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A magical adventure to find Father and self acceptance

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

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Alice was an odd girl, even for Ferenwood, where the sun occasionally rained and the colors were brighter than usual and magic was as common as a frowning parent. In a world saturated in color, where magic is common place and everyone has a special magical talent, Alice Alexis Queensmeadow stands out as peculiar, for lacking both color and magic.  Skin and hair the white of milk, the only color she possesses is a golden honey hue to her eyes.  At twelve years old, Alice feels that the only person who accepts her for herself is her father.  A father […]

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4/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:15 |

Drama, on and off stage, and getting knickers in a twist in real life

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

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Raina Telgemeier is amazing and I wish she had been writing when I was a tween.  As it is, I’m happy to be able to give these books to my daughters and enjoy the nostalgia they bring me.  Her first two graphic novels are autobiographical, Smile and  Sisters.  This time around she drew from her life experiences of middle school and doing theater to create an original work titled Drama, and it has lived up to it’s name.  In 2015 Drama had the honor of being on the “Most frequently challenged books in America” list put out by the American Library Association.  I was aware […]

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4/4/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:14 |

An OK read but I recommend checking out Bobby Dollar instead

Something More than Night by Ian Tregillis

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With cigarette smoke rising from under a fedora, the murky cityscape in the background, and the scarlet feathered wings, The cover of Something More than Night screams angelic noir mystery. From 2012 to 2014 I read Tad William’s excellent Bobby Dollar trilogy that kicks off with The Dirty Streets of Heaven.  Bobby Dollar is the nickname of the angel Doloriel and the series is a mash up of noir mystery, urban fantasy, and angels.  Something More than Night came out in 2013, the same year as the second Bobby Dollar book.  It came home as a book club purchase and sat on the shelf for […]

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3/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:13 |

Was slightly put off but quickly came around

The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller

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The Philosopher’s Flight has the tagline, “Half science, half magic – entirely fantastic” on the cover, which coupled by the title and women flying had me intrigued right away.  Tom Miller dedicated the book to Abby, “Who once asked why there were so few women in my stories”.  My reaction to those words was excitement at the idea of a woman protagonist that flies with the aid of philosophy (whatever that meant). That illusion was quickly dashed when it was revealed that the main character was a man, Robert Weekes.  I may have admitted an audible sigh a couple pages in.  […]

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3/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

Not as enraptured the second time around

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

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I want to say I was introduced to Altered Carbon around 2007.  I do remember that by the time it came into my hands the entire trilogy was out so I was able to blitz through all three.  At the time I loved it and couldn’t put the books down.  When I heard that Netflix was doing an adaptation, I was pretty excited from the remembered enjoyment of reading it.  Then a blog talked about the problems of any adaptation to the book.  Namely that a guy named Takeshi Kovacs, who is at least half Japanese, would be portrayed on screen by […]

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3/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:11 |

The awkwardness of middle school and dental drama

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

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My previous review was for Sisters a biographical graphic novel about the relationship between the author, Raina Telgemeier, and her younger sister Amara.  Before she wrote Sisters, Raina chronicled the difficult and awkward time of middle school through the transition to high school in Smile.  Poor Raina, at a time when you can feel your most self conscious she had an extra complication of braces and dental work on a level I had never heard of before. At eleven years old an unfortunate accident knocked out one of Raina’s top front teeth and shoved the other one up inside her gums.  At first they tried […]

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3/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:10 |

A peak into a possible life

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

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Raina Telgemeier took her childhood struggles with her sister and adapted them into this funny, and at times touching, graphic novel about the joys and angst of sisterhood.  I have two sisters, however with a twelve year age difference between my first sister and myself, and a fourteen year age difference (plus the complexities of autism) between me and my second sister, with the added complication that I moved away from home when they were seven and five respectively, I’ve never had what I consider a “normal” sister relationship.  One might argue there is no such thing as  “normal” sister […]

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3/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:9 |

That’s nothing like the book! And deeper lessons learned on re-reading decades later

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

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When I found out Disney was adapting A Wrinkle in Time, I knew that I would read it to my daughter before the movie came out.  We recently watched the trailer but hadn’t finished the book yet.  Once the trailer finished, my daughter turned to me and said, “That’s nothing like the book!”  I started laughing and responded, “Get used to that feeling, kiddo”.  Later we talked about the challenge of adapting a written work to a visual medium and we both speculated on how Aunt Beast will be depicted.  She is also intensely curious how the 2D world will be shown.  I […]

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2/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:8 |


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