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We learned nothing.

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry

Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World by Laura Spinney

December 27, 2020 by thewheelbarrow 2 Comments

I read The Great Influenza a few months ago after coming across it. I think I would have read it regardless of the current pandemic as I still believe my knowledge of the world in the WWI era to be lacking. The Great Influenza focuses on the Spanish Flu and its impact in the United States. It also details the history of medicine and virology, specifically as it pertains to the flu. The book is long and comprehensive but I really enjoyed it.  It really […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: disease, John M. Barry, Laura Spinney, pandemic, spanish flu

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: disease, John M. Barry, Laura Spinney, pandemic, spanish flu ·
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Pandemic Through My Generation

Severance by Ling Ma

October 30, 2020 by Jake 1 Comment

I tried to read this gem the first few weeks after the pandemic broke out in New York. Couldn’t do it. As it is significantly better than the other pandemic reads (Killing Williamsburg and Zone One), the fact that it dealt with a terrifying virus from China was hitting too close to home. It took months to work up the gumption to return to it. And I’m glad I did, because it is really good. Yes, the focus of it is a pandemic ruining the world. Shen […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ling Ma, New York City, pandemic, Severance

Jake's CBR12 Review No:164 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Ling Ma, New York City, pandemic, Severance ·
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A Steamy Novella that Also Made Me Hungry

Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder

October 20, 2020 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

The Pandemic has stolen my ability to focus on long form works, so I went trolling through my digital library to see what I had available in the novella length, thankfully for me at some point I had downloaded Suleikha Snyder’s Tikka Chance on Me. Perfect. I *loved* the first part of this novella. Pinky Grover is a fantastic lead – she’s a feisty, sex-positive Desi heroine that could carry a much larger work on her character’s shoulders. Snyder introduces us via Pinky to Trucker […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a little romance, cbr12bingo, Desi Romance, novella, pandemic, Suleikha Snyder, Tikka Chance on Me, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a little romance, cbr12bingo, Desi Romance, novella, pandemic, Suleikha Snyder, Tikka Chance on Me, we need diverse books ·
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Didn’t land the dismount (CBR12Bingo 2: Pandemic)

The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus

October 13, 2020 by octothorp Leave a Comment

No one remakes bad movies. We get a hundred Jurassic World movies like the first one wasn’t flipping perfect, but the movies with promising premises that fail in the execution remain in the dustbin of history. I want someone to remake this book. The premise is strong and intriguing – there’s a virus of some kind that renders speech impossible to listen to. At first it’s just the voices of children that become toxic to adults, but it progresses and soon any speech renders the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ben Marcus, cbr12bingo, pandemic

octothorp's CBR12 Review No:111 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ben Marcus, cbr12bingo, pandemic ·
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I took the title of this Bingo square literally

The 1918 Flu Pandemic by Katherine Krohn, illustrated by Bob Hall, Keith Williams, and Charles Barnett III

October 9, 2020 by crystalclear 2 Comments

Well, this is timely.  This juvenile graphic novel came out in 2008, and I’m sure the author and illustrators never thought they would have to live through a pandemic themselves.    This is meant for kids around 4th grade, and tries to explain what happened during the pandemic.  It focuses on the speed and deadliness of the virus, but also on the uncertainty.  Some of the things that they did will definitely be familiar with kids today, especially the closing of schools and the use […]

Filed Under: Children's, Graphic Novel/Comic, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Disasters in History, Graphic Novel, Katherine Krohn, Katherine Krohn, illustrated by Bob Hall, Keith Williams, and Charles Barnett III, non fiction, pandemic

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:17 · Genres: Children's, Graphic Novel/Comic, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Disasters in History, Graphic Novel, Katherine Krohn, Katherine Krohn, illustrated by Bob Hall, Keith Williams, and Charles Barnett III, non fiction, pandemic ·
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