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Life in China back when that seemed like a fun idea

Apologies to My Censor by Mitch Moxley

October 31, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Travel is one of my passions, and I used to read the long form journalism on a webpage called Roads and Kingdoms quite frequently. One of its editors/contributors was a Canadian named Mitch Moxley, so when I saw Moxley had written a book about China I was intrigued. Moxley lived in China for 5ish years in the years leading up to and following the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Apologies to My Censor is his account of his time in the city. He sets things out […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Apologies to my Censor, Beijing, cbr13bingo, cityscape, Mitch Moxley

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:35 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Apologies to my Censor, Beijing, cbr13bingo, cityscape, Mitch Moxley ·
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I didn’t love Ove.

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

October 31, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

She often said that “all roads lead to something that you were always predestined to do.” And for her, perhaps, it was something. But for Ove it was someone. Ove likes facts. He likes routine. And he doesn’t like change. So when the new neighbors run over his mailbox, it sends his world into upheaval. Suddenly a man who wanted nothing more than to grieve the loss of his wife is solving the neighborhoods problems: teaching the neighbor’s wife how to drive, running people to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: book club pick, cbr13bingo, Fredrik Backman

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: book club pick, cbr13bingo, Fredrik Backman ·
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The devil went down to Moscow

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

October 31, 2021 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

This was my first ‘Russian master’ novel, and without having read any others, I am here to tell you: start with this one: it was so.much.fun! (Cbr13bingo Gateway square). These are things I feel like I have heard no one ever utter about War and Peace or Anna Karenina, and so I feel like if you’re going to start somewhere, it should be somewhere fun. The Master and Margarita is like a Eugene Ionesco absurdist play in novel form, with the focus on Stalinist Russia. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Gateway, Mikhail Bulgakov, Moscow, Russia, The Master and Margarita

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, Gateway, Mikhail Bulgakov, Moscow, Russia, The Master and Margarita ·
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“The Russian” finally gets “Book Clubbed”!

Isn't It Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams

October 31, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

Three things in life terrified Vlad. A flare up without a bathroom in sight. Running over an animal with his car. And this. Waking up to find his friends circling his bed, their arms crossed and eyes narrowed in matching expressions of resistance is futile. He was about to get book clubbed. Nashville hockey player, Vlad Konnikov has been a loyal member of the Bromance Book Club since day one and he may be the most hopeless romantic of them all. But he’s been keeping […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Sports Tagged With: cbr13bingo, hockey, Lyssa Kay Adams, non-toxic masculinity, The Bromance Book Club

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: cbr13bingo, hockey, Lyssa Kay Adams, non-toxic masculinity, The Bromance Book Club ·
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YA POV of the LA riots

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

October 31, 2021 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

And with this review of Christina Hammonds Reed’s The Black Kids, I made a bingo just under the wire. I received this for free from my Mocha Girls Read book club as it was our July sponsored book of the month. This YA historical novel is set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. From the get, I was like is it really historical?! But I have to admit it has been some time since that fateful Rodney King verdict. Ashley Bennett lives in […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction ·
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My Entrypoint for Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga

The Mountains of Mourning by Vorkosigan Saga

October 31, 2021 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

So a bit of re-reading was rquired here before I could write this one up. I am a huge fan of Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga. Huge. And I am not the only one here. So as someone who is a big fan, I’m usually pretty eager to reccomend the series to other people. And this is where I sort of run into a problem. Because the Vorkosigan Saga sort of has the same issue as the Discworld series. This is a long running series […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr13bingo, Gateway, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, novella, vorkosigan saga

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr13bingo, Gateway, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, novella, vorkosigan saga ·
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