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“[Books] made the nights stretch out, they made thoughts unfurl, out from the small pool of light cast by my bedside lamp, into the night and out over the prairie…”

Epilogue by Will Boast

November 1, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Epilogue is a grief memoir, as Will Boast's mother, brother and father all die in quick succession while he is in college. The book focuses mostly on his relationship with his father and the discovery that there Boast has two half-brothers from his father's prior marriage. The opening chapter where … [Read more]

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:121 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Fathers and sons, grief, secret family, Will Boast ·
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“the same thing that we’re always seeking when we travel: to get outside of ourselves and imagine new possibilities”

The Best American Travel Writing 2020 by Jason Wilson (editor)

November 1, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

One of this year’s Read Harder tasks was to read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. I had a couple ideas and went perusing through my library catalog to see what I could come up with. And then I saw The Best American Travel Writing 2020 edited by Jason Wilson … [Read more]

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:65 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, essay collection, font, Jason Wilson (editor), non-fiction essays, read harder challenge, travel ·
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“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”

No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien

November 1, 2022 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

Cannonball Read Bingo: Font This year I started a new job and it was a huuuuge life shift: new industry (from non-profit higher education to for-profit tech corporation) new physical environment (hybrid to remote only) new role (administrator to enabler). (Yes, enabler is a real job title. Who … [Read more]

cheerbrarian's CBR14 Review No:32 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Business, cbr14bingo, liz fosslien, Mollie West Duffy, Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien, Psychology, Self-help ·
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October 2022 Leftovers

Batman: The Impostor by Mattson Tomlin

The Son by Jo Nesbø

Killer Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury

The Devil's Wedding Ring by Vidar Sundstøl

November 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy belated Halloween to all who observe! Again, I don't have as many leftovers as I did in recent months since I'm logging so many full reviews for the Book Bingo. But here's what I got, all of them quality 4-star reads...   Batman: The Impostor Really enjoyed this one. A fresh take, … [Read more]

Jake's CBR14 Review No:194 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Batman, comic book, crime, Graphic Novel, hard case crime, Jo Nesbo, Killer Come Back to Me, Mattson Tomlin, mystery, nordic noir, Norway, occult, oslo, Ray Bradbury, short stories, Speculative Fiction, The Devil's Wedding Ring, the son, thriller, Vidar Sundstøl ·
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That’s a nice tree

Deborah’s Tree by Jane Yolen

November 1, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Deborah’s Tree by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Cosei Kawa is a picture book that has multiple layers. It is a book on religion and women’s history. I knew the name Deborah was biblical but did not know the history of the woman behind the story. Deborah was a female judge. In fact, the only one the … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:539 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Religion · Tags: 1200-953 B.C, Ancient Civilizations, Cosei Kawa, Jane Yolen, jewish, Legends & Myths & Fables ·
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“My boy was a montage”

The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009) by Jenny Han

November 1, 2022 by drmllz Leave a Comment

This is for the Adapt/Camel cbr14bingo square; the book and its sequels have been adapted into a series on Amazon Prime, and narrator Isabel 'Belly' Conklin has to adapt to her changing body and growing up and the things and people she's taken for granted changing around her. "My boy was a … [Read more]

drmllz's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: after that summer nothing would ever be the same again, cbr14bingo, contemporary young adult, drmllz, Jenny Han, love triangle, YA, Young Adult ·
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