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I might lend you a shovel, but I am NOT cleaning up after you, sister or no sister….

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Ovinkan Braithwaite

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My Sister, the Serial Killer has been reviewed several times here, but when I found faintingviolet’s review, I knew that it was going to be the one for my #crb11bingo #Cannonballer Says. Why? Because I liked the image. I liked they were not sure about reading it as they did not like horror. And frankly, why not? Ovinkan Braithwaite has a distinctive not Western voice. Therefore, this book could fill several bingo slots. It could be for Far And Away; Own Voices; and not because of the voice, even Summer Read. And I have a feeling that somewhere, if it […]

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7/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:271 |

How to probably not run the English Department at Payne U

The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher

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The Shakespeare Requirement is part sequel, part novel, and part satire of the modern university system as seen from the mostly inside. This is one of those books that’s supposed to be fiction, but a lot of it realistic to the point of being a little scary. If you haven’t read the first novel featuring Jason Fitger (Dear Committee Members), you really should as it’s funny (especially if you have ever been to college or work at one) and it introduces his character. The Shakespeare Requirement is told in a more straightforward narration in that it’s not epistolary like its […]

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7/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:49 |

“The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, ‘What about me?’ and you can just hear the universe replying, ‘Well, what about you?'”

Thief of Time (Discworld, #26) by Terry Pratchett

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There wasn’t enough Death in this, but then again, he’s done all his growing already in other books, so that was probably the smart choice. I still really enjoyed it. The actual main characters of this book are Death’s granddaughter, Susan, who has reached the ultimate peak of her badassdom; a history monk named Lu-Tze; and his apprentice, Lobsang. The history monks are cool. They live in this place where Time doesn’t really exist, and their job is to basically monitor history, and in a sense Time, and protect both when and where they can. When Death learns that once […]

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6/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:60 |

A silly tale of the end times

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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Good Omens, The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch was my first foray into the mind of Terry Pratchett. It was my fourth read from Neil Gaiman. I know, I know, I need to read more Pratchett. Since I enjoyed this collaboration, I definitely will soon. The book follows two unlikely friends Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, who must stop the end of the world. They’ve known each other since the Garden of Eden. They kept in touch despite working for opposite sides. I especially loved Crowley and how he didn’t mean to become a demon, […]

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6/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

Two very different novels from a very English author

The Tenth Man by Graham Greene

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

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Graham Greene was a prolific English writer who, in addition to writing over 25 novels, wrote movie treatments and screenplays. Probably his most famous adaptation was for the Orson Welles classic The Third Man, based on Greene’s own novella of the same name. The author conceived of The Tenth Man in the 1940s while working for MGM, but nothing happened with the draft for 40 years. When MGM sold the rights in 1983, the buyer allowed Greene to revise and publish the novel, giving us a new modern classic. The story opens in a prison in occupied France during World […]

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4/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:16 |

Am I a Dunce?

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

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I caught a little bit of the Great American Read from PBS which led me to their website.  I reserved several books at the library from the list to try and expand my reading.  Well the first one that came available from the list was a DNF (One Hundred Years of Solitude) and I am kind of torn on this one.  I snickered out loud all through this book but I cannot say I enjoyed it and I cannot reconcile in my brain not enjoying a book I found funny. The book centers around Ignatius Reilly who is a college graduate […]

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3/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |

Espionage: First as Farce, Then As Tragedy

The Tailor of Panama by John Le Carré

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I have yet to read Graham Greene’s famous spy satire Our Man in Havana, but I’m familiar with the premise and am well aware that John Le Carré is aping it here. He’s having a blast splattering colored paint on the immaculately white walls of British imperialism. Until he remembers that these characters have stories, hearts and lives too. That’s what makes The Tailor of Panama so fascinating. Transparently a satire of western intelligence work, Le Carré also paints vivid portraits of characters whose lives are impacted by their failed pursuits at advancement in western culture. There’s Harry Pendel, the half-Scottish half-Jewish secretly […]

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1/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

I would like a copy of the ‘Buggre Alle This’ Bible.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

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This is one of those books that are good when you first read them, but get better as you get older. A lot of satire is probably like that, especially comic satire. I thought this book was funny in 2009, but now parts of it made me laugh so hard I was crying. Plus, I did the audio this time, and it made it even better. Martin Jarvis has a nice sense of comic timing, and his voice characterization is great, particularly for Crowley and Aziraphale. (The scene where they are drunk and discussing the universe was so good out loud!) He […]

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1/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:7 |


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