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A beautiful portrait of a white outsider in 1930s Great Depression Kentucky

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

February 26, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

Cussy Mary is a book woman for her tiny hill country town in rural Kentucky. She packs up books, magazines, and newspapers donated from major metropolitan cities and takes them to her patrons on her route as a part of the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. She is largely well-liked and respected for the work she does and the opportunities she brings to an often ignored community through education and reading. She’s also blue. Not metaphorically sad and down. She has blue skin […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: kentucky, Kim Michele Richardson, pack horse library, the book woman of troublesome creek, the great depression, The South, WPA

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: kentucky, Kim Michele Richardson, pack horse library, the book woman of troublesome creek, the great depression, The South, WPA ·
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CBR Bingo – Pajiba – A little shorter woulda been a lot better.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

October 31, 2019 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

This book is/was everywhere. EVERY. WHERE. It was recommended to me a number of times and was featured on Pajiba Archives in the article “What are the most talked about books of 2019 so far?” It was almost the case to choose being obstinate in the face of enthusiasm: I almost didn’t want to read it BECAUSE everyone was talking about it. However, I decided to dive it and I now understand the hype. It was, good; however, it just wasn’t my cup of tea, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Delia Owens, reese witherspoon book club, The South, where the crawdads sing

ardaigle's CBR11 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr11bingo, Delia Owens, reese witherspoon book club, The South, where the crawdads sing ·
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Lies, love, and facing reality

Lies We Tell Ourseves by Robin Talley

June 19, 2018 by Polyesque Leave a Comment

It’s Juneteenth, which makes an incredibly appropriate day to review Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley. This book was on my radar since it first came out in 2014, but it took a wee bit of time to actually find time to read it. (Seriously, on this site, I know I’m not the only one who’s reading list is longer than the time I’ll ever possibly have to read over the course of my entire life…) What first drew me in was that the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: desegregation, lesbian romance, The South, YA fiction

Polyesque's CBR10 Review No:6 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: desegregation, lesbian romance, The South, YA fiction ·
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Never thought a John Grisham novel could make me cry

The Confession by John Grisham

April 29, 2017 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Becoming a parent (which my wife and I did two years ago) does some strange and unexpected things to your brain. I’ve spent the entirety of my time on this earth identifying with the kid in every parent-child relationship. I’ve always seen myself as the kid. I had no other perspective from which to peer at the world. And then…..it shifted. Given those same parent-child situations, I now see it from the other side. This is such a simple shift in perspective, but there’s a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: crime, John Grisham, Racism, The Confession, the death penalty, The South

ingres77's CBR9 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: crime, John Grisham, Racism, The Confession, the death penalty, The South ·
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One man’s crusade for compassion against injustice

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

November 2, 2015 by ardaigle 1 Comment

This isn’t my typical copy of tea as I rarely read non-fiction, but I am glad someone suggested it for our book club. This was a really tough read, but eye-opening regarding the prison system in the United States, and the many ways in which it is broken. Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer who has chosen to spend his energy, and most of his life, fighting for the wrongly imprisoned, and/or wrongly convicted. The facts as written in this book is that if you are […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: death penalty, just mercy, prison system, The South

ardaigle's CBR7 Review No:22 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: death penalty, just mercy, prison system, The South ·
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