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Locked island mystery

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

October 31, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Another Agatha Christie! Clearly I like a detective novel and given the stress of pandemic wedding planning and the ‘spooky’ month of October, another Agatha Christie just felt right. And Then There Were None is Christie’s 1939 book, previously published as Ten Little Indians and before that by another even more offensive title. The name of the book comes from children’s nursery rhyme that forms the basis for the multiple murders in the book. Set on an island off the south coast of England, the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: agatha christie, And Then There Were None, cbrbingo13, landscape

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: agatha christie, And Then There Were None, cbrbingo13, landscape ·
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Illustration of Indian girl & mother, mother's sari billowing behind the young girl. it's purple, gold & pink

Making Space for Mistakes

How to Wear A Sari by Darshana Khiani Illustrations by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

October 27, 2021 by NTE 1 Comment

I know literally zero things about Saris. I think they’re beautiful, and I admire their beauty from afar, but the closest I’ve ever gotten to one was my childhood best friend’s mother, who always looked gorgeous & ready for whatever kind of day she might encounter, when I would go to their house after school. Mistakes though? Trying something and messing it up? More than once? Sometimes in a really big & embarrassing way? Well I’m a professional at that, friends. And you all should […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: cbrbingo13, community building, Darshana Khiani Illustrations by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, fashion, indian, Indian American, Life Skills, Mistakes, people, picture book, sari, social emotional regulation, welcoming

NTE's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: cbrbingo13, community building, Darshana Khiani Illustrations by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, fashion, indian, Indian American, Life Skills, Mistakes, people, picture book, sari, social emotional regulation, welcoming ·
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“And so I made the decision to change. It might seem like change was impossible, given my nature and my age, but I understood exactly what there was to lose. It was chemistry all over again. The point wasn’t whether or not I liked it. The point was it had to be done.”

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

October 25, 2021 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In one word: Bummer Cannonball Read Bingo: People I haven’t read any Ann Patchett previously; I could have sworn that I read Bel Canto but Goodreads shows it is in my “to read,” and I consider it a better history-keeper than my memory. I’m a big sucker for a book with accolades, so the “Pultizer finalist” sticker on the cover had my heart. I picked it up as it was the monthly selection of my library book club. In my estimation, this is both a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ann patchett, cbrbingo13, family, historical fiction, pulitzer finalist, stepmother, the dutch house

ardaigle's CBR13 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ann patchett, cbrbingo13, family, historical fiction, pulitzer finalist, stepmother, the dutch house ·
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Intuitionist Cover

Late arrival on the Colson Whitehead Train, but I’m here to stay

The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

October 24, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

I’m using this as my #machinery square in Bingo!  I originally bought this book for an undergraduate class, like 15 years ago. And we never got around to reading it. Ever since, it’s been on my “to read” list.  I can’t believe I waited so long!  Colson Whitehead has risen to prominence for his other works – especially The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys and Harlem Shuffle – but this is his first novel. And it’s fantastic.  The Intuitionist takes place in an alternate […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: alternate history, Black literature, cbrbingo13, Colson Whitehead, machinery, Race, speculative ficiton

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: alternate history, Black literature, cbrbingo13, Colson Whitehead, machinery, Race, speculative ficiton ·
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CBR Bingo: A new Series and a recommendation!

Stealing from Wizards Volume 1: Pickpocketing by R.A.Consell

Stealing From Wizards Volume 2: Burglary by R.A Consell

October 24, 2021 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

I thought this would be one of the hardest categories for me to meet for bingo- but this series was first published in November 2019, so New series it is. I picked this up on the recommendation of Epbot- and am very glad i did. It is about Kuro, a young boy living on the fringes of magical society in Canada. He primarily lives in a magic city that connects with different real world places. He serves a dark magician who has fallen on very […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbrbingo13, magic school, R.A.Consell, Stealing from Wizards

persnickety chick's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbrbingo13, magic school, R.A.Consell, Stealing from Wizards ·
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CBR Bingo- What does home mean?

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Down among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

October 24, 2021 by persnickety chick 1 Comment

This fills the Home square of the CBR Bingo card quite nicely! It’s taken me a long time to get around to reading the Wayward Children series and i actually started with book 2- Down among the sticks and bones. Wayward children is about a school/home for children who have been “taken into fairyland”. There are many lands, all of them different from outs. There is a rough schematic of how these worlds fall relative to each other- between logic and nonsense and virtue and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, cbrbingo13, Home, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children

persnickety chick's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, cbrbingo13, Home, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children ·
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