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It’s rather a lot to tell. But I suppose I should start with the parrot.

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

February 7, 2023 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR15PASSPORT (Stamp #4: Books from different countries. Do international waters count? If not, written by an Australian.) This is the second book of the Last Binding Series. If you haven’t read it yet, by all means read the first in the series that I reviewed here: A Marvellous Light. It’s a surprisingly fresh take on the well-worn “magic is real” carpet set in the early 1900s. Spoilers abound if you haven’t read the first book. In the aftermath of Robyn and Edwin’s discovery that snobby magical aristocrats are conspiring […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Fiction, Freya Marske, Last Binding Series

Leedock's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Fiction, Freya Marske, Last Binding Series ·
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We are women without a voice…We are women out of time and place, without even the language of the country we reside in.

Women Talking by Miriam Toew

February 7, 2023 by Leedock 1 Comment

CBR15PASSPORT (Stamp #3: Books from different countries. Set in Bolivia about a Mennonite community written by a Canadian.) This book is a lot. Whatever triggers you have will be triggered. Toew’s novel is based on a real-life series of sexual assaults that occurred at a Mennonite colony in Bolivia in 2005. The victims ranged in age from 3 to 65 and the assailants were their friends and family members. Drugged with animal tranquilizers, the women would wake bloodied and bruised with no recollection of what had taken […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Fiction, Miriam Toew

Leedock's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Fiction, Miriam Toew ·
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Because when women understand chemistry, they begin to understand how things work.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

February 7, 2023 by Leedock 2 Comments

CBR15PASSPORT (Stamp #2: Books recommended by friends. Friends, grocery store clerks, Cannonballers, everyone who has ever read it….) Everyone on the planet has probably read this book already. Many of you reviewed it. It took me forever to actually get to it myself. And I have reasons. So, this will mostly be a review (Can I call it a review? I’m going to call it a review.) about why it took me so long to read a book that hit pretty much all of my buttons. A […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bonnie Garmus, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Fiction

Leedock's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bonnie Garmus, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Fiction ·
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He had taken in the country, and in his eyes and his mind it had been changed, marked by his own individuality, and made part of him.

Out of Africa by Isak Denison

February 7, 2023 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR15PASSPORT (Stamp #1: Books from different countries. In between a lot of privileged nonsense, it is a love letter to Africa.)After reading Paula McClain’s Circling The Sun last year, I was not finished with the characters. So, I picked up this book to learn a little more about the real-life folks that inspired that historical fiction. This is a classic that I had never read, made into a famous movie, that I have never seen. Well trod territory here, but I’ll give it a go. A Danish […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Isak Denison, non fiction

Leedock's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Isak Denison, non fiction ·
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Two boys, one city, and their places in it

Moonwalking by Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann

February 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Moonwalking is an interesting story about friendship in early 1980s America. The characters are both likable and relatable, and the (SPOILER) not so happy ending, is a nice change of pace from having it “all be okay” and working out in the best possible outcome.  The tone mostly feels realistic (though I am not sure (SPOILER) if Pie sending his address to JJ would have happened). The supporting cast could have been explored a bit more, but what is needed to promote and support the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: art, CBR15Passport, civil rights, family, friendship, graffiti artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lech Wałęsa, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, music, Performing Arts, punk rock, Social Themes, Zetta Elliott, Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:88 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: art, CBR15Passport, civil rights, family, friendship, graffiti artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lech Wałęsa, Lyn Miller-Lachmann, music, Performing Arts, punk rock, Social Themes, Zetta Elliott, Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann ·
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I get the appeal but not my cup of tea

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

February 5, 2023 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

I was gifted this book by the fabulous @teresaelectro as part of the 2022 CBR Book exchange. Thank you very much for the books, teresaelectro! August is a 23 year old just trying to figure out her own place in the world. She has just moved to New York City to attend what feels like her fourth college. She’s finally free from her mother and her mother’s obsession with finding out what happened to her brother. August no longer has to act as an accomplice […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Casey McQuiston, CBR15Passport, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, Read Harder 2023

Mobius_Walker's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Casey McQuiston, CBR15Passport, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, Read Harder 2023 ·
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  • Leedock on Because when women understand chemistry, they begin to understand how things work.Soooo much better!
  • narfna on We are women without a voice…We are women out of time and place, without even the language of the country we reside in.Everything I hear about this makes me want to read it more. I've heard the audio is great, that's probably the route I'll go.
  • narfna on Because when women understand chemistry, they begin to understand how things work.The author hates the cover, too! I, like you, judged the book by the cover and was wrong. The British one is much better. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61QJVdPaRWL.jpg...
  • narfna on Her grin was tiny but evil. Adorably evil, if that was a thing.TBRed!
  • Leedock on Maiden voyagesWelcome! A Marvellous Light worked better for me, but this was a good book. I'm looking forward to the last in the trilogy when, I...
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