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A great book about two things I am terrible at: money and math. #CBRBingo – True Story

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

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Smart people who think outside the box are so much fun to read about. I read this book really fast, and it was enjoyable to read the whole way through. I’ve never read a Michael Lewis book before, but I might consider reading more now. He has a simple, clean style that is really efficient at getting his story across, and he has an instinct for the best way to use his material. And he has some great underlying material here. As he notes in the Afterword (which is really great, so if you’re going to read this book, make […]

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10/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:86 |

Don’t even click on this. It is a useless review.

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

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This would have been much more impressive had I read it in a timely manner, like say ten years ago when I first wanted to. It does read a tad bit dated, even though this is the updated version, but it’s still pretty fascinating, and I think worth reading. I will be reading the second book and checking out the podcast. [four and a half months later] And now I have finally come to write this review, and I have forgotten nearly everything about it but the overall feeling I got from it. This will not be a comprehensive review. […]

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10/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:85 |

Underwhelming amnesia rom-com.

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

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This was my first Sophie Kinsella book, and I wouldn’t say no to reading more, even though this was mostly just an okay read for me. For about the first third or so, I didn’t even really like it, but by the end I was invested. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up for a long time, if ever, except that I pulled it out of my TBR Jar (that thing has been really helpful in cleaning up my shelves, by the way). This book has a similar plot to another book I’ve owned for years and haven’t read, What […]

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10/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:84 |

Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow Flag

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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NB: I was sent an ARC of this book but that has not affected the content of my review. This was such a fun, lovely time. I was expecting some fluff and some ‘falling in love with a priiiince’ fantasy indulgence, and some warmhearted sweetness (and there was all of that in here, as well), but I wasn’t expecting it to be so smart and practical and irreverent. I don’t often laugh out loud, but this book had me cackling at points. It just vibrated on the right frequency for me, and I think admirably succeeds in its goal of […]

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10/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:83 |

My personal tastes just didn’t gel with this one :(

Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon

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So I’m not mad I read this or anything, and I think for the right person, this book would be super enjoyable, but a couple of things just kept pulling me out. But before I get into what I didn’t like, I just want to say how much I admire this book’s title. Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny is exactly what you would want it to be. He’s buff. He’s a male nanny. He’s also kind, good with kids, extremely good in bed, and loyal as hell. He’s basically the fantasy man (although wall to wall tattoos aren’t really my […]

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10/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:82 |

Third time through, just as great. #CBRBingo – I Love This

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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This book works on multiple levels for me: *It’s swoony and I love the characters. I find it comfortable and reassuring, like a big fluffy blanket. *It’s a smart take on Chosen One stories, upending tropes and challenging expectations. The first time through you think you know what’s going to happen, and then it doesn’t, and something much cooler happens instead. *It’s funny and incisive, and has good things to say about the human emotional cost of magic, of being caught inside a fantasy story. I’m not going to write a real review of this book, surprise, because I never […]

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9/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:79 |

“It does not make sense. It cannot exist. It’s impossible.”

The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman

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“What he couldn’t say was that he longed for his father as a lost child yearns for home. That comparison wouldn’t have occurred to him, because home was the place he kept safe for his mother, not the place others kept safe for him.” As a kid, I was really into this book. I ran across it in the library one day, years after I read the first one. I loved the whole parallel universes jag, and it was undercut with this darkness most of my reading material lacked, but that I found fascinating. I also loved Will (and still […]

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9/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:78 |

I liked it!

A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3) by Alyssa Cole

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This is my favorite book in this series by quite a large margin. (Although I haven’t read the second novella yet.) It still wasn’t a perfect read for me, and had a lot of the same problems I felt the others did, but I just loved the characters so much, and unlike in the other books in this series, I never thought their connection felt forced. And aside from how much I liked the two main characters and how well they meshed together, I thought this book brought some fresh perspective to some old romance tropes (not spoiling how): *The […]

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9/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:77 |


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