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Question 7 by Richard Flanagan

May 28, 2025 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

One of Chekhov’s earliest stories was a parody of mental arithmetic questions asked of schoolchildren, of which Chekhov’s question 7 is typical: Wednesday, June 17, 1881, a train had to leave station A at 3am in order to reach station B at 11pm; just as the train was about to depart, however, an order came that the train had to reach station B by 7pm. Who loves longer, a man or a woman? Who? You, me, a Hiroshima resident or a slave labourer? And why […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Australia, Australian authors, Baillie Gifford prize, HG Wells, Manhattan Project, Memoir-ish, memoirs, memory, nuclear war, Richard Flanagan, Tasmania, World War Two

LittlePlat's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Australia, Australian authors, Baillie Gifford prize, HG Wells, Manhattan Project, Memoir-ish, memoirs, memory, nuclear war, Richard Flanagan, Tasmania, World War Two ·
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Interesting But Not Personal Enough

Alex and Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene Pepperberg

May 14, 2020 by Tracy Leave a Comment

If I had heard of Alex the African gray prior to reading this, I can’t recall. I also don’t know how I ended up with the book on my Kindle, but I’m glad I read it. Pepperberg spent decades studying cognition in African gray parrots. She developed a love of birds early in her life when she was gifted a parakeet, which helped soothe her lonely childhood. When she decided she wanted to discover whether “bird brain” is as pejorative as it sounds, she purchased […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: birds, cognition, educational, Irene Pepperberg, memoirs

Tracy's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: birds, cognition, educational, Irene Pepperberg, memoirs ·
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Louder Than Life? No Kidding!

May 24, 2018 by LittlePlat 10 Comments

  One of the unexpected joys I’ve discovered since I’ve started listening to audiobooks is the self-narrated biography or memoir. There is just something about hearing the voice of the subject that really enhances the experience.  This is especially so for biographies written by entertainers and performers, who naturally make excellent narrators. So far, I have enjoyed biographies read and written by Alexei Sayle, Eddie Izzard, Magda Szubanski and David Attenborough. But there is only one so far that I would say HAS to be […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: biography, Brian Blessed, memoirs

LittlePlat's CBR10 Review No:15 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: biography, Brian Blessed, memoirs ·
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Alli Reviews “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth”

January 22, 2018 by Alli 1 Comment

Well, here I am again in CBR. After completing a full Cannonball a few years back (on my third attempt), I signed up for CBR but didn’t really participate, although I still read a fair amount of books, I think the writing part provokes my anxiety a bit. Having said that, I am taking a PR diploma and it requires a fair amount of writing so the more practice I can get the better. Plus you all are a fairly tolerant lot, so the judgements […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Canada, Chris Hadfield, memoirs, space

Alli's CBR10 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Canada, Chris Hadfield, memoirs, space ·
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Adventures of a Mormon looking for love in Manhattan

January 17, 2018 by Polyesque 2 Comments

When I first saw this book in Borders, I was intrigued by the cover and when I read about a Mormon gal on her own in the Big Apple, I was even further intrigued. Given that I just name-dropped Borders, that’ll give you an idea of how long ago it was that I picked it up. Pretty sure it was around 2010. But something made me keep it through a move from New Jersey to Mississippi, then back to New Jersey. Then to Memphis. Then […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Elna Baker, memoirs

Polyesque's CBR10 Review No:2 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Elna Baker, memoirs ·
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A real look into sexism through humor and real life – no fuss, no muss

January 18, 2017 by postcardsandbooks 9 Comments

Although I am a somewhat recent convert into the world of strong female celebrity memoirs, I have recently read had 3 of them read to me by the authors through the fascinating experience that are audiobooks, and I must admit I have been converted. It’s always a breath of fresh air to have an intelligent woman talk to/at you for 4-6 hours about funny little anecdotes that may or may not carry some underlying lesson about the world. In the spirit of full disclosure, I have […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: bossy pants, Celebrity Memoir, memoirs, Tina Fey

postcardsandbooks's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: bossy pants, Celebrity Memoir, memoirs, Tina Fey ·
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