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I mean, it WAS

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

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So yes, my bingo square for “The Book Was Better” was indeed filled by a better book than a movie, but I tried to make it the fairest fight in the Harry Potter series; I wonder how much better the movies would have been with Alfonso Cuaron behind the camera for all of them. The filmed sequences that stood out for me were Buckbeak’s execution, the first appearance of the Dementors, and the staging of the adventures with the Time Turner, but honestly, this is the only movie where I felt a sense of place in Hogwarts.  In other films […]

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11/26/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:67 |

Better than the Potter comparison

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

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I read this book because I started following Dr. Okorafor on Twitter a few years ago.  I don’t remember exactly what made me decide to follow her but I do know that part of it was due to my desire to avoid insularity.  That and I’d heard great things about her books.  I’ve already read the first two novellas in her Binti series; the third won a Hugo Award this year! Akata Witch, if I were to grossly over simplify, is a different take on the young person discovers magic is real and they must adapt to this new world. […]

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11/24/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:41 |

Octothorp and the restoration of memory

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling

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Look at em, y’all.  They’re fetuses.  But then again, so was I the last time I read these books. Hoping to re-read the series before CBR10 closes, book two of the Harry Potter series marking my “throwback” square. Kind of glad I’m re-reading these now, as I intended to read them to the octolet as bedtime stories in a couple years (he’s not quite two right now), as I remembered how the series does such a good job maturing at the same pace as it’s readership, but damn, even in book two shit gets dark.  Moaning Myrtle is a student […]

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11/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:63 |

Fahrenheit 666, or how I learned to start worrying and love the resistance

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

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 (Double bingo!) It feels like I’m cheating to count this as my banned book “Fahrenheit 451” square, because in the nearly 20 years since I read this the first time it’s become omnipresent. Not that it wasn’t a hit even when I picked it up the first time around in the middle school library where my mom worked, killing time between the end of my school day and her closing hours with an endless supply of books, but the popularity explosion and merchandise inundation really took off with the movies. That said, I remember even at 13 being mildly surprised […]

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11/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:61 |

Go Ahead, Read it Again!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

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Can you believe the first Harry Potter book is 21 years old?!? Harry would be in his 30’s by now! Hagrid would be in his 80’s! A baby could have been born when the first book came out and be able to drink today! I’m amazed at how timeless and magical the books still are. And even after my having read this one 3 times and seen the movie, there are still little treasures here and there that I discover each time. I love Rowling’s characters, the world she’s created, and the little life lessons peppered throughout. This book is […]

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9/7/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

Back to Rotherweird and further weirdness

Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott

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I really like Rotherweird, so I knew I wanted to get the sequel Wyntertide. The problem was that I had purchased Rotherweird in Edinburgh, Scotland last summer and hadn’t ever seen it here in the US. So how to get the newly released sequel which was only available online and included international shipping? I call Mother who lives about 2 hours from Glasgow (Scotland still) to see if she would have time to check a bookstore or two next time she was in the city, and who was planning a visit to me in the near future. Mother calls a […]

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6/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:40 |

Cooking with Magic

The Wizard's Cookbook by Aurelia Beaupommier

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I was in the local bookstore to pick something up, and what I was looking for wasn’t there. I browsed around a little since I had a 20% off coupon, and I saw this: The Wizard’s Cookbook. I made an impulse purchase. I regret nothing. This is a cookbook, but all the recipes are based on characters from modern fantasy literature and include everything from the expected Harry Potter and Wizard of Oz to the equally cool but less expected Magica DeSpell, Link, Asterix and Obelix, Bewitched, and Dungeons and Dragons. Thankfully there’s a reference guide to who/what everyone is […]

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6/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:38 |

Maybe J. K. Rowling should, I don’t know, write a new story?

The Hogwarts Collection/Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling

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First, I want to say J. K. Rowling seems like a lovely person. Despite creating one of the most popular – and lucrative – fantasy series in the world, she has never glossed over her experiences with poverty and depression. She founded a neurology clinic in honor of her mother and is a champion of disadvantaged children and single parents. She dropped off the Forbes billionaire list partly because she donated so much to charity, and until lately, her Twitter game has been killer. Unfortunately, some of the additions to the Harry Potter franchise are dimming the fuzzy glow I […]

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1/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |


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