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Track the field and you’ll see Sunny shining

Track #3 Sunny by Jason Reynolds

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Track #3 Sunny is the third in the Track series and so far, perhaps the strongest of the bunch. Jason Reynolds has written Sunny in a diary format. While the information is all there (seeing Sunny running, not running, dealing with his family and friends) it is more tell than show. This can be a little awkward at times as, with a real diary, Sunny does not always start at the beginning or make sense. But there is a reason for that. Sunny’s writing is like Sunny: it all over the place. It must move. It must flow. It must […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:86 |

Strike Three! You’re caught.

Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #3: Subway Series Surprise by David A. Kelly

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Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #3: Subway Series Surprise by David A. Kelly and illustrated by Mark Meyers, is a to first base story: Mike and Kate are two sleuths and baseball lovers, that have solved several mysteries based around baseball. They are modern-day Encyclopedia Brown meets Babe Ruth. This time they need to find out who not only stole Kate’s moms notes about the book she is writing, but who has been pulling pranks on the Mets! The Subway series between the Yankees and Mets must go on, but can it? Most of this story is stand-alone, however, it would […]

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3/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:80 |

If he can stay on track

Track #01: Ghost by Jason Reynolds

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Track #01 Ghost is a book that is praised for its diverseness (an author and characters of color). However, I forgot that these characters were “not white” and focused on the struggles of Castle. Or Ghost as he prefers.  That and the fact they deal with a lesser explored sport, running, are probably the two best parts of the book. Which is to say, since that is the book, it is a good book. The metaphor Jason Reynolds gives you is Ghost is always running: running from his past, his mistakes, even people wanting to help him. And even when […]

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3/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:63 |

Fall 2019 Needs to Hurry Up

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

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This is a collection of a web comic created by Ngozi Ukazu about the fictional Samwell hockey team. It’s one of NPR’s best books of 2018, but I found it through the Puck Soup hockey podcast. If you don’t like/know anything about hockey and found college to be less than great you will still enjoy this. I love hockey and laughed so hard. But it’s much more about the relationships between friends during a couple of years of their lives. The main character is Eric Bittle, a freshman who was a former figure skater from the south. He comes to […]

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2/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

Disney said it best: “What makes a Monster and what makes a Man?” (or in this case hero and villain)

Guys Read: Heroes and Villains by Jon Scieszka

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This series rocks!  READ THEM! You need more? (sigh) Okay…… Guys Reads started around 10 years ago with Guys Write for Guys Read: Boys’ Favorite Authors Write About Being Boys. Jon Scieszka, however, is no stranger to getting boys to read. His Time Warp Trio series was his way of writing for the boys in his classroom who did not have anything to read. Flash forward a few years and Scieszka is knows for many picture books and novels, including the Guys Read series. I will say: I do not believe in “boy books” and “girl books” but sometimes, yes, […]

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2/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:44 |

Probably a less than 10% chance I’ll take up running after this

Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run by Alexandra Heminsley

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This is an older book published in 2014.  I live on a small Caribbean island and spend a lot of time in airports travelling to just about anywhere.  On one such trip, I was hanging out waiting for my mid morning flight home and I realised that as the flight should be boarding that I was not only at the wrong gate but also in the wrong terminal.  I was then faced with trying to make it from terminal D to B as quickly as possible, because there are only a few flights a day and the chances of me […]

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2/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:9 |

Time to move Sarina Bowen back on hiatus

Pipe Dreams by Sarina Bowen

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Lauren Williams used to love hockey, but after Brooklyn Bruisers goalie Mike Beacon suddenly dumped her without warning, she stays far away from the game, and is very grateful that her boss, Nate Kattenberger, has her running his office in Manhattan, so she can focus on moving on and building a life for herself on her own. She’s about to graduate from college, with a lot of bright career prospects in her future and she’s planning on having a baby, by herself. She’s none too happy when Nate’s former assistant, Becca, who now helps manage the team gets a concussion, […]

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2/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

The least toxically masculine thing you will ever read.

Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1 by Ngozi Ukazu

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So if you go over to Goodreads and scroll down the first page of reviews, you’ll see that nearly every review starts along the lines of, “THIS WAS SO ADORABLE.” Or “THE CUTEST EVER I’M DYING.” And now that I have read this, I too, can sympathize. This was monstrously precious. I am compelled to say this because of how cute. Check, Please! is a sweet little web comic that is finishing up later this year. It follows Eric “Bitty” Bittle, a former champion figure skater turned college hockey player, as he goes through his four years at Samwell University. […]

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1/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |


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