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Not what I was expecting

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

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Spoiler warning! In my explanation of what worked and didn’t for me in this story, I will be going into plot specific details. If you want to approach this story completely unspoiled, you may just want to read the first few paragraphs. Binti is the first of her people, the Himba, to be offered a place at the Oomza University, the finest in the galaxy. She pretty much runs away, knowing that her decision to take her place at the university might mean she is no longer welcome back with her family. While the prospect of going far away is daunting, […]

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6/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:44 |

Chose my aim. Take one step and then the next. There had never been anything else.

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

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I will often hear about an award winning science fiction book and think “I should read that, but I won’t because it sounds serious and boring.” That is what I thought when I heard about Ancillary Justice. Yes, I want to slap me too. Two things happened that moved the Imperial Radch series off my “ought to, but won’t” list. One, Leckie loves Murderbot and two, all three audio books were available on Scribd during my free trial period. I was correct that Ancillary Justice does not start off as a wild ride. It moves at a steady pace flashing back […]

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6/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:25 |

Tokyo Ghoul: Not your parents graphic novel!

Tokyo Ghoul Illustrations: Zakki by Sui Ishida

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I have heard of Tokyo Ghoul off and on for a while now. I never really had any interest in reading it, as the images I had seen did seem a bit “too much” for my tastes. However, I am curious. I feel, as a reader and bookseller, I should try and experience many different genres. Therefore, when I saw the book Tokyo Ghoul Illustrations: Zakki in the damaged box, I assume it was a Tokyo Ghoul graphic novel and picked it up. It was not a graphic novel. What it was, was even better. I started to browse it […]

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6/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:211 |

Thanks to the CBR Book Club

Kindred by Octavia Butler

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One of my goals for CBR 10 was to take part in one of the Book Club Reads. When this title popped up as the book choice I felt pretty neutral about it; the description, for whatever reason, didn’t intrigue me at all. At the same time, it didn’t sound boring so I figured I would give it a shot. Man, oh man, thank you CBR voters who knew way better than me. I am so glad I read this book. This may end up being a little spoiler-y, so just a fair warning. It is the story of Dana, […]

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6/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:7 |

Scalzi at his finest

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

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If you have previously enjoyed books written by John Scalzi, I am certain you will quite like The Collapsing Empire.  It is Scalzi writing at his best.  The members of the World Science Fiction Society agree with me and it is nominated for Best Novel (Scalzi has previously won for Red Shirts). If you have never read anything by him, here are the reasons I look forward to his books.  Scalzi has a great sense of humor and this shines in his writing.  I tend to laugh out loud when reading his books, more so than any other author.  His settings […]

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6/12/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:22 |

49: An okay VR novel

Arena by Holly Jennings

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I had never heard of Holly Jennings or Arena before my library book club assigned it, but that’s the beauty of reading new books and authors you never knew existed. I am also not a video gamer at all, so the content is unfamiliar. Sometimes, I learn a lot, and other times, I learn to gut through a book in order to finish and be able to discuss it with other people. This book, I am afraid, falls into the latter category for me. Kali Ling is an interactive gamer for a tournament. She’s part of a team which must […]

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6/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:49 |

35: A beautifully depicted dystopia with religious leanings

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

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I have the book club pick coming up in July, and I decided to read something that had been on my TBR for a while. So I went with Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower. I had read Kindred last year and really liked it, plus I was intrigued by the dystopian aspects of Parable. So it was to my delight and surprise that I found myself really connecting with this novel and pondering many aspects of it. Lauren Olamina is our protagonist, and as a teenager, she is hiding a secret: she is hyper-empathic, which means that […]

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6/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |

Wibbly wobbly timey wimey creepy

The Time Traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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Henry meets his wife, Clare, for the first time when he is 28 and Clare is 20. Clare meets Henry when she is 6 and he is 36. Henry is a time traveler. He tells her and she believes him. He keeps coming back over the years and Clare grows older and falls in love with him. She finally finds him in his own present, a present where he doesn’t know her yet. Boy meets girl. Boy really likes to fuck girl. Boy proposes to girl after she is all like “we have too much sex.” It was…fine, but it […]

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6/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:16 |


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