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Don’t Say We Didn’t Try

Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe by Rebecca Erbelding

February 10, 2019 by allisonata Leave a Comment

Due to extensive documentation in all manner of media, World War II is an enduring object of fascination. Just when we think we’ve heard everything, the inexhaustible well comes up with something new. In my favored stories of resistance, espionage, politicking, and propaganda, the Holocaust—Nazi Germany’s systematic genocide of Jews in occupied Europe—is impossible to avoid. (Yes, other minority groups were targeted, too. This book is not about them.) It’s a favorite pastime among WWII buffs to finger people, besides the Germans, who ought to share the blame for the most famous war crimes of all time. Maybe the worst […]

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2/10/2019 | allisonata's CBR11 Review No:11 |

Two Joe Cantrell books that maybe blended together in my head?

The Contractors (A Jon Cantrell Thriller) AND Shadow Boys (A Jon Cantrell Thriller Book 2) by Harry Hunsucker

August 10, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

And so it Begins… cbr10bingo So although I’m using this book as my “And so it begins” spot on cbr10 bingo, because it’s the first book in a series, I of course didn’t read it first. I read the second book in the series (reviewed below) first. I don’t what is wrong with me, but it happens like allll the time! Anyway, I’m going to review mostly the characters in these two books because they’re jumbling together in my brain (even though I just finished The Contractors last night), and a bit of the plot, but it’s all going to […]

8/10/2018 kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:40 |

Untold Stories Unearthed

The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, From the Washingtons to the Obamas by Adrian Miller

June 27, 2017 by Ale 2 Comments

Politics in any form is hard for me. I avoid confrontation and disagreement like the plague, so almost everything to do with politics makes me go running for the nearest blanket to hide under. But one of my Political Science students brought me a book catalog from a trip she went on, and The President’s Kitchen Cabinet was in it. I love food and anything to do with it, and looking at the history of politics through the lens of a thing I enjoy made this book an incredible read. Miller’s extensive research into the untold, and often undocumented stories of […]

6/27/2017 Ale's CBR9 Review No:13 |

I always feel like a chump for having zero magical powers when clearly the world is full of magicians and superpowered beings!

The Everything Box: A Novel by Richard Kadrey

June 28, 2016 by borisanne 5 Comments

The Everything Box is superfun! I added it to my library queue after some happy Cannonball Read reviews, and am so glad I did. I read almost this entire book in one sitting. I would best describe this as Neil Gaiman Lite, which is NOT a criticism. There is a richness missing that would make it a full Gaiman experience, but sometimes you don’t need the bone marrow spread on top of the rib-eye on top of cheesy polenta. Sometimes you just want a salad with some grilled skirt steak, and maybe a little avocado. Sorry; I just had surgery […]

6/28/2016 borisanne's CBR8 Review No:25 |

Fear and Paranoia in Burma

Welcome to Burma and Enjoy the Totalitarian Experience by Timothy Syrota

November 8, 2014 by denesteak Leave a Comment

This book was a random acquisition and comes with a bit of backstory. I was reporting in Mandalay, central Burma, on a number of stories, and one of them required me to interview a comedy troupe that is known for staging vaudevillian shows that harpoons the country’s authoritarian regime. Now that Burma is considered a democracy, this comedy troupe is still putting up nightly shows for tourists, making fun of the fact that the current government is really a puppet for the military. One of the comedians passed me Timothy Syrota’s book, and told me that him and his family […]

11/8/2014 denesteak's CBR6 Review No:11 |

Meg on A Tidy Little MysteryHugh Fraser played the part of Colonel Hastings in the BBC Poirot series. He's my favorite narrator.
teresaelectro on I just wanted to do my job.This book is on my TBR list, but sounds like a library situation and not an instabuy. Thanks for the review!
narfna on A Tidy Little MysteryYou're welcome!
Ellesfena on A Tidy Little MysteryYes, I think it may have been abridged as well. Thanks for the narrator recs, I’ll look for them on the next one!
narfna on I know it means he’s not working on Winds of WinterFun trivia: https://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/140682-confirmed-brienne-confirmed-descendant-of-dunk/