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> Tag: death of parent

“Life is something we need to stop correcting. My boy was a pocket universe I could never hope to fathom. Every one of us is an experiment, and we don’t even know what the experiment is testing.”

Bewilderment by Richard Powers

June 22, 2022 by ardaigle 2 Comments

In one word: Gutting I have something shocking to say. I hope you’re sitting down. I’m behind in my book reviews. I KNOW, I KNOW. Utterly surprising, as um, it’s become my habit, wherein I let a few books pile up, and then stress about being “behind” which I am using quotation marks to illustrate the falsity of this statement. Because how can I be “behind” in a hobby that is supposed to be fun. I mean, these are not required book reviews for a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Bewilderment, death of parent, Environment, nature, oprah's book club, richard powers, science

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Bewilderment, death of parent, Environment, nature, oprah's book club, richard powers, science ·
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“The tastes she wanted me to remember. The feelings she never wanted me to forget.”

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

January 29, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

I read this in an emotionally complicated state, which probably fits with the emotional complexity of the book itself. My mom got me this for Christmas, and then I finished it today after she let me know she’d fainted and was in the emergency room. So reading a book about a mother dying when I wasn’t sure what was going on with my own mom was a recipe for some stressful reading. (My mom is probably fine, by the way, I don’t think she’s in […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, death of parent, grief, love is complicated, Michelle Zauner, mother daughter relationships

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, death of parent, grief, love is complicated, Michelle Zauner, mother daughter relationships ·
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Under and over the sea

Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill.

July 24, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

  cbr12bingo Cannonballer SaysMy journey to finding my Cannonballer Says was not easy. First, I wanted to read Rick by Gino. This was due to the fact narfina mentioned the word “aromantic” and who doesn’t want to see themselves portrayed in a story? Or at least see how it is portrayed? But I could not locate my readers copy. I then thought either Gender Queer (also recommended by narfina) or No Ivy League (recommend by ardaigle) but neither of my copies were around. I then […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: aunts, cbr12bingo, Coral reef restoration, death of parent, Environmental responsibility, family, Imaginary creatures, Katie O'Neill, Mythical, New Zealand, Women and the sea

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:238 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: aunts, cbr12bingo, Coral reef restoration, death of parent, Environmental responsibility, family, Imaginary creatures, Katie O'Neill, Mythical, New Zealand, Women and the sea ·
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