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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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This book also has a character called “the cutie bandit,” which is amazing.

The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich

March 12, 2026 by narfna 3 Comments

When I tell you I was not interested in this book at all and then I zoomed through it in a day and a half. It was a book club pick, and I’d read and liked/loved I think three of her books before this one, but the synopsis just didn’t call to me. But, book club pick, so I reserved it from the library. This book is the epitome of what I mean when I say that writing style is the most important thing in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction, Louise Erdrich, Ojibwe, The Mighty Red

narfna's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction, Louise Erdrich, Ojibwe, The Mighty Red ·
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Rough but Important Middle Grade Novel

No Place Like Home by James Bird

August 5, 2023 by LB 1 Comment

This is a rough, emotional story, but also a story full of hope and love. Opin is living in a car with his mom and older brother, Emjay, since they left his father several years ago because he was violent and abusive. Emjay has a tendency to run off when they stop places on their way to Watts Los Angeles and is full of anger, which sometimes is expressed in violence and being cruel with his words towards his family. But Opin finds a dog, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: . hope, family, homelessness, indigenous fiction, James Bird, middle grade, Ojibwe, Realistic fiction

LB's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: . hope, family, homelessness, indigenous fiction, James Bird, middle grade, Ojibwe, Realistic fiction ·
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A controversial question with the answer of a good book

Jo Jo Makoons: The Use-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley

May 26, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One of the most controversial questions you can ask about characters of a book is, “Why is your character X?” (Fill in the blank: gay, black, Muslim, etc.). But it is an important question. Why does you character have to be X? OR: Why do they have brown hair or green eyes? Why are they tall or short? Why are they male, female, or non-binary? Why are they an alien, a dog, a robot or a farting penguin? What does that piece of information do […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History Tagged With: Dawn Quigley, family, friendship, grandmother, Ojibwe, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Tara Auibert

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:149 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History · Tags: Dawn Quigley, family, friendship, grandmother, Ojibwe, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Tara Auibert ·
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On Passion

May 16, 2014 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

My hand is a human hand. My heart a human heart. My feet walk the earth to which our bones return. Directed by His voice, His hand, by the prompting and guidance of His spirit, what else was I to do? ~ Father Damien in a letter to the Pope The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001. I’ve reviewed two of Erdrich’s other novels — The Plague of Doves, which won a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Cannonball Read 6, Catholic church, conversion, ElCicco, Louise Erdrich, Missionaries, National Book Award, Native American, North Dakota, Ojibwe, passion, Pope, ReadWomen2014, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Plague of Doves, The Round House

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Cannonball Read 6, Catholic church, conversion, ElCicco, Louise Erdrich, Missionaries, National Book Award, Native American, North Dakota, Ojibwe, passion, Pope, ReadWomen2014, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Plague of Doves, The Round House ·
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