Cannonball Read 18

“…leaving your country is like dying, and when you come back you are like a ghost…”

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

September 22, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr14bingo Adapt/bingo - the story is about Darling adapting to life in Michigan after growing up in a Zimbabwean shanty We Need New Names is what I would call a fictional memoir based on the author’s childhood experience of moving from Zimbabwe to the United States. Darling, a teen living in … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: adapt, cbr14bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names ·

CBR14 Bingo – Week 10 Check-in

September 22, 2022 by Emmalita 5 Comments

Welcome to the Week 10 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. This week’s mood: Cake! Happy birthday to my birthday twin Please check your tags and make sure you are using cbr14bingo. Ale – 6 reviews anana – 3 reviews andtheIToldYouSos … [Read more]

Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo ·

Fairy Tale

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

September 22, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

When a prolific author in his mid-70s publishes a new novel in which a crotchety old man with an aging dog befriends a teenager, you might start wondering how he's viewing getting older and thinking about legacy. In a lot of ways this book addresses that question with the two character Howard … [Read more]

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:539 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Stephen King ·

Dear Reading Community Post five

September 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dear Reading Community Is this the same book that made my sister holler at her middle son to give her the sequels because she just had to read them? Or the Bible? Really, I am sure you could say all the reasons one wants to challenge/ban a book could be found in that collection of words as … [Read more]

Genres: Fiction · Tags: #BannedBooks ·

Images chosen can be disturbing

After the Rain by John Jennings

September 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is one messed up book. Yet, After the Rain based on the Nnedi Okorafor short story, is powerful and probably something we need to read. Violence, graphic image of torture and even rape imagery could be triggers. I would not recommend for under age 14 and I still think that might be … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:494 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction · Tags: culture, David Brame, John Jennings, Nigeria, Nigerian American young women, Nnedi Okorafor, Social Themes ·

The moments of his life, shaping us all

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

September 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I bounce between a 3.5 and 4 with All Boys Aren’t Blue as the flow of things sometimes was off for me. However, the subject is very good, and I think could be valuable to even those who have not/or will not follow a similar path as George M. Johnson. Even though his intended audience was not exactly … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:493 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Health, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: #BannedBooks, African American gay men, bookclub, Cultural &Ethnic & Regional, George M. Johnson, glbtq, identity ·

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