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Boldly going where no potential underwear had gone before

Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars by Jonathan Roth

March 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

History, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge Who knew that a piece of muslin cloth would have such an adventurous life? Reads as fiction, Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars by Jonathan Roth is a  non-fiction story that is humorous and educational. Great for a classroom and a way to grab kids’ attention. After all, what kid doesn’t think underwear is amusing? When I first read the title I thought it was going to be about underwear. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Aeronautics, Aerospace engineering, airplanes, Astronautics, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, cloth, cloth & materials, How Things Work/Are Made, Jonathan Roth, Kitty Hawk, mars, nature, Neil Armstrong, space, space crafts, Space Science, technology, underwear, United States, Wright Brothers, Wright Flyer

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:157 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Aeronautics, Aerospace engineering, airplanes, Astronautics, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, cloth, cloth & materials, How Things Work/Are Made, Jonathan Roth, Kitty Hawk, mars, nature, Neil Armstrong, space, space crafts, Space Science, technology, underwear, United States, Wright Brothers, Wright Flyer ·
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Hi. I’m Badkittyuno, and I’ve fallen behind again…

July 27, 2017 by badkittyuno 5 Comments

Hi. Sorry. I really thought I was like 10 reviews behind and it turned out to actually be 19. So then I started up this list of reviews…and didn’t post it…and now I’m 26 behind. I would blame my kids/divorce/life, but really — I’d much rather read than write! Also, I’ve been working from home a lot and doing laundry instead of writing reviews (which is what I do when I get bored at the office), so that’s not helping. Anyway, here’s 26 brief reviews […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: A.S. King, Andrew Smith, Angie Thomas, anthony bourdain, CeeLo Green, Charles Yu, Dava Sobel, Gabourey Sidibe, J.G. Ballard, Jeffrey Tambor, Jennifer McMahon, Lindy West, Lyndsay Faye, Marc Summers, Margaret Atwood, Mark Kurlansky, Michael Oher, Nathan Rabin, Neil Armstrong, Neil Gaiman, Nick Offerman, Ruth Wariner, Samantha Irby, Sarah Forbes, Seanan McGuire, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett

badkittyuno's CBR9 Review No:158 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: A.S. King, Andrew Smith, Angie Thomas, anthony bourdain, CeeLo Green, Charles Yu, Dava Sobel, Gabourey Sidibe, J.G. Ballard, Jeffrey Tambor, Jennifer McMahon, Lindy West, Lyndsay Faye, Marc Summers, Margaret Atwood, Mark Kurlansky, Michael Oher, Nathan Rabin, Neil Armstrong, Neil Gaiman, Nick Offerman, Ruth Wariner, Samantha Irby, Sarah Forbes, Seanan McGuire, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett ·
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