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Beautiful and Tragic

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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I chose to read this book because I saw it on the to-read list of a baseball player I really like, Sean Doolittle.  Doolittle is a very good player and someone who is known for being an even better person.  He is also considered one of the most, let’s say intellectual, players in baseball and maybe sports as a whole.  He attended the University of Virginia, in my home state, so I’ve always felt an affinity for Doolittle.  He posted a picture of his current to-do list and baseball analyst Keith Law, another favorite of mine, and Law tweeted that […]

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4/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:15 |

Anger and Hate Poured Onto the Page

The Crow-Special Edition by James O'Barr

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Have you ever lost someone you loved? I don’t mean a friend or a relative, I mean losing someone so deeply ingrained into you that when they are gone, you have no idea how you are able to function? For those of us who have, James O’Barr has taken those feelings of rage, of dis-empowerment, and allowed us some catharsis through his seminal work The Crow. For those unfamiliar with the tale from either the movie or the graphic novel, The Crow tells the story of a young couple in Detroit who are about to get married and a vicious […]

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3/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

She asks how you make friends in a big school. He thinks about it.

Love by Hanne Orstavik

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This is an odd little book that I am not sure whether or not I really liked. But it did have some very incredibly well done narrative tension, and I think could translate well to a certain (faithful) film version if done the right way. The story, as such there is, is about Vibeke and her son Jon. Tomorrow is Jon’s birthday, but Vibeke has forgotten. This first miscommunication sets the tone and plot for the whole novel. Vibeke begins the novel in a kind of malaise where all that she wants to do is lie in bed and read […]

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1/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:53 |

Groovy kind of love

Pete the Cat's Groovy Guide to Love by James Dean

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I probably should not admit to this, but I am not a Pete the Cat fan. I know I am in the minority there as James Dean’s books fly off our selves at work. There seems to be one for every holiday. We even had a plush Pete doll before the holidays this year. Therefore, I must admit I was not expecting a lot from Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Love. I thought perhaps it might be a fun Valentine’s Day gift for a young cousin but did not expect to like it. And while it is a nice […]

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1/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Get your red hot love-bot here

Robot in Love by T. L. McBeth

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Another Valentine’s Day book review with a few spoilers. Robot in Love looks like it might be a modern fairy tale. There is a Cinderella like robot on the cover and why not? However, it does turn into a story more about tolerance to love. The robot sees the loveliest creature for afar. As you go along, you learn they are shiny. The most lovely thing they have seen. And, of course, the robot is too shy to talk to her. The illustrations do show a few silhouette images that maybe that is “it” until you hear more clues. I […]

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1/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

Well, I got to 52!

P.S. I love you by Cecilia Ahern

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Ahern wrote this book when she was 21. The premise is clever, a bitter-sweet gimmick where Holly’s husband dies, but he leaves her a series of letters to help her cope in the first year without him. Each letter has a surprise or a challenge and always ends with “P.S. I love you.” “Their plan had been very simple: to stay together for the rest of their lives. ” The book however does not quite work. Writing about the grief and pain of losing someone you love is a hard task and Ahern does not measure up to it. Not […]

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12/31/2018 's CBR10 Review No:52 |

Why are we born, if not to help each other?

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much. This is the story of the Reverend Stephen Kumalo, who lives […]

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12/16/2018 's CBR10 Review No:6 |

I highlighted the crap out of this book

Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen Kindle Edition by Hannah Howard

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cbr10bingo… Delicious! So the subtitle of this book is “true love in and out of the kitchen”, and it applies to both self love and love of someone else.  This is the author, Hannah Howard’s true story about her life of eating and eating disorder.  From the very start of this book, I could relate to Hannah.  Thankfully (for me), she was way more messed up than I ever was, but she might be further along in her recovery journey than I am too.  Thankfully none of the abusive romantic relationships hit home for me, just the food stuff.  I’m […]

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10/30/2018 's CBR10 Review No:50 |


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