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Crystalclear can usually think of something clever to say, except when she can't. She has a giant stack of unread books at home but will always find an excuse to buy/acquire/borrow another one. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: crystalclear's Quick Questions interview.)

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Whelp, another dystopian book. But this one is a bit more hopeful!

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, read by Adam Grupper

September 4, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

This is a non-fiction book about what would happen to the environment if all humanity suddenly disappeared.  What would happen to all of our structures, the animals, the plants, and the oceans?  For the most part, good things!  Well, not the structures.  Most of them will fall apart, and fairly quickly without human maintenance.  Without people and power, the NYC subway system is a goner in a few days.  But the forests will come back, although perhaps not the same.  We’ve introduced many invasive species […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adam Grupper, Alan Weisman, Alan Weisman, read by Adam Grupper, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Green, Non-Fiction

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adam Grupper, Alan Weisman, Alan Weisman, read by Adam Grupper, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Green, Non-Fiction ·
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You gotta do what makes you Happy

Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Corpies by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Super Powereds: Year 3 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

Super Powereds: Year 4 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

September 4, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I saw somewhere that re-reading or re-watching things we’ve enjoyed in the past is great for anxiety, because you’ve already experienced it.  You know exactly what’s going to happen.  And a pandemic is full of anxiety, so a lot of us have discovered this comfort!*     Someone on Facebook was asking for recommendations for an audiobook to listen in the car with her 13- and 15-year-old sons, so I recommended Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes.  I remembered that the story was fantastic and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, college, coming-of-age, Drew Hayes, Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley, happy, I love these books so much, kicking ass, Kyle McCarley, reread, super heroes, Super Powereds

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, college, coming-of-age, Drew Hayes, Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley, happy, I love these books so much, kicking ass, Kyle McCarley, reread, super heroes, Super Powereds ·
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I don’t know how these characters had friends

To Have and To Hoax by Martha Waters

September 4, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

This is the author’s first novel, so I’m going to try to be nice… After reading half of the book, nevermind.   The main characters, Violet and James, married quickly, were wildly in love for a year, and then they had an argument that halted their happy marriage in its tracks.  The couple live in the same house, but they have a cold marriage where they try to avoid and ignore each other.  We haven’t learned what the argument was about a third of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, debut, DNF, idiots, King and Queen of Petty Island, Martha Waters, Romance

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, debut, DNF, idiots, King and Queen of Petty Island, Martha Waters, Romance ·
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Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy walk into a bar… wait, that’s not right…

Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir & Sarah Andersen

September 4, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Alice from Alice in Wonderland, Wendy from Peter Pan, and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz have all had a rough go of it after their adventures in the stories.  And the stories we were told were not their only adventures.  No, these girls have grown up a bit and have spent more time in their respective other worlds.  Alice is bitter and angry, Wendy always carries a knife, and Dorothy has been subject to electroshock therapy, but that last bit is cannon, I think.  […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: Andy Weir, Andy Weir & Sarah Andersen, Cannonballer Says!, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Cheshire Crossing, decrapifying is a word now, Graphic Novel, sarah andersen, this is really a fanfiction

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Fanfiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: Andy Weir, Andy Weir & Sarah Andersen, Cannonballer Says!, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Cheshire Crossing, decrapifying is a word now, Graphic Novel, sarah andersen, this is really a fanfiction ·
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Let’s read about penguins in Feb… June!

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

June 19, 2020 by crystalclear 1 Comment

I chose this as our February “Script-to-Screen Book Club” pick, mostly because we have the licensing to show the movie in my library.  It’s also on the “Battle of the Books” list for the 3rd and 4th grade in my area, so a win-win!  We’ll find out if people actually show up to the program! (Edit – they did not.) Mr. Popper’s Penguins was first published in 1938, and it shows a bit.  Mr. Popper is a house painter who doesn’t work in the winter […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: cbr12, Newbery Honor Book, penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater, wholesome

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: cbr12, Newbery Honor Book, penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater, wholesome ·
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Oh yeah, that thing where you actually *post* the reviews you write!

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

June 19, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I read Attachments, and really liked it. I read Carry On, and also really liked it. And then I read Landline. Well, listened to Landline, which faintingviolet now tells me was a mistake. I tried to like it, I really did. But I really couldn’t. There were so many places this could go. And by so many places, I mean anywhere. There was a great set-up, and then nothing really happened. There were great opportunities, and none of them were taken. Landline features a comedy […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, landline, lost potential, Rainbow Rowell

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, landline, lost potential, Rainbow Rowell ·
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