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This Book Could Have Been Any Number of Bingo Squares (CBR10Bingo)

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

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I have an enormous backlog. My Goodreads account tells me as of today, I have 649 books on my Want to Read shelf. I still have 62 that I added on the day I joined, January 6, 2012 during my first year participating in Cannonball Read 4. What better book to knock off the Backlog square than something I was introduced to in my first week of Cannonball Read and has been languishing for more than six years on Mount TBR (and has a movie adaptation coming out later this month). The Sisters Brothers of the story are Charlie and […]

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9/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:42 |

Happiness is a warm gun

Mistborn Era 2: Wax and Wayne Series by Brandon Sanderson

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The last time I reviewed a Brandon Sanderson book, I complained of Sanderson fatigue, the review got featured, and several more people complained about it with me. So it is a bit sheepishly that I confess I not only went back to him but that I read the entire second Mistborn series minus the one book that hasn’t been published yet. And I enjoyed them immensely. In fact, for someone like me who still had fond memories of earlier Cosmere experiences, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, and The Bands of Mourning were perfect way to pull me back […]

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7/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:10 |

Don’t Expect Logical Actions from Racists

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

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Thank you so much to caitycat! I doubt I would have stumbled across this novel without her review, and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite some minor complaints about potential red herrings or loose threads. The novel is set near Baltimore in 1880.  The North never won the Civil War because of the zombie outbreak that followed the Battle of Gettysburg, leading to a quick reconciliation between the two sides to face the common threat to the survival of humanity.  Slaves were declared free, but, for many, there is not much difference between their former lives and current – they don’t […]

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6/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:112 |

Demons and Diversity…Out West

Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen

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It’s going to be hard for me to describe this book, let alone review it. I really liked it! But it’s hard to put a pin in. First, I’ll say that it took me awhile to finally get to this book. I bought it when it was on sale through a BookBub email and I saw it had very good reviews, but then every time I’d look at my Kindle and read the description I’d lose interest because I really don’t read westerns. And this is definitely a western, albeit a very unique one: in fact, it’s one fault is […]

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5/31/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:24 |

Nasty, Brutish, and Short

The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry

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A Texan myself, I’m a big fan of Larry McMurtry. His most famous book, Lonesome Dove, is of course a classic, both on paper and on screen. The Last Picture Show, in my rural Texas mind, is also a very good book that capture smalltown life so well. I’ve even planned a pilgrimage to Booked Up, McMurtry’s bookstore in Archer City, TX.   I say all that to say this: If you loved Lonesome Dove, don’t read this book. That’s my advice. It’s probably not what you’re looking for. This is the deconstruction of westerns that McMurtry tried to write when he wrote Lonesome […]

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4/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:29 |

I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

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So, you have to understand that Lonesome Dove has been in the background of my life for a long time. Not the story, exactly, just the existence of the book. They filmed the Return to Lonesome Dove miniseries very close from my grandfather’s ranch, on what was the remains of my great-uncle’s ranch before it was turned into 20 acre housing lots. (If there is more apt metaphor for Lonesome Dove, I don’t what it would be). So the existence of the novel has been kind of hanging around my life since 1993. And I think that a young, foolish, […]

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4/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:16 |

A Harsh View of the West, Unblemished by Romanticism

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

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I have been vaguely intending to read this novel for quite a while but I always ended up prioritizing other books, especially since I didn’t actually already have it in my TBR pile.  I’ve noticed a few Cannonballers mention the Bookriot Read Harder Challenge and since I’d already read a few books that fit into the various categories, I thought it might be fun to participate, and it also provided a push to finally pick up Lonesome Dove to meet the Western requirement. I was, of course, aware of the mini series though I had never seen it, either, and […]

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3/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:33 |

Beauty & The Beast & Cowboys

The Accidental Mail Order Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin

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After some extensive research of the free books section in iBook I managed to separate the books into the following categories: 50 shades wannabes Surprisingly good Regency romance An occasional classic (usually Pride & Prejudice) Contemporary romance involving a kindergarten teacher and a billionaire Contemporary romance involving a kindergarten teacher and a sexy service man Contemporary cowboy stories Historical cowboy stories (usually involving a mail order bride) The Accidental Mail Order Bride, unsurprisingly, belongs to the last category and was mostly chosen because it had the worst cover of all the books in the list and I am a sucker […]

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2/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:2 |


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