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Not as moving as you’d expect

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

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A co-worker of mine, who rarely has the patience for reading entire books, told me that he, his wife, and his mother all raced through a book, reading it in less than a week. I was immediately intrigued and put The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2018) by Heather Morris on hold at the library. It’s a New York Times Bestseller with 4.5 stars on Amazon. At heart, Tattooist is a love story between Gita and Lale that occurs between 1942 and 1945 at the German concentration camp located in Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau. Tattooist is a work of fiction based on the real Lale’s life. As far […]

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9/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:35 |

When all else failed, the mundane remained

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

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I stumbled upon Life After Life by Kate Atkinson after some favorable Cannonball reviews, and I really liked it. So when I saw that Atkinson had a new book out, Transcription (2018), I immediately put a hold on it at the library. Like the other books I’ve read by Atkinson, most of the events of this book take place in and around WWII. This story is split into two time frames. The first is during the war, where our protagonist, Juliet Armstrong, works as a typist for MI5. The second is after the war, about 1950 when Juliet Armstrong works as a radio […]

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9/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:34 |

History is a merciless judge

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

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I first saw Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann on NPR’s Best Books of 2017. It is also a National Bestseller, a National Book Award Finalist, and just the kind of non-fiction that I would find interesting. However, with all the books out there, it took me some time to get around to reading it–which I finally did halfway through 2019. The Osage tribe was forced from their lands and confined to a barren part of Oklahoma. However, the Osage kept their mineral rights, and their fortunes changed drastically when a large […]

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8/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:32 |

Master your mind

The Rock Warrior's Way by Arno Ilgner

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I’ve been climbing (primarily in the gym) for about four years now. I love it, and it is definitely one of my favorite hobbies. However, it’s always challenging and I often find myself fighting mental blocks. Sometimes I’m high up on the bouldering wall and I get scared, or I don’t want to push too hard when I’m lead climbing because I’m afraid of falling. Sometimes I’m just tired and I don’t feel like trying very hard. Someone at my gym saw me fail to commit to a climb and recommended that I read The Rock Warrior’s Way: Mental Training for […]

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8/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 |

Love doesn’t keep you in a constant state of turmoil. It gives you peace.

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

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I stumbled upon Cop Town by Karin Slaughter about five years ago and really enjoyed it–much more than I was expecting. So, when I saw one of Slaughter’s latest books, Pieces of Her (2018), out on book shelves, I put it on hold at the library. Like Cop Town, Pieces of Her is a page-turning fest of violence and intrigue. I think I read it in about one day, and I had a hard time putting it down. However, I still prefer Cop Town, which felt a little more realistic and was more immediately relevant to my life. Andrea (Andy) Oliver is a 31-year-old 911-dispatcher who lives with […]

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8/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

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My mother wanted to take me to a summer, outdoor production of Twelfth Night for my birthday, which I thought was a great idea. My reading of Shakespeare is a little light. I’m very familiar with Romeo and Juliet and I’ve read Othello, but that’s about it. In order to adequately prepare for the show, I decided to read the play. My only knowledge of Twelfth Night before I read the play came from the end of Shakespeare in Love. Shakespeare is saying goodbye to Viola and says he’ll write a play for her. And then he begins Twelfth Night. I loved the sad romance of that scene and Twelfth […]

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8/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:29 |

“Life, inexhaustible, goes on. And we do too. Carrying our wounds and our medicines as we go.”

Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston

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I first encountered Zora Neale Hurston when I read Their Eyes Were Watching God from my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before She Turns 40. I found it surprisingly moving and relatable. So, when I saw that another book that Hurston had written was recently published, I figured it was worth reading. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” (2018) is the non-fiction recounting by Cudjo Lewis to Zora Neale Hurston of being captured in Africa, shipped to the United States through the middle passage, his time as a slave, and his life after slavery. Hurston gathered the details of […]

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7/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:28 |

My new best friend

Becoming by Michelle Obama

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I’ve decided that Michelle Obama is on the top of my list of people I’d like to sit next to on an airplane. Chris Hadfield is also on that list, and Barack Obama as well–although Michelle comes out on top. I’d obviously heard about Michelle Obama’s book Becoming (2018) when it first came out, but it took me awhile to get around to it. I already had a long reading list, and I do tend to avoid political books. I picked up this one because Obama is so likable, and I knew just enough about her life to be intrigued. And I […]

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6/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |


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