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I love reading nonfiction books, especially ones about nature, zoology, brain chemistry, and psychology. I also love the classics, especially Victorian lit, but I'm pretty open to new genres. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: KimMiE”'s Quick Questions interview.)

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Flavia de Luce, a menace to murderers

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Brandley

June 9, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Poor Flavia. As if being banished to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy in Canada at the end of The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches and then being banished back home again at the end of As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust weren’t bad enough, her return to Buckshaw is hardly the homecoming she imagined. She’s picked up at the dock with zero fanfare, her father is in the hospital with pneumonia, and her pet chicken, Esmerelda, is deceased. Things are hardly tickety-boo in Flavia’s world. Fortunately, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Alan Brandley, CBR16, cozy mystery, flavia de luce, KimMiE"

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Alan Brandley, CBR16, cozy mystery, flavia de luce, KimMiE" ·
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Another way to view nature

Birds of the West by Molly Hashimoto

May 12, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Over the past twenty years, I’ve become a fairly avid birder. More recently, I’ve begun to re-cultivate the interest in drawing I first developed as a young teen. During the pandemic, I started watching online tutorials about nature journaling and, more specifically, drawing birds. Molly Hashimoto’s Birds of the West, an Artist’s Guide, is a wonderful source of inspiration. It’s a combination field guide, art book, and how-to manual. Hashimoto specializes in block prints and watercolors, though she also shares some etchings and images she […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, birds, CBR16, KimMiE", Molly Hashimoto, nature

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: art, birds, CBR16, KimMiE", Molly Hashimoto, nature ·
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I hate not finishing a book, especially one with such a pretty cover

Fox and I by Catherine Raven

April 22, 2024 by KimMiE" 3 Comments

I’ve learned to be skeptical about stories of friendships between animals and people, as I find that they usually fall into one of two categories. Either they rip your heart out and grind it under the well-worn earth where the animal makes its home, or they turn out to be a feeble excuse for the author to engage in public therapy for their own underlying issues. There are exceptions, of course–Helen Macdonald’s lovely memoir H is for Hawk (review by ElCicco here) comes to mind. But Fox […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Catherine Raven

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Catherine Raven ·
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An archaeologist, an amusement park employee, a talking pig. Everyone is doing their best.

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

April 21, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

In 2020, when many of us began working from home, I started listening to a podcast series called The Happiness Lab. The creators had produced a string of episodes dedicated to coping with the pandemic, and one episode in particular stuck with me. The theme was that, at some point, we would come out on the other side of our current global challenge, and one way to get through it was to think about what kind of story we want to be able to tell […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Asian Heritage, CBR16, KimMiE", pandemic, Sequoia Nagamatsu, short stories

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Asian Heritage, CBR16, KimMiE", pandemic, Sequoia Nagamatsu, short stories ·
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Owls are fan favorites

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

April 12, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

It seems to me that even people who are lukewarm about birds get excited about owls. Whether you associate them with wisdom (thanks to their connection with the goddess Athena), stuffy know-it-all-ness (à la Winnie the Pooh’s pal), or as messengers (everything from Native American folklore to Harry Potter), you have undoubtedly encountered stories about owls in some area of your early life or education. Perhaps it’s their large, all-knowing eyes, or their stillness, or the way they swoop in almost without a sound that […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: biology, birds, CBR16, Jennifer Ackerman, KimMiE", nature, ornithology

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: biology, birds, CBR16, Jennifer Ackerman, KimMiE", nature, ornithology ·
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For good reading on a plane, you can’t go wrong with Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

March 23, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

When I told Ms. Was I had downloaded Sense and Sensibility (among other things) for a long flight I’d be taking, she said, “Well, you can’t go wrong with Jane Austen.” Were truer words ever spoken? Some Austen novels might be better than others, but they are all solid entertainment for passing the time, whether you are curled up with a cup of tea on a rainy day or wedged into a tight airplane seat and taking a break from binge-watching episodes of The Office. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR16, classics, Jane Austen, KimMiE", Romance

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR16, classics, Jane Austen, KimMiE", Romance ·
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