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Based on the Icelandic tradition of Jólabóka-flóðið

The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore

December 8, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Christmas Book Flood by Emily Kilgore celebrates Jolabokaflod in a special way. This is a delightfully illustrated book, by Kitty Moss, about the joys of finding the right book as the right gift, and the family that you give it too. Then, while reading on Christmas eve with you hot chocolate (or chocolate bar), we see how the spirit of the season is among us. Based on the Icelandic tradition, we have a diverse family, their friends, and community waiting and getting ready for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Books, celebrations, christmas, Emily Kilgore, family, holidays, Iceland, jolabokaflod, Kitty Moss, reading

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:590 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Books, celebrations, christmas, Emily Kilgore, family, holidays, Iceland, jolabokaflod, Kitty Moss, reading ·
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The Danger of a Simple Story – Antebellum Version

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

July 17, 2021 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

This book has been on my bookshelf since December 2019 when my mom, sister, and I started doing our own version of Jolabokaflod. I’ve been meaning to read it but it took two short vacations for me to make time to actually dive into the life of George Washington Black, a young slave living on a plantation in Barbados.  Esi Edugyan’s novel is brutal and hauntingly written and totally not what I expected. The novel begins in the 1830’s where a 10-year-old George Washington Black, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Esi Edugyan, jolabokaflod

Jenny S's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, Esi Edugyan, jolabokaflod ·
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How do you know it will be any different? Because it has to be.

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

January 26, 2020 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

I had a lot of expectations going into reading Casey McQuiston’s Red, White, and Royal Blue and the good news is that it was even more delightful than I expected.  In times like these, it was wonderful to be able to immerse myself in a slightly more positive alternative universe (think Great British Bakeoff meets Madame Secretary) and truthfully, I did not want to leave. For those of you who haven’t read it or read one of the many Cannonball Read reviews of it, the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Casey McQuiston, jolabokaflod, Red White and Royal Blue

Jenny S's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Casey McQuiston, jolabokaflod, Red White and Royal Blue ·
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A Hundred Words for all the Ways a Black Boy Can Lie Awake at Night

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

January 25, 2020 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

Wow!  All I have to say is “Wow!”  Saeed Jones’ memoir is a lot of things—a coming of age story, a story of growing up gay, a story of growing up black, a story of growing up gay and black in Texas, and the story of a single mother and her son.  It’s probably about a lot more than that but as a straight white woman there are frequencies I cannot hear and they are not meant for me. This is the kind of book […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: How We Fight For Our Lives, jolabokaflod, Saeed Jones

Jenny S's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: How We Fight For Our Lives, jolabokaflod, Saeed Jones ·
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It Is a Truth Universally Acknowledged That I Am Now Really Hungry for Samosas

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

January 25, 2020 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

My second Jane Austen remix this year (and back to back with Jane of Austin), Sonali Dev’s Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors is a fun read that made me hungry for Indian food.  That’s because the Darcy in this novel, DJ Caine, is a talented chef who is trying to make a go of it in San Francisco, having upped and left a Michelin star restaurant in France to be closer to his sister, Emma, who is fighting brain cancer. He first encounters, Trisha Raje, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: jolabokaflod, pride prejudice and other flavors, sonali dev

Jenny S's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: jolabokaflod, pride prejudice and other flavors, sonali dev ·
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I’m No Hero . . . I’m More of a Last Resort

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

February 9, 2019 by Jenny S 3 Comments

“But I’m no hero. I’m more of a last resort, a scorched-earth policy. I’m the person you hire when the heroes have already come home in body bags” (2). There’s nothing like the feeling when you discover the first book in a series and it hits all your readerly buttons.  I was pretty sure I was going to like Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse when I read about it—searching for women Native American authors to support (in the aftermath of the Sherman Alexie scandal.)  […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #weneeddiversebooks, jolabokaflod, post-apocolyptic, Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning

Jenny S's CBR11 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #weneeddiversebooks, jolabokaflod, post-apocolyptic, Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning ·
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