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Agatha Christie is Jesus; Also, Chimpanzees

The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

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Another novel that couldn’t hold my interest enough for me to actually finish and review it in time for Canada Day (not to mention that I was in LA that weekend so reading time was limited to begin with). I was a very late comer to Life of Pi because despite the acclaim something about the description always made me hesitate (philosophy – no thank you!).  And yet, when I finally read it two or three years ago (after the movie release even), I enjoyed it.  I liked the way he used allegory and allusions, and thought it was incredibly […]

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7/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:122 |

Family drama meets science fiction

The Unseen World by Liz Moore

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4.5 stars. This book was reviewed by both narfna and Fiat.Luxury who both raved about it. I can see why after reading it! It will absolutely be going on my list of Swiss Army recommendations list. I think most readers would like it, if not love it. Genre: Family drama with a little science fiction and mystery thrown in Read this if you loved: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng or All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders In a nutshell: Ada is a brilliant child being raised by her eccentric and also brilliant father, […]

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12/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

I can’t rate this book, but my IRL book club got great discussion out of it.

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

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Just a warning: This review will spoil a main plot point of the novel, because I don’t know how to talk about it at all without mentioning it, even though said plot point doesn’t occur until about halfway through. If you don’t want to be spoiled (and really, in this case, I think you should be so you know what you’re getting into), here is a brief summary of my feelings on this book, All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: Extremely well written. Puts you in an uncomfortable situation that forces you to think. Has flawed characters who don’t live […]

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9/7/2017 's CBR9 Review No:72 |

Book Club Reads Non-Western Literary Fiction – Voting!

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Voting for this #CannonBookClub is now closed. The selection is In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa. Buy it online at amazon, and please join us on September 13 for our discussion. Who’s ready for an ambitious summer read? Here at the #CannonBookClub we are always on the lookout to expand our horizons and try new and different genres, so this summer we are going to go in the direction of Literary Fiction. Our twist this time is that we will be focusing on Non-Western authors. This is a very broad literary arena, so in order to find something new for […]

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7/20/2017

The Review of the Great Books

The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child (The Neapolitan Novels #2-4) by Elena Ferrante

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I really, really liked Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend, which is an incredibly blase way to compliment a book so raw and confrontational and, well, brilliant. The remaining three books in the Neapolitan Novels series build on the strong momentum established by the first and, in the process, continue to be some of the most poignant reading I’ve experienced in ages. The feelings that these books provoked in me were strong and visceral, inflamed and tender in their ebb and flow. These are not feel-good stories, but they don’t feel gratuitous in their misery, either. As a woman, my vicarious […]

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6/22/2017 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

In which I take another step toward beatific acceptance of my plebian taste

By Blood by Ellen Ullman

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This probably qualifies as another lit-fic fail for me, by which I don’t mean that the book was a failure; I mostly likely just failed to appreciate it. It’s one of those oniony books that has a lot of layers, and characters who relate to each other on levels both appropriate and otherwise. Set in the 1960’s, there’s a story of a young woman who finds out she is of European Jewish descent, and finds herself digging into her history by way of trying to locate her birth mother. This story is told by the young woman to her therapist, […]

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5/3/2017 's CBR9 Review No:34 |

Throwing a kitten out a window was only a warning shot.

Moonglow by Michael Chabon

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Halfway through Moonglow, I caught myself with my hand over my mouth, trying to keep my breath inside my body because the prose was so exceptionally beautiful. I had my worries before reading this book. I have only recently discovered Chabon, and have only otherwise read The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, which was so stunning that it made me want to punch something. There is a lot of hype surrounding Moonglow, and even I only got it by accident from the library on a strict, one week-only, no renewals loan, because it’s such a hot commodity. What if it’s a waste […]

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4/29/2017 's CBR9 Review No:18 |

A book that puts the privilege of my education in stark relief

My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels #1) by Elena Ferrante

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Whatever “it” is, this book has it. Unsurprisingly, The Neapolitan Novels series has been among the much-discussed darlings of the lit fic world — a world that I largely ignore, as I mainly stick to genre. Despite sounding intriguing enough to prompt me to read it, I still knew very little about it. And so, Elena Greco and Lila Cerrullo came to me freshly conceived, raw and open and complex, out of their run-down and violent neighborhood, seeking an opening to become something more than their circumstances. I think everyone knows — or perhaps is — an Elena or a […]

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4/27/2017 's CBR9 Review No:32 |


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