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The Great Crime Boom

San Francisco Homicide Inspector 5-Henry-7 by Frank Falzon, Duffy Jennings

December 2, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

As a homicide inspector in San Francisco during the 1970s and 80s, Frank Falzon investigated some of the most famous crimes of the decade, including the Night Stalker serial murders and the Moscone-Milk assassinations. I came to this book in a pretty serendipitous way. I’d just listened to an episode of My Favorite Murder in which the one of the hosts covered a case discussed in this book, which she’d come across because her cousin was a colleague of Falzon’s. Just a day later, when I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, 1970s, california, Frank Falzon, Duffy Jennings, police, serial killers, true crime, United States

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:87 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, 1970s, california, Frank Falzon, Duffy Jennings, police, serial killers, true crime, United States ·
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Pioneer Woman

Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women by Marianne Monson

The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore

November 19, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Frontier Grit – 3.5 stars In this book we meet twelve women who traversed the American frontier in search of their dreams, though what these dreams were and the paths they took to them vary extraordinarily. As a child I devoured Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books. Though I’ve have quite a lot of bubbles burst about her depiction of her childhood (check out Caroline Fraser’s Prairie Fires to learn more), my interest in those so-called pioneers who tried to ‘tame’ the Wild West still persists, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Western Tagged With: 19th century, biography, california, Heather B. Moore, historical, history, human trafficking, Marianne Monson, United States

Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Western · Tags: 19th century, biography, california, Heather B. Moore, historical, history, human trafficking, Marianne Monson, United States ·
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She’s got the beat

Pitch Perfect and Persistent!: The Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach by Caitlin DeLems

November 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Amy Beach was a child prodigy, but one her parents seemingly did not wish to take advantage of. She would deal with being a female of her era, but eventually would be one of the first female composers paving the way for other women to become involved in all areas of the genre. Pitch Perfect and Persistent! A Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach is an educational and entertaining picture book. Though I read via an online reader copy, this book by Caitlin DeLems is […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Alison Jay, Amy Beach, Amy Cheney Beach, art, Caitlin DeLems, music, United States, women, women composers

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:796 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Alison Jay, Amy Beach, Amy Cheney Beach, art, Caitlin DeLems, music, United States, women, women composers ·
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Two women doing their things

A Take-Charge Girl Blazes and Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin by Gretchen Woelfle

Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness by Aura Lewis

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have a little soft spot for v; even if she spells her name wrong. (You can spell it with one N which is the way I prefer). She was an independent woman. One who made history because she knew nobody else could. She stood her ground, won and lost elections and popularity because of it and was all around both a woman of her time and far ahead of it. Rankin was a woman who knew her mind, would become an activist despite any […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Aura Lewis, civil rights workers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gretchen Woelfle, Helaine Becker, Jeannette Rankin, Rebecca Gibbons, United States, women

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:776 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Aura Lewis, civil rights workers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gretchen Woelfle, Helaine Becker, Jeannette Rankin, Rebecca Gibbons, United States, women ·
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“His poor judgment is further evidenced by his continued denial of his obvious guilt.”

Midnight Son by James Dommek Jr.

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

October 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Midnight Son – 4 stars An upcoming native Alaskan actor, Teddy Kyle Smith, vanishes into the wilderness after his mother’s death and, attacking the first men who come across him, leaves them for dead. But when he is finally captured, he has a bizarre story to tell – that of encountering the Iñukuns, a mythic lost tribe. An Audible original, this audiobook is executed in an interesting documentary format, incorporating interviews and clips from police interrogations and court testimony alongside narration. The case is not […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Alaska, audiobook, crime, David Grann, James Dommek Jr., Native American, oklahoma, true crime, United States

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:78 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Alaska, audiobook, crime, David Grann, James Dommek Jr., Native American, oklahoma, true crime, United States ·
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What’s that sound?

Tapping Feet by Moira Rose Donohue

August 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I really enjoy my job as a staff member of an independent bookstore. You never know what you will find on the shelves (for sale and reader copies, where I found an ARC, Juba! by Walter Dean Myers, that had introduced me to a few names shown here). Or in the emails we receive saying, “Hey we have these reader copies and if you’re interested email me and I’ll send you something.” In early August I had asked for a finished copy of Tapping Feet […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: African Americans, arts, Dance, Diversity & Multicultural, Irish Americans, Moira Rose Donohue, Performing Arts, tap dancing, United States

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:591 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: African Americans, arts, Dance, Diversity & Multicultural, Irish Americans, Moira Rose Donohue, Performing Arts, tap dancing, United States ·
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