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In which I determine I don’t like “choose your own adventure” books

Detective Frankenstein: Book 17 (Twisted Journeys) by Alaya Johnson author, Yuko Ota illustrator

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A friend was looking to make room on her bookshelf and asked if I was interested in this book.  It seemed like the right age level for my 10 year old and she likes slightly creepy stuff so this seemed perfect.  What I didn’t realize at the time was it is a choose your own adventure book.  Yesterday I was looking for a quick read and as this had Frankenstein in the title it was seasonally appropriate.  Opening it I realized the nature of the book and went, “Huh, I remember never getting into these types of books in middle […]

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10/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:43 |

Charming manga for the tween set

Cardcaptor Sakura: Vol. 1 by CLAMP

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Cardcaptor Sakura is a Japanese comic, commonly called manga, that is created by an all female team who style themselves as CLAMP.  Fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto found an old book in her dad’s library, when she opened it a deck of cards flew out and disappeared.  The cards were created by the magician Clow Reed and are colloquially called the Clow cards.  Each card represents a different power, such as the four elements but also things like flying and illusion.  Only someone with magical ability has the power to open the book so Sakura has some latent magical talent she was […]

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10/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:42 |

Bittersweet end to soap opera like urban fantasy

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

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I say “soap opera like” in the best possible way.  A disinherited heir trying to regain power, siblings facing the potential of having to duel one another to the death, a surprise twin, a scheming patriarch manipulating others to further his agenda, and everyone is trying to gain power and raise themselves in the hierarchy.  All this is set amidst a magical tournament to determine which House will lead the Unseen World, the world of magicians kept secret from the mundane.  Every twenty years or so Fortune’s Wheel begins Turning, ‘When it ceases rotation, all will be made new”. The Turning […]

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10/16/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:41 |

Three quarters of the way through I finally “got” why cheese was so prominent in this book

Kill the Farmboy by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne

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In February 2016 two authors, Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne, were stuck in an airport and decided it was time to kill the proverbial farm boy.  Specifically, it was time to make fun of white male power fantasies that typically involve a boy being destined for greater than his humble beginnings because he is somehow special, and all the tropes that often accompany those stories.  And so they wrote Kill the Farm Boy.  The elements are all familiar; there is a chosen one, a talking animal companion, a warrior, a wizard, a rogue, and a bard.  They go on a […]

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10/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:40 |

Narwhal and Jellyfish have delightful adventures – CBR10 Bingo: Award Winner

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea - (Narwhal and Jelly Book 1) by Ben Clanton

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My 6 year old daughter LOVES narwhals and was thrilled when Grandma gave her Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea. It is a Will Eisner award winning graphic novel and marks off the “Award Winner” bingo square!  The book is made of three stories in which a happy go lucky narwhal and a no nonsense jellyfish learn about friendship, working together, and the power of imagination. One day a narwhal finds itself in strange waters and encounters a creature it has never seen before, a jellyfish.  The jellyfish had never seen a narwhal before and the two aren’t sure if the other […]

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10/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:39 |

I can’t be objective with this book – CBR10Bingo Throwback Thursday – Bingo!

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

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In 2001 I was an administrative assistant for the managers that oversaw the book buyers at Borders Books (may it rest in peace).  One of the buyers thought I would like Kushiel’s Dart and recommended it.  Once in my hands I couldn’t put it down, reading so fast that on subsequent readings I discovered whole paragraphs that had previously been skipped.  It was completely different from any fantasy I had read before and quickly became one of my most recommended books to anyone who I thought would be okay with the bdsm elements.  My husband and I loved this book, and […]

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9/25/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:37 |

The girl behind the legend – CBR10 Bingo: Not my wheelhouse

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick

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This is my third time participating in the Cannonball Read and until now there has been only one non-fiction review, so it was easy to choose what genre was “not my wheelhouse” for CBR10 Bingo.  As my ten year old daughter is reading I Am Malala, and I’m trying to read what she is reading, this was a perfect fit. Before reading this book, I had very little knowledge of Malala beyond she was an advocate of girls education and had survived an attack from the Taliban.  Malala is very fortunate to have a progressive father, Ziauddin, and a supportive mother, Toor Pekai.  […]

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9/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:36 |

This was heart wrenching

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

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I have finally reached the end of “The Hunger Games” trilogy.  The Hunger Games and Catching Fire were revelatory in the richness of the stories compared to the movies and Mockingjay was no exception.  The movie adaptation of Mockingjay left so little impression that I had forgotten it was split into two movies.  Having read the entire series I find myself a little surprised that it was ever adapted for the screen.  Much of the books are dark and depressing as we watch Katniss deal with PTSD and in the final volume have multiple breakdowns, things which didn’t come across nearly as well in the movies and […]

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9/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |


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