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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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This is a book review

This Is a Book by Demetri Martin

June 18, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Damn you, pandemic. I legitimately can’t tell anymore whether comedians are mildly amusing, or whether they are sidesplittingly hilarious and I’m just not into laughing these days. I became familiar with Demetri Martin through his Comedy Central series Important Things with Demetri Martin. I definitely recall laughing out loud at some of his drawings, so no surprise that the cartoons and graphs included in This Is a Book are the strongest bits. The essays and short stories in this collection are kind of a mixed bag. […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, comedian, comedy, Demetri Martin, KimMiE", light read

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr12, comedian, comedy, Demetri Martin, KimMiE", light read ·
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Advanced Bird Nerdery

The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg by Tim Birkhead

June 14, 2020 by KimMiE" 3 Comments

With the exception, perhaps, of the most dedicated vegan, all of us have cracked open an egg at some point in our lives: to scramble for breakfast, to make an egg drop soup, or, for those more reckless in our diet, to whip up a rich creme brûlée. Yet how many of us have ever paused to wonder about the complex mechanisms that go into the creation of the egg itself? A 19th-century abolitionist named Thomas Wentworth Higginson once said, “If required on pain of death […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: bird science, cbr12, evolution, KimMiE", ornithology, science, Tim Birkhead, zoology

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: bird science, cbr12, evolution, KimMiE", ornithology, science, Tim Birkhead, zoology ·
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Victor Frankenstein asks Reddit: AITA?

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

May 23, 2020 by KimMiE" 15 Comments

r/AmItheAsshole * Posted by u/doomedbyfate 1 hour ago AITA for bringing a creature to life and then abandoning him, resulting in him vowing revenge and murdering a bunch of people? I (20ish M) grew up in Geneva. My mother died when I was young, and her greatest wish was for me to marry Elizabeth, my adopted “cousin.” When I went off to college to study sciences, I discovered the secret to bestowing life. I can’t tell you how I did it, and when you read […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, classic literature, classics, KimMiE", Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr12, classic literature, classics, KimMiE", Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ·
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It’s essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know they don’t

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

May 3, 2020 by KimMiE" 3 Comments

Even if you haven’t ready any of Ted Chiang’s stories, you may already be familiar with his Nebula and Hugo Award-winning work “Story of Your Life,” which was adapted into the Academy Award-nominated film Arrival. I haven’t read that story (yet), but the concepts in the film intrigued me enough that when I heard about this new collection, I was eager to read it. If you have seen Arrival, you won’t be surprised that Chiang’s writing continues to explore ideas about time, free will, responsibility, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: cbr12, hugo award nominee, nebula award nominee, science fiction stories, Ted Chiang

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: cbr12, hugo award nominee, nebula award nominee, science fiction stories, Ted Chiang ·
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Opportunity walks into a bar

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

April 26, 2020 by KimMiE" 1 Comment

I so loved Station Eleven when I read it earlier this year that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Emily St. John Mandel’s latest novel. I wasn’t disappointed; yet, The Glass Hotel is so like and at the same time so unlike Mandel’s previous novel that I’m not sure where to begin. While I didn’t enjoy it quite as much as Station Eleven, I’m giving it 5 stars because (once again) the writing is so damn beautiful that it transports me. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, KimMiE", literary fiction

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, KimMiE", literary fiction ·
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David Sedaris might finally be growing on me

Theft by Finding, Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris

April 19, 2020 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

I have a confession to make: I’m not much of a David Sedaris fan. I vehemently disliked Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. I think I read Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls and thought it was ok, but since I can’t remember a single essay or joke, I don’t think that qualifies me as much of a fan. This lack of enthusiasm is unsettling to me, because I am very white, and David Sedaris is #25 on the  Stuff White People Like blog, the bible of all things I’m […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, cbr12, David Sedaris, diaries, humor, KimMiE"

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:16 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, cbr12, David Sedaris, diaries, humor, KimMiE" ·
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