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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Raintree County

Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr

December 1, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I knew about this book from some list of long American novels, but I got my first real taste of the novel from a pretty scathing James Baldwin review of it from an early essay collection. He revised his review when Ross Lockridge died by suicide shortly after publication, but his revision is almost … [Read more]

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:663 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ross Lockridge Jr ·
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Thank you livresquejess!

December 1, 2022 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Livresquejess made my night with an email gifting me with three ebooks. I know, I am so basic, I really only read on my tablet these days. I am so excited, just look at these beauties: I have been drooling over The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings since some time late last year when … [Read more]

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Alex Jennings, aliette de bodard, Book Exchange, Olivia Atwater ·
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“And the system cannot survive the shock.”

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

November 30, 2022 by booktrovert 2 Comments

The reviews for this book have been so very mixed - people either really loved it (best book of the year!) or were really frustrated by it. I think a key distinction in the tone of reviews boils down to how much science fiction you were looking for when you cracked open these ambitious pages. If … [Read more]

booktrovert's CBR14 Review No:116 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: R.F. Kuang ·
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Just Every Trigger Warning Imaginable

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

November 30, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

I am too old to have watched Jeanette McCurdy on Nickelodeon, but I was vaguely aware of her before she started promoting this book. I also follow a lot of eating disorder recovery stuff, so I'd seen her podcast being suggested before this came out and was thus aware that the book was going to deal … [Read more]

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:135 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: child abuse, child star, cw: eating disorder, Jeanette McCurdy, Mormonism, mother daughter relationships ·
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“Is memoir therapy? Or is it vengeance?”

Motherwell by Deborah Orr

November 30, 2022 by GentleRain 6 Comments

I was very sad to see that Deborah Orr died in 2019 of cancer when I was doing some googling after reading this book. It's always so strange to be in someone's point of view reading their memoir and picturing them alive, and then realizing that this is the only book they'll ever write. Cancer really … [Read more]

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:134 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Deborah Orr, Family problems, feminism, mother daughter relationships, post-war Britain ·
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If you like Outlander but prefer no rape and more fantasy magic, this is for you!

Wyldwood: The Spiral Pathways series by Tava Baird

November 30, 2022 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

This completes my first full cannonball since 2019!  A little while back Cannonballer Tava offered up a few free copies of her book Wyldwood.  The description caught my interest and I threw my hat into the ring to get one and I'm glad I did!  Part historical fiction, fantasy, and romance Wyldwood is … [Read more]

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, magic, scotland, Tava Baird, witches ·
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