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Female memoirs about growing up in California and then moving to New York written by actresses!

Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

May 11, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Where Am I Now? 3.5 Stars I enjoyed Where Am I Now? back in CBR8 and decided to revisit it this year as an audio-book. Mara Wilson narrates her memoir which threw me off because the Mara Wilson of 2016 does not sound like I imagined. It’s not like I was  expecting her to still have her 1993 lisp but it was still jarring to my auditory system. Most people have embarrassing videos of themselves as children. Few have theirs copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox. Wilson’s […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Issa Rae, Mara Wilson, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Where Am I Now, Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:44 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: Issa Rae, Mara Wilson, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Where Am I Now, Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame ·
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2018 – I Can’t Quit You

January 1, 2019 by Jenny S 1 Comment

This last year, like many Cannonballers, I read more books than I got a chance to review and so this final review of 2018, which will end up being my first review of 2019, is a sort of odds and ends.  Here in no particular order are books that I read while in China, books I read while on vacation in Northern Wisconsin, and books I read during my fall and spring semesters that I just didn’t have time to write about at the time. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: all the birds in the sky, American Street, Baratunde Thurston, Becky Chambers, charlie jane anders, Debby Irving, Emily Croy Barker, Her Majesty's Dragon, How to be Black, Ibi Zoboi, Issa Rae, Lucy Parker, Making Up, Naomi novik, Odds & Ends, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, Waking Up White

Jenny S's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: all the birds in the sky, American Street, Baratunde Thurston, Becky Chambers, charlie jane anders, Debby Irving, Emily Croy Barker, Her Majesty's Dragon, How to be Black, Ibi Zoboi, Issa Rae, Lucy Parker, Making Up, Naomi novik, Odds & Ends, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, Waking Up White ·
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Yay for more books for CBR9!

December 29, 2016 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

Thanks alwaysanswerb! I am already reading Issa Rae’s book and gearing up for CBR9. 🙂

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: A Bone to Pick, Cannonball Book Exchange, Cannonball Read Book Exchange, CBR8, Charlaine Harris, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Issa Rae, Laini Taylor, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

teresaelectro's CBR8 Review No:0 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories · Tags: A Bone to Pick, Cannonball Book Exchange, Cannonball Read Book Exchange, CBR8, Charlaine Harris, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Issa Rae, Laini Taylor, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl ·
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