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Just because you’re adequately good at something doesn’t mean that’s what you should do.

Severance by Ling Ma

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I decided to read Severance (2018) by Ling Ma after seeing it on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 List because it looked interesting and was a little bit outside my wheelhouse. I’m up for a Dystopian novel every once in a while, but the ones I read are more like adventure stories. Severance is different. It’s a little slower and more melancholy. The book mirrors our own lives in order to make us wonder how far from the sick we really are. Candace Chen is a first-generation American living in New York City. After a period of idle wasting after college that many of us can […]

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12/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 46 |

It’s not about the dog

Good Boy by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

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Good Boy (2017) by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy is an example of a book where the title and cover have very little, if anything, to do with the actual story. There is mention of a dog and one puppy, but it is definitely not the center of the story. I’m a fan of Sarina Bowen, and I’ve mostly enjoyed her romance novels involving professional hockey players. Even though there were a couple plot points that had me shaking my head, this was another fun, entertaining, escapist read. Jess Canning is planning the wedding of her brother, a professional hockey player, […]

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12/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 45 |

My life was narrated for me by others

Educated by Tara Westover

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I had seen Educated (2018) by Tara Westover everywhere. It was on all kinds of reading lists, reviews were showing up left and right, and my friends were all reading it. I put it on hold at the library, and waited the months and months before it came available. Then, right before I was about to read it, the holds on my library card somehow reset and I was suddenly waiting six months again! Fortunately, one of my friends had a hardcover copy and loaned it to me. Educated is a memoir of Westover’s youth and coming-of-age in a family that is so […]

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12/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 44 |

The Lady Sherlock Series Book 3

The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

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I’ve gotten myself hooked on yet another mystery series. The first book in the series is A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas. The series centers around Charlotte Holmes, a female version of Sherlock Holmes. Charlotte was able to get away from her horrible parents and make a life for herself solving crimes under the name of Sherlock Holmes. The Hollow of Fear (2018) is the third book in the series. Charlotte is a unique heroine. She is smart, insightful, deductive, and unemotional, which makes her perfect for her crime-solving adventures. She has two sisters: Bernadette, who is nonverbal and needs care, and […]

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12/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 43 |

History and adventure all in one

Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams

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I do enjoy going on trips, and I had a long backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon planned for October of this year. Unfortunately, I could not get a permit, so I was left with some vacation time and nothing to do. I decided to join a tour company I’d used before and go visit Peru and Machu Picchu. I’d never been to South America, and the trip included some hiking over a 15,000 foot pass, which sounded beautiful and interesting. Because I was going with a tour company that I trusted, I did very little research. I knew I […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 42 |

The baby is dead

The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

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I like thrillers, so when I saw The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 List, I was expecting something like Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train. When I actually began reading, I found it wasn’t exactly as I was expecting. On the one hand, this is a good book. It is well written. There are imperfect characters, and universal themes of class and women’s roles that make you think. On the other hand, this book was pretty hard to read. It wasn’t so much of a thriller as watching dysfunction slowly turn into tragedy. The story takes place in […]

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12/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 41 |

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.

American Prison by Shane Bauer

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Like many of the books I read this year, I found American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 list. I love NPR’s list. There are so many books and genres to choose from, and most of them have been very interesting and readable. I’m eagerly awaiting their 2019 list, but I haven’t seen it yet. I really hope they haven’t discontinued it. In addition, American Prison was one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018. Shane Bauer is a reporter for Mother Jones. In 2014, Bauer went “undercover” as an entry-level prison guard at […]

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12/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 40 |

Think different

Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

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I’m not very computer savvy, and I don’t have any particular interest in Steve Jobs. I’ve never even seen any of the movies about him. But I do like memoirs, so when I saw Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs on NPR’s Best Books of 2018 list, I decided to give it a try. Lisa grew up in Silicon Valley in the 1980’s. Her parents, Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs, were high school sweethearts (if I’m remembering correctly). Her parents were together on and off for years before Lisa’s mother became pregnant with her. Steve Jobs denied it was his kid and the two broke […]

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12/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 39 |


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