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About Caitlin_D

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I skipped CBR for 2020 because I was expecting my first child and knew time would be finite. Then the world imploded and I missed the crap out of y'all. Plus I read so much less without y'all's recommendations! (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Caitlin_D's Quick Questions interview.)

Caitlin_D's Reviews:

On Antarctica No One Can Hear You Scream

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

September 15, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

This is what I mean by poor planning. If I had known I was going to read Endurance I would have chosen it for “Far And Away” and moved The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind to “Own Voices” and gotten a damn Bingo by now but alas, I did not think ahead. Endurance is the story of Earnest Shackelton’s ill-fated 1914 expedition to Antarctica told through journal entries and the survivor’s recollections in the following years. I was recently reading a Cracked article about things you don’t realize where happening […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alfred Lansing, Endurance, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:90 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alfred Lansing, Endurance, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage ·
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What are- books you should NOT read while pregnant…

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Do Not Become Alarmed  by Maile Meloy

September 15, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

CBR11 Listicles: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Goodreads Top 20 Books of 2016 I am doing a terrible job planning my Bingo scorecard. I had a much clearer plan of attack last year but am mostly playing it by ear this year. Luckily I was able to stumble into a square with a reread of Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty since it appeared on Goodreads Top. After reading Nine Perfect Strangers and being… underwhelmed… I decided to read something else by Liane Moriarty and decided on Truly Madly Guilty because […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Do Not Become Alarmed, Liane Moriarty, Maile Meloy, truly madly guilty

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:89 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Do Not Become Alarmed, Liane Moriarty, Maile Meloy, truly madly guilty ·
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Fiona Davis Reviews

The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis

The Address by Fiona Davis

The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis

September 15, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Fiona Davis employs a similar writing style to early Jojo Moyes novels: two interconnected stories with strong female protagonists told decades apart. Unlike Moyes Davis also weaves in real historical landmarks, fictionalized versions of real people as well as characters who are based on real people. The Dollhouse The Dollhouse is the story of recently dumped journalist, Rose Lewin in the present day investigating the past lives of the women who lived in the famed Barbizon Hotel. Rose becomes instantly drawn into the story of Darby […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Fiona Davis, The Address, The Dollhouse, The Masterpiece

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:87 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Fiona Davis, The Address, The Dollhouse, The Masterpiece ·
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The not so distant past

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery with Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley

The Tattoist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

August 16, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

My mother used to watch Lifetime movies (back in the ’90s when they were about battered women and mother’s whose children had drug problems) to remind herself that no matter how bad her day was it could easily be worse. Here are two books to remind you that life isn’t that bad … while also sort of scaring you because- holy shit if 2020 is just 2016: the remix then maybe the below stories aren’t that far in the past and God forbid history repeats […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Heather Morris, Lynda Blackmon Lowery with Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:84 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Heather Morris, Lynda Blackmon Lowery with Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March ·
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CBR Bingo: Youths!

The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby

Prince Caspian by CS Lewis

The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis

August 16, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: YOUTHS! I missed posting last night but am determined to knock just a few more reviews out before the week is over! All of the below qualify for the “Youth” category of CBR Bingo which makes them pretty easy to lump together for tonight’s lightening round of catching up on Cannonball! !! The Secret History of Us, Jessi Kirby In the “YA” faction of youthdom we have The Secret History of Us which follows Olivia (Liv) as she wakes up from a coma […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11bingo, CS Lewis, Jessi Kirby, prince caspian, The Horse and Hist Boy, The Secret History of Us

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:82 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11bingo, CS Lewis, Jessi Kirby, prince caspian, The Horse and Hist Boy, The Secret History of Us ·
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“Nowhere in the world are there to be found people richer than the Chinese.” ~ IBN BATUTA (FOURTEENTH CENTURY)

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

August 14, 2019 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

CBR11 Bingo: Travel Like most people I fell head over heels in love with the rich world director Jon M Chu created with last year’s Crazy Rich Asians but I hadn’t gotten around to reading the novel it was based on. In a way I am glad I saw the movie first because it pales in comparison to the source materiel and I would have probably been disappointed. Whenever I read the book after watching the movie I find it a lot easier to enjoy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr11bingo, crazy rich asians, Kevin Kwan

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr11bingo, crazy rich asians, Kevin Kwan ·
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