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Starting the year with a sure-fire hit

A Very Beery New Year by Jackie Lau

January 16, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

Encouraged by his mother to socialise more, introverted software developer Gerald Nakamura goes to his local craft beer bar to sit by the bar, reading a book, not really interacting with anyone except the serving staff. He especially likes exchanging a few words with the pretty and vivacious bartender Kelsey.   Kelsey lives with her rather exasperating grandmother (who just discovered Tik Tok and is determined to become a viral sensation) and works at the bar until she can find something more suitable to her […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, A Very Beery New Year, Canada, cbr14, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, free, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella

Malin's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, A Very Beery New Year, Canada, cbr14, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, free, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella ·
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How others see you and how you see yourself can be very different

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Stargirl Jerry Spinelli   I didn’t read Jerry Spinielli growing up, which I guess might seem odd because he was writing books for my age group.  I read one of his middle grade books a few years ago, but this was the first one aimed at teens.  I’d heard about it, and there’s a movie now, so I figured I would give it a shot.   I’m not sure when this book is supposed to take place.  We know where, the fictional town of Mica, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, free, Jerry Spinelli, old series

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, free, Jerry Spinelli, old series ·
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Gif, Jack Sparrow pointing a gun, saying "pirate"

Two Entirely Different Kinds of Pirates

Pirate Queen: A Story of Zheng Yi Sao by Helaine Becker, Ill. Liz Wong

What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a Museum by Candace Fleming Ill. Matthew Cordell

October 18, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

But Fortune cares nothing for your dreams. She takes up your life in her cup and shakes it so hard your teeth rattle in your head and your heart roars like a dragon in your chest. Then she throws the bones onto her table of lacquer and jade. Your fate is sealed. – Helaine Becker, Pirate Queen: A Story of Zheng Yi Sao Did I know much about Zheng Yi Sao before I read this? Only that she existed, reigned over the South China Sea […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #fate, art, Boston, Candace Fleming Ill. Matthew Cordell, cbr13bingo, feminism, free, Helaine Becker, Helaine Becker, Ill. Liz Wong, Ill. Liz Wong, Local, museums, non fiction, pirates, Society's roles, women in power

NTE's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: #fate, art, Boston, Candace Fleming Ill. Matthew Cordell, cbr13bingo, feminism, free, Helaine Becker, Helaine Becker, Ill. Liz Wong, Ill. Liz Wong, Local, museums, non fiction, pirates, Society's roles, women in power ·
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Whitehead goes for a totally different vibe here–and it works very well

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

October 16, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Free: got this new book from my library, which purchased it on my recommendation (and, as always, gets a chunk of change from me at year end as a blanket thank you! libraries are great!) This book started off somewhat slowly for me, which I found surprising since clarity of vision and scene has always stood out to me as one of Whitehead’s strengths. In both The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, the setting is almost as important (more important?) than the characters who move about it. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Colson Whitehead, free

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:155 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, Colson Whitehead, free ·
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“I did not know that there are miles between running out of things to say, and running out of the strength to say them.”

Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

September 11, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

When we had out August CBR Zoom Check-in I talked about this book and praised it while warning others away. It is still my prevailing view – Somebody’s Daughter is an absolutely fantastic piece of writing where Ashley C. Ford immerses the reader in her childhood, and it is not for the faint of heart or those who may not be in the most stable mental health space. You might know Ashley C. Ford from her podcasts or writings for outlets such as BuzzFeed, The […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Ashley C. Ford, cbr13bingo, free, reincarnation, Sexual Assault, Somebody's Daughter, trauma

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:41 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Ashley C. Ford, cbr13bingo, free, reincarnation, Sexual Assault, Somebody's Daughter, trauma ·
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Growing up brown in Norway is no picnic

Hør Her'a! (Listen here!) by Gulraiz Sharif

July 27, 2021 by Malin 2 Comments

CBR13 Bingo: Free (borrowed at the library) Official book description (translated by me): It is summer vacation and fifteen-year-old Mahmoud is imagining long days on the bench outside his building with his friend, one-eyed Arif. This summer will be different, however, because the family is getting a visit from Uncle-ji from Pakistan and Mahmoud’s job will be to show his uncle around. Uncle-ji is very surprised at what he sees in Norway, and what is going on with Ali, Mahmoud’s little brother, who is not […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, contemporary fiction, culture clash, free, Gulraiz Sharif, Hør Her'a, Immigration, LGBTQIA, Malin, Norwegian, Young Adult

Malin's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, contemporary fiction, culture clash, free, Gulraiz Sharif, Hør Her'a, Immigration, LGBTQIA, Malin, Norwegian, Young Adult ·
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