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Here Comes the Rain Again (CBR10Bingo)

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

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We humans share a fascination with the weather, and more often than not, with rain. I’m an eastern seaboard American; I’ve lived both in the northeast and in the Caribbean climate of South Florida. Each location has its own particular type of rain – and I love the rain in all its forms. I love rainy weather and I love listening to rain fall against windows and plopping into puddles. As a Cannonballer I love reading books near an open window on a rainy day catching the new, clean smell the rain leaves behind while devouring the words in front […]

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8/26/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:36 |

I’m Freaking Indifferent Towards Science

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

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Read for CBR10 Bingo: Genre I don’t typically read. I feel like Ron Swanson in his famous commercial for Parks and Recreation… “Read ‘What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.’ Or do not. I am not a beggar. (checks watch) Review over.” Ach, but I have 100 words left to go. Okay, here’s the deal. I’m not a science guy. I’m not anti-science. Though I am a Christian, I subscribe to the theory of evolution. Climate change keeps me awake at night. But I just don’t have an interest in reading about science for enrichment or leisure. However, since […]

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8/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:5 |

Heredity and its Tangles

She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer

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I actually finished this book a few weeks ago, but I have been slow to pick up on the review. I think the main problem I’ve had to deal with here has been breadth. I generally try to pick up a thread or a narrative to follow for a review, but this book is just so broad and all-encompassing that I’ve had some real trouble picking just one thing to focus on and write about. To write a book that so thoroughly goes through the concept of heredity is no simple task. This isn’t an easy topic for newcomers to […]

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8/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

Cece Loves Science Experiments

Cece Loves Science by Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes

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Cece Loves Science is the first picture book in a new series. Cece is a clever girl who asks questions. She loves science and she cannot wait to find out the answer to the question, “Do dogs eat vegetables?”  Cece and her best friend, Isaac, tackle this question for their school project. Using the steps of science (brainstorming, asking questions, experimenting, and more) the answer soon is clear. Or is it? Cece learns that sometimes your first answer is not the only one. Overall the book is a lovely book with a STEM theme. Yet, for this adult, it fell […]

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7/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:266 |

Dancing Among the Stars

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmend

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Inspired by the life of Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel in space, Mae Among the Stars is a fictionalized story of her childhood. Focusing on the highlights as well as her mother and fathers support, along with her own determination to dance in the stars, Roda Ahmend and Stasia Burrington created a new gem to read. The afterwards gives more of a broader view of who Jemison was and the time frame of when these things were happening. Beautifully illustrated, they are more realistically whimsical with hints of a poetic nature. The rich colors are deep purples […]

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7/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:249 |

“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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So, this is a book of of words.  And science. It is actually full of science words.  And I understood most some of them!   This is supposed to be a summary of astrophysics.  A Sparknotes, if you will. A little taste to see if it’s to your liking, and if it is, you can pursue more on your own time.     First we start out with a very tiny condensed ball of all of the stuff ever.  Then it expands. Our man Neil (deGrasse Tyson) explains the expansion in terms of time, such as a millionth of a […]

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7/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:1 |

Nothing is Fishy with Something’s Fishy

Something’s Fishy by Kevin McCloskey

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Something’s Fishy is a nontraditional graphic novel. Not set up in the panels that we think of for graphic novels, still, the story and illustrations are one. The story is told while the other characters react but all naturally and flowing into one and another. There is no separation of the two. This is a casual take to present facts in a fun manner. The other pets in the story have some interesting antics that help move things along, but also makes you stop and look around. These fun illustrations and a few cute surprises along the way make this […]

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6/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:236 |

Story Time with Neil

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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I really like Neil deGrasse Tyson’s approach to science.  I’ve been a fan of his for a while.  I enjoy the way that he makes so many big concepts easier to understand and I like the way he relates science to popular culture.  I agree with his take on the importance of science literacy, especially in politics and for children.  All of this makes up the reasons that I chose the read his latest book. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a faster, more specific version of A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, which I consider […]

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5/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:25 |


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