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“I can never remember things I didn’t understand in the first place.”

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

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I think I remember reading The Joy Luck Club (1989) by Amy Tan when I was a kid. My mother must have bought it, and I picked it up because I would read anything and everything I could get my hands on–even when I was too young to really understand it. So when I saw it on my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40, I wasn’t sure I needed to read it again. In the end, I figured it was worth the reread since I didn’t remember anything about it. The Joy Luck Club tells the story of […]

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12/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:58 |

Lately my diet has become a trifle monotonous

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

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A Room of One’s Own (1929) by Virginia Woolf is a short, classic, feminist treatise, and it was on my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40. I know very little about Virginia Woolf. I vaguely remember having to read Mrs. Dalloway in school, but I think I was too young to really appreciate it. I never even saw The Hours with Nicole Kidman. So, I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I began reading this book. A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay based on two speeches that Woolf gave at women’s colleges at the University of Cambridge. […]

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12/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:57 |

All the things that make you different make you perfect.

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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It was Amazon that recommended The Kiss Quotient (2018) by Helen Hoang to me. I’m a sucker for romance novels, but then I saw Roxanne Gay’s blurb: “This is such a fun read and its also quite original and sexy and sensitive.” I was sold. The long wait list at the library also showed how popular it was, so I read it almost as soon as it became available. In many ways, The Kiss Quotient is a normal romance novel. The plot and story are all about the two main characters getting over their fears and inhibitions and finding true love at last. What […]

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12/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:56 |

Still relevant

The Second Shift by Arlie Hochschild and Anne Machung

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It’s another day and here’s yet another book I wouldn’t have read if not for my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40. Not only had I never heard of The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home (1989, updated 2012) by Arlie Hochschild and Anne Machung, but I couldn’t even find it at my local library. I had to use Prospector to get a copy. The title pretty much tells you what the book is about: As more women have joined the workforce, they often still do the majority of the work at home. Hochschild […]

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12/7/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:55 |

Don’t try to make me grow up before my time

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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Little Women (1869) by Louisa May Alcott is another one of those books that I’m not sure how I missed reading in my childhood. I read so much, and Little Women is such a classic that I’m surprised I did not get around to it at some point. So, I finally picked it up for the first time because it was on my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40. Now, before reading the novel, all of my knowledge of this story came from the 1994 movie adaptation with Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, and Christian Bale. I remember being […]

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12/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:54 |

Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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Another book from my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40 was The House on Mango Street (1984) by Sandra Cisneros. I did not realize this until I had actually finished Mango Street, but I’d already read Caramelo by Cisneros years ago and enjoyed it. I like repeating authors when I appreciate their writing, and I was again impressed by Cisneros’s writing and perspective with this book. However, I was always looking for more detail, and I often felt left behind and looking for more. The House on Mango Street is a relatively short novel made up of a number of brief, poetic […]

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12/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:53 |

Romance and adventure in Egypt

Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase

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It was another Cannonball review that had me putting Mr. Impossible (2005) by Loretta Chase on hold at the library. I was sold at the description of the hero as a brunette Chris Hemsworth, and I love adventurous romances, so I figured it was right up my alley. Unfortunately, I didn’t like it quite as much as I was hoping. There were definitely good parts, but I never really got into it. Daphne Pembroke and her brother Miles are researching the ancient tombs and languages in 1821 in Egypt. Daphne is the genius brains of the family. She uses her brother to […]

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11/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:52 |

I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics.

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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I’m surprised that I made it through my childhood without reading A Little Princess (1905) by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I did remember watching the 1995 movie when I was babysitting, and I cried like a baby at the end. I guess it never occurred to me to read the book until I saw it on my List of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40, which will be dominating my reading for the next four months or so. Sara Crewe is a precocious and imaginative girl who has spent her childhood in India with her wealthy father, Captain Crewe. She […]

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11/25/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:51 |


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