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About bronte1848

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Teacher, mom, wife, reader

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If You Want to Binge The Witcher but Have Children Around, Maybe Pick Up the Book

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

April 13, 2020 by bronte1848 Leave a Comment

For many people the pandemic has been an opportunity to binge watch. When you are the only parent home with two children, including a three year who constantly needs to snuggle, your options are limited while they are awake. One night my husband and I decided to start The Witcher. We watched one episode and enjoyed it but it took a while to watch another. I then remembered I had bought the first book, which some of the episodes are based on, a while back […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Andrzej Sapkowski

bronte1848's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Andrzej Sapkowski ·
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Station Eleven

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

April 13, 2020 by bronte1848 Leave a Comment

I am late to the posting game but finished Station Eleven soon after Spring Break. I chose this book because it was a Cannonball Read book and already had it in my Kindle. I honestly only remembered it took place in a sort of post apocalyptic world when I began reading it. Of course I started reading the novel in the middle of the pandemic and realized it started with a flu which made me question my choice to have it be my first social […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

bronte1848's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven ·
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YA “Remixed” Pride and Prejudice

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

April 13, 2020 by bronte1848 2 Comments

This is the first year 8th grade in my district is doing lit circles, at least since I have been here. They had 5 books to  choose from and I had already read 1 and read the rest over the summer. Despite my love of Pride and Prejudice this was the book I hadn’t got to yet and I finished it right before lit circles started. Pride is modern retelling (or remix as the cover states) of Pride and Prejudice by Ibi Zoboi that puts […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Ibi Zoboi, Pride

bronte1848's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Ibi Zoboi, Pride ·
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Quick “Superhero” Fix

The Umbrella Academy Vol 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way

July 3, 2019 by bronte1848 Leave a Comment

Like many things I read I picked this because I knew the Netflix series was coming out (I read this a while ago and I am way behind in my reviews).  A group of kids forced into being superheroes and then what their lives were like as adults was up my alley. I was probably too young the first time I read The Watchman and have since always had a thing for dysfunctional heroes. The story was very quick. This was nice since I could […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Gerard Way

bronte1848's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Gerard Way ·
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Dark Modern Classic

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturns by Neil Gaiman

July 3, 2019 by bronte1848 Leave a Comment

I should start this review by saying that I started this book but then some books came off of hold from the library so I put it down to read my books on hold. It took me a bit to get back into the book and what was happening but once I did I quickly sunk into the story’s universe. Sandman is a comic book series that launched Neil Gaiman into the star writer he is today. It tells the story of Morpheus, King of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Neil Gaiman, Sandman

bronte1848's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Neil Gaiman, Sandman ·
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Rich People Problems Comes with Backstory

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

February 26, 2019 by bronte1848 2 Comments

As I have stated in a previous post I love learning about other cultures. Rich People Problems, the third book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy, provides readers like me with insight into a number of different cultures as it tells the story of the Young family and all the relatives on the outskirts.  While the previous books focus more on Nick and Rachel this book also tells more about Kitty Pong and adds to the backstory of Su Yi, Nicks grandmother and the family […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: crazy rich asians, Kevin Kwan

bronte1848's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: crazy rich asians, Kevin Kwan ·
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