had just started my senior year of high school in September of 2001. I was eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch in front of the tv when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. I went to school without really knowing what was going on, and in every class that day the teachers had the TVs on. I remember at lunch a classmate saying, “A whole lot of people are going to be dead, now.” My neighbors were Saudi and kept their kids home for a bit. Their older kid was harassed at college. Some of my friends were for […]

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5/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:39 |

What a woman!!!

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

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I am not a huge fan of non fiction, I will read a biography if I am interested in the person, but a biography/memoir is not something I would generally grab from the shelf. However when my book club picked this book, I dutifully went and read it. This is a difficult book for me to rate and review. On one hand, Cheryl is a fascinating and amazing human being. The events she has experienced and her journey on the hike are incredibly interesting. Her ability to discover who she is and who she wants to become as well as […]

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5/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:17 |

We’re All Strangers to Each Other

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

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In 1971 Ann Rule was a writer struggling to get by on articles for detective magazines. During her free time she volunteered at a Seattle Crisis Clinic, helping callers through their personal issues. Her partner during this time was Ted Bundy. Ann liked him immediately. They saw each other a little and were in contact some after leaving the crisis centre, and Ann would offer advice on his romantic life with his lost love, Stephanie. In 1974 there were attacks against young women and disappearances. With Ann’s background in law enforcement and her writing expertise she was the perfect person […]

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5/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

All About the Birds. And the Bees. And the Arthropods. And Anyone Else Desperate Enough to Pen a Letter.

Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson

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I’m about to undertake a big move shortly, which means I’m currently going through most of what I own, trying to work out what needs to go in storage what can be palmed off to other people, and what I need to sell. For most of my books, they’ll end up with either my sister or a younger family member. Which comes to my re-read of Dr Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation: can I successfully pass this off to a twelve-year-old without upsetting her Dad? With this book, Olivia Judson has come up with a clever way to explain […]

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5/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:14 |

A compelling, if largely implausible theory of the Zodiac Killer

The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father...And Finding the Zodiac Killer by Gary Stewart with Susan Mustafa

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In my last review, of Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door, Mrs. Smith recommended that I check this book out. I picked it up the next day. So, thanks Mrs. Smith for the recommendation. First things first, I ended up enjoying this book quite a bit. Setting aside the conclusions he comes to, there’s a pretty good story here. Gary Stewart was abandoned as a baby, but was soon adopted by a great couple who raised him in a stable Christian household full of love. At the age of 39, his birth mother contacted […]

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5/19/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

It’s certainly not easy

How Not to Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg

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”Genius is a thing that happens, not a kind of person” is such a welcome, helpful thought, and this book is packed with them.  It’s a perfect, often humorous and enjoyable rebuttal to every 13 year old’s “but when am I ever going to need this in real life?!” whine in third period algebra. (For what it’s worth, I was never that kid – I did all my homework without complaint like a good little nerd – but always assumed I was never going to use more than basic addition in my daily life because I was a lit major. […]

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5/19/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:31 |

So many ways to die…

And Then You're Dead by Cody Cassidy and Paul Doherty

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And Then You’re Dead was very appealing to me. Each chapter focuses on a specific way a human can and has died, but it cranks everything up to 11. I learned so many fun facts to tell people when I’m invited to parties. Although the fact that I’m interested in this book is probably why nobody invites me to parties. The chapters detail the many ways you can die, from being sucked out an airplane window (You actually can’t get sucked all the way out, you’d just make it halfway and then flop violently against the plane) to being a […]

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5/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |


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