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Just in case the history books don’t cover gay history for your kids

The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman

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This history of the Stonewall Riots is intended for middle grade readers. Pitman does a lovely job of setting the stage for the world that the riots occurred in, with pictures of locations, people, and items, as well as back stories of the individuals and institutions involved. The prose is clear and easy to follow, if a bit dry, in my opinion. While I liked the book, it was a little different than I expected. Some of the weirdness was the digital galley–it looked strange on the page with words appearing in multiple fonts and sentences breaking across different pages. […]

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5/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:14 |

I don’t really know why I disliked this book about time-traveling bodyswaps in Tudor England.

Spark by Catherine Friend

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This book made me very cranky. In fact, I ended up disliking it so much I requested a refund from Amazon, which I guess they don’t normally do if you don’t like a book on Kindle. (They gave it to me, But just this once, because I’m such a loyal customer! Honestly, though, it was a $10 e-book and I did not tolerate it enough to permanently part with $10.) Honestly, I’m not sure how informative this review will end up being if you’re curios about the book, because I’m not sure entirely why I disliked it so much. It […]

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5/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:48 |

“Are we going for an anchor or a compass? A memory to ground you, or a spark to guide you forward?”

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

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In early April I made the choice to put my limited free time (so, so limited in late March and early April) into a complete rewatch of Game of Thrones before the series came back for its final series. I also picked up and put down two different books earlier this month, just not feeling any of them. When it was time to travel for Easter, with a total of four flights, I reached for a sure-fire winner: A Closed and Common Orbit. I loved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet last summer and was excited to see […]

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4/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:18 |

“He was riding a tiger. He might as well enjoy it.”

Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by K.J. Charles

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I hope that my life continues to be full of K.J. Charles books that do not disappoint me. I know I’ve still got about half her back catalogue to go through, and I hope all those unread books are just as fun to read. This one is a romance, of course, but it’s also a heist novel featuring Alec, the estranged son of a duke out to make his father pay for the damage he’s caused Alec and his siblings, so Alec hires two notorious thieves to take priceless jewels from a practically uncrackable safe, in a hard to reach […]

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4/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

I think I just wanted this to be a novel.

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5) by Alyssa Cole

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I liked this little novella less upon finishing it than I do now. It’s been a month since I finished it; should have written a review at the time. Story of my life, print it on a t-shirt. But in fairness to me, I was a bit distracted that weekend from the annual wonderfest known as the Tucson Festival of Books, a beautiful celebration of literacy and imagination and yummy food that is always held on or near my birthday, so happy birthday to me. And Alyssa Cole was there that weekend! So I got to meet her, and it […]

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3/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:33 |

“Maybe I still haven’t become me. I don’t know how you tell for sure when you finally have.”

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

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This is one of those books I can appreciate more intellectually than feel in my gut, though I think I’m going to chalk that up more to the style than anything else. I wasn’t in the mood for a slow, thoughtful, book that is more traditionally literary in style than I usually prefer. This book is LONG as well, almost 500 pages. Which is on the high end for contemporary YA. Aside from my own style preferences, I have no complaints. It’s a beautifully written story about a girl coming of age in the 90s in the Midwest, and coming […]

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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 |

Between the Oceans and the Mountains is a Wild Forest.

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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Note: I misgendered the author in the 4th paragraph. I’d love to blame autocorrect, but it was entirely my own brain defaulting to the comfort of binary pronouns. Brains like to be comfortable and I was raised in an aggressively binary culture. That makes it more imperative that I get comfortable with discomfort, try harder, and be willing to correct others and accept correction. Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel GenderQueer: A Memoir is a beautiful gift to the world, filled with pain and compassion. Maia uses the Spivek pronouns e/em/eir, so I use them in the review.  I hope I am […]

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3/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 |

The least toxically masculine thing you will ever read.

Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1 by Ngozi Ukazu

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So if you go over to Goodreads and scroll down the first page of reviews, you’ll see that nearly every review starts along the lines of, “THIS WAS SO ADORABLE.” Or “THE CUTEST EVER I’M DYING.” And now that I have read this, I too, can sympathize. This was monstrously precious. I am compelled to say this because of how cute. Check, Please! is a sweet little web comic that is finishing up later this year. It follows Eric “Bitty” Bittle, a former champion figure skater turned college hockey player, as he goes through his four years at Samwell University. […]

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1/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |


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