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Running Way Behind on Bingo

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

October 10, 2020 by Tracy Leave a Comment

CBR12 Bingo: Uncannon (Becoming) and Reader’s Choice as a replacement for Yellow (Emergency Contact) Who knows? If I get around to finishing the book I have on the song “Hallelujah,” I might actually finish a Bingo line. Anyway, on to the reviews. I read these books long enough ago that I have forgotten a lot about them and what my thoughts were about them, but I’ll try my best. Atthough, when it comes to Becoming, I’m sure plenty of other reviewers have said it better. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Mary H.K. Choi, Michelle Obama, texting

Tracy's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Mary H.K. Choi, Michelle Obama, texting ·
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How Did This Get Published? WHY Did This Get Published?

Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

May 14, 2020 by Tracy 2 Comments

Y’all, I think I’m about to leave my first hate review. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say a bewildered review, because I cannot fathom how anyone gave this book the green light to get published. I thought I was starting another cute YA romance, but nope. Here’s the description of the book on Amazon: When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you’re talking to. Except there’s two of them (it’s a long story), and Haley thinks […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: DNF, do not recommend, Lana Wood Johnson, so terrible, texting

Tracy's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: DNF, do not recommend, Lana Wood Johnson, so terrible, texting ·
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