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I am determined to leave town all caught up on reviews

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) by Mackenzi Lee

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings #2) by Mackenzi Lee

Final Girls by Riley Sager

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And by hitting publish, I will be 100% caught up on reviews! (4 stars) Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren I am on a Christina Lauren kick. After loving The Unhoneymooners, a friend recommended Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating — and about half a dozen other books by the writing duo. So far, I have not been disappointed! “I learned a very important thing that day: my mom would never try to change for a man, and I wouldn’t, either.” Hazel Bradford is “a lot” — she’s quirky, she’s goofy, she has a tendency to […]

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9/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:189 |

Non-Fiction Roundup

Life Among the Savages (Jacksons #1) by Shirley Jackson

#IMomSoHard by Kristin Hensley, Jen Smedley

Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson

Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life by Amanda Stern

Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson

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Now that I’m done with Bingo, I am determined not to let myself get behind on reviews again. I expect this determination to last AT LEAST 3 days, til I leave town for two trips over two weeks, finish 15 books and fall into a black hole again. But first! Some non-fiction reviews. (5 stars) Life Among the Savages (Jacksons #1) by Shirley Jackson Other than a few references (like lighting up cigarette on the way to deliver her third child!), Jackson could have written this collection of stories about her family in the last year, rather than 1953. It’s […]

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9/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:185 |

YA Round-Up

A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1) by Brittany Cavallaro

The Last of August (Charlotte Holmes, #2) by Brittany Cavallaro

Pulp by Robin Talley

The Black Coats by Colleen Oakes

The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2) by Ashley Poston

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Here are several YA novels, most of which were pretty good (Pulp was GREAT) if anyone needs to fill a Youths square! (4 stars) A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes #1) by Brittany Cavallaro I was going to wait and review these for the Sherlock Retelling discussion, but then I realized I’ll be out of town for that and I’m terrible about participating in those discussion anyway so instead I’m going to review it now so y’all can read it and discuss it in my place. “Truth be told, I liked that blurriness. That line where reality and fiction jutted up […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:180 |

CBR11Bingo: The Collection & Reader’s Choice — BLACKOUT!

A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

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Woohoo! I’ve got a blackout board and I’m almost completely caught up on reviews (10 left after this one). A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett I don’t normally read or really enjoy short stories, so this is definitely a good example of Bingo making us broaden our horizons! I found this short story collection by searching “collection” on Overdrive. I had thought I might reread some Stephen King or Neil Gaimen short stories, but when I saw this Terry Prachett selection, I was sold. “Short stories always seem to cost me blood, and I envy […]

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9/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:175 |

CBR11Bingo: Classics

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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I tried really hard guys. I want to be a person who likes Charlotte Brontë or Jane Austen and reads loftier works then the YA fiction and detective thrillers that make up the bulk of my TBR. I figured Bingo will be a great opportunity to force me to get something a little different a shot, so I downloaded Jane Eyre. I was hoping that listening to it on audio book might make it more enjoyable then trying to read the print version (which I have tried and failed to complete before). It was even narrated by Thandie Newton, who […]

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9/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:173 |

CBR11 Bingo: Travel

Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller

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The writing in this book is very simple, but that makes the extremely powerful story it’s telling feel much more accessible. Despite the rather adult nature of the topic, it feels like it’s written to a slightly younger audience than most of the YA fiction I read. Which is good, in my opinion. This is the kind of book both girls and boys should be able to read and understand before they reach high school. “Thirty minutes feels like forever when you’re standing in a hot alley with abortion pills under your tongue.” Our protagonist,  Camille, found out two massive […]

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9/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:172 |

CBR11Bingo: Banned Books and Back to School

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, E.G. Keller (Illustrator)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

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I’ve almost got this thing blacked out! Here are two CBRBingo11 reviews — both books courtesy of my children. CBR11Bingo: Banned Books — A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, E.G. Keller (Illustrator) I can’t remember who got this for my kids — I want to say it was Caitlin_D, but I might be wrong. The thing is, I have many wonderfully liberal and subversive friends and family who would all jump at the chance to buy my boys a book about Mike Pence’s gay rabbit getting married. We’re pretty lucky. “Stink bugs are temporary. Love […]

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9/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:171 |

And this one is just a grab bag!

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

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We’ve got space spiders, a magical mystery, a serial-killer, and a literal deal with the devil. How’s that for a grab bag? (2 stars) Children of Time (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky I REALLY wanted to like this. I am mad that I didn’t. Set in the future, Children of Time takes place after humans have finished destroying the Earth. A spaceship takes off with the last of humanity in suspended animation, heading towards a planet that has been terraformed in preparation for their arrival. Unfortunately, Captain Kern, in charge of terraforming the planet, completely lost her mind […]

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9/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:169 |


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