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The Book Sensation That’s Sweeping The Nation!

Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward

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Disclaimer: I don’t know what the political boundaries are for this website, i.e. what’s appropriate to talk about and what’s not. I’m a bleeding heart liberal who makes other bleeding heart liberals look like Birchers. I also bear the scars of many a social media fight over politics and have no desire to reopen wounds here. So I’ll be reviewing the quality of this book and what Woodward is saying in its context. Please do not take this as support of an administration I find repugnant, nor an invitation to an argument I will not entertain.  Bob Woodward is most […]

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9/12/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

Food and Flowers; Love and Politics

After The Banquet by Yukio Mishima

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Read for CBR10Bingo: Food I began a new call to a church last year. One of my parishioners is a Japanese native; perhaps the first person I know on an intimate level from the island itself. This has led me to read more about Japan, both fiction and non-fiction and I find the more I read, the less I know. Japan has a rich history and a deep, diverse culture. I learn something every time but I still feel wanting.   I won’t pretend to parse the unique cultural aspects of this book, it’s political and gender dynamics. To speak […]

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8/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

All The Hard Times Are Coming

War On Peace by Ronan Farrow

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  “Looking out at the ice-cold water all around me I can’t feel any traces of that other place” –Vampire Weekend, “Diplomat’s Son” Less than a year ago, The New Yorker published Ronan Farrow’s article “From Aggressive Overtures To Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories.” It propelled the young journalist, son of Mia Farrow, into the spotlight, which wasn’t the point; Farrow insisted that the stage belonged to the brave women who had been willing to risk their careers, and more, to tell their stories. Still, the article earned him his place among the most important journalists working today. War […]

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7/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

With a Voice Like That

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton and Ekua Homes

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The way, What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan starts off slightly different than expected. Usually when you read about a famous person there was “something” that made them different (they were physically disable, were very ill as a child, lost siblings or a parent tragically). However, Chris Barton and Ekua Homes start off with telling you how Jordan was the same as others. The main difference is she had a voice. A voice nobody really knew what to do with. A voice she trained step-by-step to help her become a […]

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6/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:237 |

It’s Up to Us

Post Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back by Matthew D’Ancona

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Best for: Those of us feeling a bit hopeless as we see that facts don’t seem matter to so many people. In a nutshell: Over five brief but information chapters, author Matthew D’Ancona walks us through what has been happening lately (focusing on Trump’s election and Brexit), offers some ideas of how we got here, and suggestions about what we can do to keep the hole from deepening. Worth quoting: “Yet political lies, spin and falsehood are emphatically not the same as Post-Truth. What is new is not the mendacity of politicians but the public’s response to it.” “This collapse […]

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6/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:34 |

A Lot Going On Here

Dear Madam President by Jennifer Palmieri

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Best for: Those looking for a quick read that’s mostly about Hillary Clinton’s run for president. In a nutshell: This is “An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World.” But it’s more a short retelling of some parts of the Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign framed around the idea that it’s a letter to the first woman to be US President. Worth quoting: “I have always thought that I could do any job a man can do just as well as him. Only recently have I come to realize that I don’t want to. I want to do the […]

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4/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:24 |

A personal memoir from former congressman and mayor of Compton

FROM COMPTON TO CONGRESS: His Grace For My Race (Volume Book 1) by Walter R. Tucker III and Martha Tucker

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From Compton to Congress: His Grace For My Race is Walter R. Tucker III’s autobiography about his political rise and fall in the 1990s. The book introduces us to Tucker when he was sworn into Congress, a great achievement at 35 since he was the youngest African-American to hold a congressional seat. Unfortunately, during his first term, Tucker became the focus of an FBI bribery investigation and indictment! The narration pauses on the scandal to trace Walter’s upbringing while slowly revealing the court case. Tucker comes from a well-respected family in the Los Angeles black community of Compton. His father, Walter […]

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2/24/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

Can We Talk About What Happened?

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

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I didn’t want to read Hillary Clinton’s take on the 2016 election.  I didn’t want to relive November 9th, 2016, the day I woke up with tears in my eyes and my stomach in my throat because I knew that an unmitigated jackass had won the U.S. presidency the night before.  I didn’t want to relive the gut-churning fear I felt for my children and the grief I felt for my country that day. But I’ve admired Hillary Clinton since I was in elementary school, so I wanted to see what she had to say.  And you know what? She […]

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2/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:6 |


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