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DNF of January – Your mileage may vary

Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People by Sarah H. Bradford

Midnight in Mexico by Alfredo Corchado

February 7, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Harriet Tubman by Sarah Hopkins Bradford (3 stars) I know surprisingly little about Harriet Tubman. Were I to sum up the totality of my knowledge, I would say, “she freed a bunch of slaves using the Underground Railroad.” That’s it. I literally don’t know anything else. This book…was ok. It’s not thorough, at all. It’s really short, and would probably be best for a young audience. I downloaded it as a free book on Audible, and I was hoping it was going to be a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alfredo Corchado, Cartels, civil war, Harriet Tubman, Mexican drug war, Midnight in Mexico, Sarah H. Bradford, Slavery

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alfredo Corchado, Cartels, civil war, Harriet Tubman, Mexican drug war, Midnight in Mexico, Sarah H. Bradford, Slavery ·
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The Water Dancer – a brilliant novel

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

February 12, 2020 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

Since I know Ta-Nehisi Coates was writing the Black Panther comic for a couple of years, and the blurb I read about this book was that it was about a young man with extraordinary abilities, I thought it would be a more action oriented style of novel. I could not have been more wrong. Yes, the main character, Hiram Walker, does possess an ability he calls conducting, but it is used very infrequently in the story as he really does not learn how to use […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: civil war, Coates, Harriet Tubman, revenge, Slavery, special abilities, Ta-nehisi Coates

MarkAbaddon's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: civil war, Coates, Harriet Tubman, revenge, Slavery, special abilities, Ta-nehisi Coates ·
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