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Radium…the wonder drug. Oh wait, nope.

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

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This story is the very definition of the word fantastic. It is unbelievable. If you enjoyed (though, enjoyed is a strong work) Devil in the White City or Killers of the Flower Moon, buckle up and prepare to be horrified by more actual American history. In the 1898, we discovered radium. It was great! Just neat-o. It glowed, it was heralded as a wonder drug. WHAT. YES. And, the Radium Girls were the lucky women hired to work in factories that used radium-based paint to paint watch dials on watches. And while doing so, they were told to lip point, […]

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12/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:43 |

Army Chief of Staff Reading List #8

The World America Made by Robert Kagan

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First of all, I am on a roll with my professional reading so far this year.  I have another completed book to review and I’m halfway through another already.  While it may sound like conceit, I am really impressed with myself so far.  I made it a point this year to do a better job of, not just reading, but maximizing my time and so far, so good. Anyways, The World America Made made was a short look at the policies and decision throughout the history of America, with emphasis on the four most recent presidents, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and […]

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3/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:14 |

You get born, and you nurse on lies, and you get weaned on lies, and you learn fancier lies in school

Butcher's crossing by John Williams

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“Young folk […] they don’t know what to do with themselves.” A young man in the 1870’s drops out of Harvard and finds his way to Butcher’s crossing. He finds a reputable man who offers him a job managing the finances of the buffalo trade, but it’s not enough for Will Andrews. He tracks down a man named Miller who knows of a secret spot where there’s an untouched buffalo herd, ripe for the killing. All he needs is a little money. Andrews has that money – on one condition: he gets to come along. <spoilers> The party sets off […]

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12/16/2017 's CBR9 Review No:46 |

As beautiful as it is broken (wherein I get a little bit personal after a hiatus)

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

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To say that this has been a difficult year would be an understatement. For Americans, no matter what one’s political affiliation is, it is clear to see that the rampant gas-lighting the current administration is putting us through is not normal. The word “fact” seems to have completely undergone a change in meaning, so much so that statements from politicians are view with the default setting of “definitely a lie.” Putting aside that I wake up every morning with a sense of impending dread that I’m sure has something to do with having my iPhone so close to my head […]

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9/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:8 |

She had already learned the dangers of sincerity.

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

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Faithful followers of my must-read, brilliantly executed, and always punctual reviews will know that I only recently discovered Roxane Gay last year, with Bad Feminist. And you will know that based on reading only that collection of essays, I will follow her to the ends of the earth, shout her name from the rooftops, aspire to be as articulate, hilarious, and honest as she, and never be dissuaded from my undying love for her. Difficult Women is haunting and beautiful. I was nervous. My expectations were unreasonably high, and yet I also had no idea what to expect, because I’ve never […]

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4/9/2017 's CBR9 Review No:8 |

Debut Novel: Must Read if you dig character development and SVU

Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

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This book was on my radar because Tod of the “Literary Disco” podcast, of which I am so fond, would not stop talking about it. It was his favorite book of 2014 so I convinced by book club it was a good pick for July, cuz you know, July. They were hoping for something light and fun. Sorry people. Henderson’s debut novel is masterfully written. The story begins with Pete, a social worker in Montana trying to defuse a violent situation between a mother and son. Though Pete is the main character, the POV jumps periodically to his daughter, with […]

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9/20/2016 's CBR8 Review No:20 |

Its essence is a mathematical construct, a self-referencing tautology, consecrated in the plane of regret.

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

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A salute to the Cannonball Read and the Readers, for bringing this book into my brain. Holy crap, you guys. So good. Honestly, I had been expecting (and bracing myself for) something super duper effed up, based on the reviews that I had skimmed (to avoid spoilers). And yeah, it’s dark and horrifying and confusing and complex, but still really fricking readable. Here’s what I texted about 20 of my closest friends when I was halfway through and couldn’t stop reading last night: “It’s as if Margaret Atwood wrote a Neil Gaiman book.” And here’s what I mean by that: […]

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9/3/2016 's CBR8 Review No:36 |

“I didn’t want an obvious life.”

Manifesto by Anonymous

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When I was twenty years old, I remember becoming infatuated with anonymously publishing a mission pamphlet or manifesto and leaving it all over my university’s campus. I wanted to rouse the well-meaning but wrong-living people around me to Life. I wanted to tear down everything that made me angry. I wanted the injustices and stupidities that I saw in American life to make everyone angry. I thought that I was meant for more; I thought that everyone was meant for more. Those pamphlets or manifestos that I wanted to publish was never published. I didn’t have anything meaningful to offer. […]

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2/18/2015 's CBR7 Review No:4 |


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