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Grant & Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

December 31, 2018 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

I read Chernow’s biography of Hamilton last year because, well, I can’t see the musical.  Also, I majored in History as an undergrad and my favorite era is the American Revolution.   Hamilton, the biogrpaphy, was excellent.  It was the first major biography that read despite a good friend recommending Chernow a few years ago.  I enjoyed Hamilton enough that I added Grant to my queue as soon as it was added to my library and after eight months of waiting, I got my turn. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: American Revolution, biography, civil war, Grant, hamilton, pulitzer, ron chernow, Washington

thewheelbarrow's CBR10 Review No:48 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: American Revolution, biography, civil war, Grant, hamilton, pulitzer, ron chernow, Washington ·
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There May Be No Supernatural Shenanigans, but That Doesn’t Make the Real History Less Engrossing.

Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin

November 28, 2018 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, something shocking occurred when I went to check my credits on Audible. Usually, their recommended section either accidentally recommends books I’ve already read, or throws me some kind of self-help book – which, honestly, they probably inflict these on everybody. But this time they got it right – they gave me a recommendation off their new release list that wasn’t something I was already familiar with. And it turned out to be really damned good! I wasn’t sure of how to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: biography, cbr10bingo, Erebus, history, Michael Palin

LittlePlat's CBR10 Review No:31 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: biography, cbr10bingo, Erebus, history, Michael Palin ·
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Audrey is Great. This Book? Not So Much. (CBR10Bingo)

Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto

October 14, 2018 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

When we were voting for the AlabamaPink book club this book was my second choice (even though I don’t vote my first choice was Between the Bridge and the River and I’ll be talking about my feelings on that one in my next review) so choosing this for the Alabama Pink bingo square made perfect sense to me. I like biographies, Audrey Hepburn, and classic Hollywood – done and done. I am however left underwhelmed by the reading experience of this book. I think it […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: AlabamaPink, biography, cbr10bingo, Donald Spoto, Enchantment, faintingviolet

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:49 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: AlabamaPink, biography, cbr10bingo, Donald Spoto, Enchantment, faintingviolet ·
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There Was No Way I Was Going to Enjoy This One

Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell by Louise Milligan

October 14, 2018 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Cardinal George Pell is probably the highest profile Catholic back home in Australia – he’s the former Archbishop of Melbourne; former Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney; and the current Vatican Prefect for the Secretariat of the Economy. (Think of him as the Pope’s treasurer.) He’s easily the highest ranking Prelate of the Catholic Church to originate from Australia. He is also the highest ranking Cleric of the Catholic Church to be facing sexual assault charges. Huh, who would’ve guessed it would be going in that direction? […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: biography, cbr10bingo, Louise Milligan, oh dear god

LittlePlat's CBR10 Review No:27 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: biography, cbr10bingo, Louise Milligan, oh dear god ·
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An American Legend, Indeed

Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

October 6, 2018 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR 10 Bingo Entry: The Book Was Better? I spent some time pondering what I’d like to read for the “Book Was Better” category for CBR  10 Bingo. With so many options, I was falling victim to decision paralysis, when a trip to my local library helped me solve the problem. While dropping off some books, I stopped into the Friends of the Library bookstore, not expecting to find anything. But then my eye was caught by a hardbound copy of Seabiscuit in excellent condition, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: #CBR10, biography, books to movies, cbr10bingo, horse racing, horses, KimMiE", Laura Hillenbrand, sports, The Book was Better?

KimMiE"'s CBR10 Review No:24 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: #CBR10, biography, books to movies, cbr10bingo, horse racing, horses, KimMiE", Laura Hillenbrand, sports, The Book was Better? ·
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Because this is not a house for the faint of heart

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

September 19, 2018 by Leedock 1 Comment

CBR BINGO: Farenheit 451 While I was fishing around trying to find a banned or controversial book for this review, I stumbled across several articles written in 2016 about a 15-year-old girl in a school district near me. When Jeannette Walls’ memoir, “Glass Castle” was removed from the 9th grade reading list at her school, this young woman was having none of it. She challenged her school district at a board meeting and very succinctly pointed out that the material that the parents were objecting to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #CBR10, #memoir, biography, cbr10bingo, Jeannette Walls, non fiction

Leedock's CBR10 Review No:48 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #CBR10, #memoir, biography, cbr10bingo, Jeannette Walls, non fiction ·
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