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About Chris

CBR11 participant

Hi, it's me. Really, I hate these bio things. I like to read.

Chris's Reviews:

Death and Destruction on the Thames in London by Anthony Galvin

February 17, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book via Netgalley courtesy of the publisher. Gavin’s book presents the history of the Thames in terms of flooding, shipwrecks, and other issues. At times, one wonders about the use of the phrase “on the Thames”, there is a bit much on the Great Fire of London, some on terrorist attacks, and a bit on Jack the Ripper. Yet, the book is good. There is a ton of detail here. Galvin includes a list and brief history of […]

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: anthony galvin, cbr11, jack the ripper, London, NetGalley

Chris's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: History · Tags: anthony galvin, cbr11, jack the ripper, London, NetGalley ·
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Poetry that is beautiful

Thrall by Natasha Trethewey

February 16, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

If you like poetry, you should read Natasha Trethewey. These poems are, on one hand, about her relationship to her father, and, on the other hand, the position that black people have been too often placed in by white people. Thrall is an interesting word choice because it means being in someone’s power. There is the power that family holds over us. There is the hold that the art that inspired some of these poems had on Trethewey. There is the sense of ownership that […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: art, cbr11, Natasha Trethewey, Race

Chris's CBR11 Review No:22 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: art, cbr11, Natasha Trethewey, Race ·
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Good Collection

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me by Kate Bernheimer

February 16, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

There is a misnomer on the cover of this book. Some short stories in this volume have not been commissioned for the book. Several of them have appeared in various magazines and collections (some have appeared over a decade ago). This is okay, for this is the first time that they are all collected together and I hadn’t read any of them before. The purpose of this collection in part, according to Bernheimer, is to present fairy tales as an acceptable source of literature, at […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr11, Fairy Tales, John Updike, Kate Bernheimer, Neil Gaiman, short stories

Chris's CBR11 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr11, Fairy Tales, John Updike, Kate Bernheimer, Neil Gaiman, short stories ·
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Good Historical fiction

Lily's Story by Don Guttteridge

February 16, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: I won a copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. Before the giveaway the book had been on TBR shelf. I first read Gutteridge a few years when I brought an omnibus edition of his first three Marc Edwards mysteries. I enjoyed them, and next time I was in Canada, I tried to find more print copies of his work, but the only ones I found where the three I had already. It was a joy to win this in a giveaway and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, Don Gutteridge, historical

Chris's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11, Don Gutteridge, historical ·
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Must read about education

None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Altanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corparate Greed, and Criminalization of Educators by Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton

February 12, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: I received a copy via a giveaway on Libirarything. This book about the Atlanta school test cheating scandal is really two books in one body and as such is not as good a book as it could be. Shani Robinson was a teacher at Dunbar Elementary in Atlanta. After she left the school, she was charged as one of the teachers who allegedly changed answers on standardized tests. Robinson plead not guilty, but sadly, lost in court. She is appealing. I hope she wins. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anna Simonton, cbr11, Education, Race, Racism, Shani Robinson

Chris's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anna Simonton, cbr11, Education, Race, Racism, Shani Robinson ·
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Out in April

Charged by Emily Bazelon

February 10, 2019 by Chris Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: ARC via the publisher and Netgalley. The last time I did my civic duty of jury duty it was either the day after or day that Larry Krasner fired several lawyers for the DA’s office. It was an interesting day. I’m not sure why they didn’t just cancel us coming in. I tell you this so you know that I live in one of the cities that Bazelon writes about in her new book. According to the studies that Bazelon cites in her book, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, crime, Emily Bazelon

Chris's CBR11 Review No:18 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11, crime, Emily Bazelon ·
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