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#CBR10 Bingo: Listicles – A Million Junes

A Million Junes by Emily Henry

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#CBR10Bingo: Listicles. From FYA’s “Swoony YA books for your next Beach Vacation” From Goodreads: Romeo and Juliet meets One Hundred Years of Solitude in Emily Henry’s brilliant follow-up to The Love That Split the World, about the daughter and son of two long-feuding families who fall in love while trying to uncover the truth about the strange magic and harrowing curse that has plagued their bloodlines for generations.  In their hometown of Five Fingers, Michigan, the O’Donnells and the Angerts have mythic legacies. But for all the tall tales they weave, both founding families are tight-lipped about what caused the century-old rift between them, except […]

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8/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:59 |

A Lullaby for your little one

A Lullaby of Summer Things by Natalie Reif Ziarnik

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This is a cozy book. It has cozy illustrations with warm colors but at the same time are cool to the eye. It has cozy words that tell a memory and cozy words that tell about the here and now as well. The best part is the family is a biracial family. However, it is not “in your face” as it is “just there” as “normal.” Yet the traditional nuclear family is there. Natalie Reif Ziarnik has created a lovely, cozy book that is perfect for bedtime. Even if it is not a bedtime that happens after a day at […]

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7/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:288 |

Jarrett’s Family

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka

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Hey Kiddo, I have a graphic novel for you. It is a powerful memoir by author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka. While the action is not in a traditional story format, you are given the right amounts of information, action, illustration and imagination to help you see how one person became the world-known creator of the Lunch Lady series (among many other fun titles). The format of the graphic novel is a unique (but perfect) way of showing how Krosoczka grew up with a heroin addicted mother, a missing father and two very forceful grandparents, Krosoczka does not hold back the […]

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7/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:285 |

Do you Kitchen Dance?

Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning

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Our narrator wakes up to odd noises one night. Getting up and waking her brother, they go to investigate. They go downstairs, following the sounds to the kitchen where they find their mother and father dancing, singing and having a good old time as they clean up for the night. But when our siblings are found out, will they be in trouble or will there be a big surprise for them? Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning mixes in some Spanish (what the parents sing in or use for terms of endearment). Having a glossary (or pronunciation guide) would have […]

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7/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:284 |

WWCTCD: When We Come Together to Celebrate Diversity

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman

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All Are Welcome in Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman’s picture book creation. Inspired by Kaufman’s daughter’s actual classroom, the diverseness of the school is presented in bold colors and variety of tools and techniques. The images show children wearing a variety of clothing that many children (and a few adults) are not familiar with: patkas, hijabs and yarmulkes. Of course, there are baseball caps, too. There are different types of families (two parents, one parent, grandparents, same sex and biracial families). And there are all type of children: tall, short, in wheelchairs and all colors of the rainbow. While it […]

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7/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:281 |

A warm and lovely book that took me by surprise

Anybody out there? by Marian Keyes

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Anna is living with her family in Ireland, recouperating after an accident. Everybody is taking great care of her, but she can’t shake the feeling that people are tip-toeing around her. And she can’t seem to reach Aidan, who is still in New York. As soon as she’s healed she decides she must go back to her old apartment, her job as a PR for a beauty brand, her old life.   Anybody out there is written in a light, breezy language with a likable main character. Anna is strong, she is flawed and she is deeply entrenched in her […]

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7/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

The Grains of Imagination

Grains of Sand by Sibylle Delacroix

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Grains of Sand by Sibylle Delacroix is one of those odd books that if you are in a good mood it will keep you there. If you are in a not so good mood it might be too hopeful and sugar-coated. It is modern and classic mixed. There is no action, just the active imagination of a child. Clever, simple and has just that “something more” to it, this is a good bedtime story or quiet time read.   The story is about a young girl, who on her last day of vacation is blue as the sea and has […]

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7/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:257 |

Same old Sedaris, now with added feels

Calypso by David Sedaris

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For several years now, I’ve refused to buy hardcover books. I don’t like the added expense, of course, but mostly, I just don’t like the extra bulk and really don’t like how they feel in my hand: too much like textbooks or hymnals. I don’t need to be reminded of either when I’m trying to read something fun. As a result, I’m consistently a year or two behind everyone else with my reading, a (discount) price I’m willing to pay.   David Sedaris has long been one of the rare exceptions to this rule, and with his new book Calypso […]

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7/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |


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