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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 |

An interesting, if repetitive, Harry Potter literary analysis

The Deathly Hallows Lectures by John Granger

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When I was doing my Master’s degree, I was briefly doing research with one of my professors surrounding the Harry Potter books. While it ultimately didn’t come to fruition, I picked up several interesting books in context to the series. One was John Granger’s The Deathly Hallows Lectures, which focus solely on the end of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I was looking forward to reading this, because a bunch of the other Harry Potter critical theory books were published in the middle of the series and didn’t have the end in sight at all. Granger does […]

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12/28/2017 's CBR9 Review No:139 |

Accio Cannonball

Harry Potter Books 1-7 by JK Rowling

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Cannonball! Reading the Harry Potter series this time felt different than past times. I’m several years older than I was last time I read them, and this time I was reading them not just for fun, but to review for CBR (it makes a difference, I’ve found. . .). It’s also a time in American history when reading about the fight against the Death Eaters and their focus on purebloods is a little more uncomfortable than it has been in the past (I am not the only person seeing similarities between Voldemort’s grandiosity, vanity, and short-sightedness and a certain someone […]

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12/7/2017 's CBR9 Review No:57 |

Apt that the book prompting this was Fangirl

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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You guys, I loved this book.  Like, a stupid amount.  I loved this book so much it gave me the warm fuzzies.  I loved it so much I wanted to be a teen again, and NO THANKS to that.  I loved it so much I saved reading it for bad days despite wanting to eat it in one go like a cupcake.  I loved, loved, loved this book like I was Roger Ebert’s evil twin reviewing the movie North.  What I’m saying is this is a favorable review. Its my first Rainbow Rowell book, but now I’m gonna buy more, […]

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10/21/2017 's CBR9 Review No:42 |

Could somebody please give Harry a hug? Like, that boy’s been through a lot…

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone/Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkaban/Goblet of Fire/Order of the Phoenix/Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

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I am book hungover which pretty much tells you all you need to know. It’s been 2 weeks since I finished and I’ve been unable to get into anything since then. The first books are good, they are satisfying like a puzzle. I did not start becoming really excited until book four. Then it was just me, not doing anything else for 3 days. I went out to lunch with a friend and all I could think about was getting back to find out whether Ginny and Harry kiss. They totally do. I cancelled a dinner as well. No ragrets. […]

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9/7/2017 's CBR9 Review No:28 |

Love is the Engine Which Drives Our Heroes

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowlling, narrated by Jim Dale

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I’ve been sitting on this review for several days, trying to let the experience of rereading The Half-Blood Prince settle in my mind so I could look at it from a larger angle. The plot of the story is crucial; it shows how the war could so easily fall to the side of Voldemort, and sets up the game plan for defeating him. But it isn’t the only crucial aspect of the narrative, this is also a story of being on the cusp of adulthood, and finding the balance between our childhood selves and who we’ll be. Finally, it is […]

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8/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:48 |


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