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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 |

Yes, dear ones, the book was indeed better. (CBR10 Bingo)

The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling, pseudonym), Robert Glenister (narrator)

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Since I missed the world of Cormoran Strike, when the television show was announced I knew I would do my best to track it down. It wasn’t easy in the States without a Cinemax subscription, but I sent a plea to my brother and he managed to procure the series for me. Talk about perfect timing for The Book Was Better? bingo square. Most people can’t reread mystery novels; once they know the ending the book loses its ability to hold their interest. Because my brain apparently doesn’t hold onto the salient details the mystery is often new again to […]

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9/22/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:45 |

Just ban those who ban this book

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

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I’m not really going to review this book. We all know Harry Potter. If you haven’t read the books, you’ve seen the movies, and if you haven’t seen the movies well you’re here in the English-speaking internet so YOU KNOW HARRY POTTER. Y’all don’t need me to review g-d Harry Potter. Rereading Harry Potter – especially rereading Sorcerer’s Stone – is like walking back into your childhood home. Everything is familiar and oh so dear and yes you know every turn and beat by heart and that just makes you love it all the more. Heartwarming joy, starting to finish, top to bottom. […]

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9/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:108 |

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 |

Revisiting Cormoran and Robin (CBR10Bingo)

The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling pseudonym), Robert Glenister (narrator)

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I don’t scorn rereading (see please, my Harry Potter reread), it just isn’t something I do all that much since I joined up with the Cannonball crowd back in 2012. It is sometimes very difficult to find new words to express a reaction to a book, and now that writing a review is part of my reading process I cannot skip a review. If I read a book… I’m reviewing it (with the exception of one book back in CBRV). So, why did I dive back into the world of Cormoran Strike? Several reasons, actually. I was longing for the […]

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8/4/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:27 |

The audiobooks really do make this series better.

Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) by Robert Galbraith

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This review is mostly going to be me responding to some of my own thoughts from my first review, with some extras thrown in; for example, how I was considering raising this to five stars because I loved Robert Glenister’s narration so much. I love the dead tree versions of this book, but the audio adds another level. Highly recommend if you are so inclined. (I’m leaving my rating at 4.5, rounding down, for now, because of the ending. See below.) Spoilery discussion of several plot points below. So firstly, having now re-read this, I can state with approximately 99% […]

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6/7/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:72 |

Liked it even more this time!

The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith

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Okay, so now having finished my first re-read of this book, I am so tempted to up the rating to five stars. A large portion of that desire comes from listening to the audio this time around. There’s something really satisfying about Robert Glenister’s voice narrating this story; it most definitely increased my enjoyment. Another part is that this just feels like the ideal murder mystery to me right now. It was exactly what I was craving, plus some. I love all the clues and red herrings (and spotting them all this time was so much fun now that I […]

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3/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:27 |

Harry Potter and the Mostly Good Story About His Kid

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany

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Confession: I have owned my very own copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for about 2 years, ever since I bought it at the super cool Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris (if you EVER have the chance to go to Paris, it’s a must visit. Try not to live there. Though, they don’t really frown upon people living there. But I digress). It has set, unread, in that time. I’m a pretty significant Potter fan, but I had heard of it being divisive, and some of my friends straight up did not like it so it sat, […]

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3/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:8 |


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