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Big Ideas and Big Friends

Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen

Gibberish by Young Vo

March 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Culture is an interesting subject. And when you come from onr and go to a different one, things get interesting.  The publisher Levine Querido has stories that are about cultures we may/may not be familiar with. In the process of reading them, there is a lot to learn about how we are not only different, but the same, too. Shirley is a child with big ideas, her family are immigrants, they live over their grocery store, and they cannot sell their gefilte fish. Her parents […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Emigration & Immigration, family, friendship, jewish, language, Paula Cohen, Social Themes, Young Vo

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:126 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Emigration & Immigration, family, friendship, jewish, language, Paula Cohen, Social Themes, Young Vo ·
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“At last we meet again for the first time, for the last time.”

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

January 11, 2022 by narfna 9 Comments

All I’ve got in my head right now is that line from Spaceballs (see title of this review). I say that because every year I read a handful of books that I am just absolutely at a loss for how to review. This is my first one of 2022! I just want to say la la la la la and maybe read it again, but I’m expected instead to verbalize my thoughts about a book that covered so much and was so good and so […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amanda Montell, Ann Marie Gideon, audiobooks, Cultish, cults, language, linguistics, narfna, non fiction, social history, the language of fanaticism

narfna's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: Amanda Montell, Ann Marie Gideon, audiobooks, Cultish, cults, language, linguistics, narfna, non fiction, social history, the language of fanaticism ·
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“Are you in a cult?”

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

January 10, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 12 Comments

Well, I might be! Really, I’m inundated with cultish language- much like most of you are as well! The above question, posited by our own CBR gurus and shared across social media, was attached to an excellent review by faintingviolet. Her review kindled a blaze with other CBR readers- myself included! Our Goodreads walls are packed with update-after-update barrages of people frantically ripping through this read! I am very much looking forward to the Cultish flood headed our way. Now- back to the question. Am I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amanda Montell, andtheIToldYouSos, Bikram Yoga, crime, cult, cult fitness, cult language, Cultish, David Koresh, faintingviolet, Heaven's Gate, influencers, Jim Jones, Jonestown, language, late stage capitalism, linguistics, MLM, Psychology, recommendation, recommended by CBR, Religion, scientology, social media, the Dream, true crime, Waco, Wild Wild Country, Wordslut

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Amanda Montell, andtheIToldYouSos, Bikram Yoga, crime, cult, cult fitness, cult language, Cultish, David Koresh, faintingviolet, Heaven's Gate, influencers, Jim Jones, Jonestown, language, late stage capitalism, linguistics, MLM, Psychology, recommendation, recommended by CBR, Religion, scientology, social media, the Dream, true crime, Waco, Wild Wild Country, Wordslut ·
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A lot of characters to follow, three plots, and wondering if or when it will all make sense

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

June 6, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

It took me way longer to really get into A Desolation Called Peace than it did A Memory Called Empire. Part of the problem in A Desolation Called Peace is that there are too many different groups and places that take almost ¾ of the novel to really come together. I get that that is a technique for suspense, but it doesn’t work terribly well here, especially when Mahit’s thread has so little to do with everything else which actually does eventually connect. It feels […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: A Desolation Called Peace, arkady martine, first contact, language, space, Speculative Fiction, Texicalaan 2, war

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:49 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: A Desolation Called Peace, arkady martine, first contact, language, space, Speculative Fiction, Texicalaan 2, war ·
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When you only read a handful of pages, but still like what you read, but it’s okay as it is a book to read like that.

You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton!: Monster Motivations to Move Your Butt and Get You to Do the Thing by Chuck Wendig

April 29, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was on the salesfloor this morning, doing a task that I occasionally do, surrounded by the books of the counter. You know those fun little distractions at the checkout. The ones that you pick up for hostess gifts, for that one person you never can buy for, and that “I need a treat and it might be Champlain Chocolate [so yummy], but my waist will thank me for a book instead” books. After finishing my task, instead of taking my normal route back to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry Tagged With: chuck wendig, language, Motivational & Inspirational, Natalie Metzger

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:144 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry · Tags: chuck wendig, language, Motivational & Inspirational, Natalie Metzger ·
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Nursery Rhymes and Shakin’ your Groove thang!

Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Say Good Night by Tiger Tales

Babies Around the World: Dancing by Tamara Barker

April 19, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A few months ago, a friend had her third Munchkin. I have known Mama Munchkin since the day before she turned two. And in that time, there were several tea sets, playing dolls and superheroes, a talk-the-babysitter (me)-into-getting-in-the-canoe-and-actually-go-down-the-stream with (then just) Munchkin, her brothers, and a cousin, birthday parties, and of course books, that we shared. Therefore, it was natural for me to give books as a baby gift. One of the books I found for Munchkin the Third was Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Say Good Night. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: around the world, babies, bedtime stories, board books, dancing, language, Nursery Rhymes, rhyming, Sanja Rescek, Tamara Barker, Tiger Tales

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:140 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: around the world, babies, bedtime stories, board books, dancing, language, Nursery Rhymes, rhyming, Sanja Rescek, Tamara Barker, Tiger Tales ·
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