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Hard to read while rolling your eyes

The Shack by William P. Young

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Like most Texans, I was raised very religious. Like most people who have religion shoved down their throats for 18 years, I am now an atheist. Atheism isn’t why I hated The Shack, though, it’s because it’s a fucking terrible book. I realized pretty quickly I didn’t like this book, given how shoddily the words are put together. I don’t even want to call it writing. I think I digested about 20% of the overall book, followed along completely, and still felt I gave it too much effort. I went back to Alabama Pink’s original review and was pretty gratified to […]

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8/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:90 |

No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross

Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley

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As you might imagine, this memoir is not a fun one to work through, but that fact doesn’t mean it is not a good or doesn’t have significance. I was drawn to reading it after just finishing a YA novel focused on sexuality in a majority Mormon community, only to see that the trailer for the film adaptation for Boy Erased just dropped. And watching it was a lot to handle at a moment where I was already emotionally compromised, but I figured it would be worth it to read the source material and see just how Garrard Conley’s story […]

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7/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:37 |

28: An interesting, if inaccessible, book on liberation theology

The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone

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A decided for her book club pick that we’d be reading theology, and she wanted to focus on social justice issues. James H. Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree was in her TBR, and she wanted to augment our discussion from social justice and activism issues. I’m not sure this is the most accessible book for public consumption, though there were parts that were compelling and enjoyable. As an academic, it was fun to read from a discipline outside mine, especially since Dr. Cone gave a lot of literary references that were familiar or interesting to me. Cone is […]

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6/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:28 |

The Glory of my Favorite Illustrator

In a Small Kingdom by Tomie dePaola

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The end of March 2018 saw a reissue of a Tomie dePaola classic Big Anthony and the Magic Ring (now called Strega Nona’s Magic Ring). The beginning of March saw a reissue of The Clown of God (last night was the first time I could read without crying my eyes out). And early April saw a rare site: dePaola’s text and illustrations by Doug Salati with, In a Small Kingdom. It is a miracle I can tear myself away from reading them! (Yes, my friends, I am a Tomie dePaola stalker, I mean fan). I am such a fan that […]

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5/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:181 |

You can’t go home again

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

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I still remember watching E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in the theater as a kid. The nearest movie theater was an hour’s drive from our little town in the Deep Midwest, so we didn’t get to go more than a few times a year. I’d been begging my parents to take us to see E.T. for weeks when they finally surprised me for my 8th birthday. I was enchanted from the start, so wrapped up in the story by the time Eliot said goodbye to E.T. that I cried all the way home. When they re-released the movie in theaters 20 years […]

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5/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:29 |

A Precious Little Spiritual Comic

Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe by Yumi Sakugawa

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I’m a big fan of Goodreads and I also love reserving books at my local library. It’s fun to figure out new books to read and plan ahead. That being said, I think there’s also a lot of joy to be found in just browsing the stacks. Sometimes you’ll stumble across a cover that raises your eyebrows or a title that you remember a friend of a friend mention at some party years ago. It’s fun to find those kinds of books and I think everyone should leave a percentage of their reading life to chance. That’s how I found […]

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5/24/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:41 |

Mommy’s Khimar is Lovely

Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

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A young American-Muslim girl tells about her mother’s colorful khimars (or headscarf). She plays dress up in them (she is a princess, a mamma bird) and her mother shows her how to properly wear it as well. The girl talks about all the things she does. Just like any other child. She talks about a grandmother who does not go to the mosque, but is loved and is a member of her family. And she talks about her extended family in the mosque. She talks about how her father loves her. And how she protects her baby brother and her […]

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5/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:107 |

Burned; charred, scorched, parched.

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

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I adore a young adult novel that is well written, well thought out and makes me think – Burned did all of that and more. This novel is written in free verse which, at first, can feel daunting, but is a refreshing way to have a story told. Communicated in first person we really get inside the protagonists head, we understand her motivations on an intimate level, we relate to her drive and her desperation. Pattyn’s story is not lost in verse, if anything it serves to make us connect with the story more effectively. Hopkins creates an opportunity for […]

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4/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:8 |


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