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The only reason I read so much is because Cannonball Read has gamified reading and because I hate losing. Give me a fantasy novel with a unique magical system, and I'm happy. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Mobius_Walker's Quick Questions interview.)

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Support trans youth. Believe trans youth. Love trans youth.

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

April 2, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 5 Comments

Holy crap. Stop reading this review and just go read this book instead. Trust me. Okay, you’re still here. Fine. Yadriel wants to prove himself to his family. Prove himself as a brujo, as a capable addition to the family business, and, most importantly, as a man. Yadriel is a young, high school aged trans boy in a family of brujxs. The men are all brujos who help spirits cross over to the afterlife, and the women are brujas who heal those still living. Yadriel is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys, Latinx, lgbt, LGBTQ, Spirits, trans, trans author, YA

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys, Latinx, lgbt, LGBTQ, Spirits, trans, trans author, YA ·
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If the rest of the series is like this one, I just might turn into a mystery fan

In the Woods by Tana French

April 2, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Detective Rob Ryan and his partner, detective Cassie Maddox, have picked up a case of solving the seemingly ritualistic murder of a young girl in the woods of a small community. The site of the murder is a much-argued-over piece of land. Some in the community wish to preserve the land as a historical site including the team of archeologists currently completing an excavation. Others want to use the land to build a freeway. Complicating things even further is the fact that Detective Rob Ryan […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: detective novel, dublin murder squad, in the woods, Tana French

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: detective novel, dublin murder squad, in the woods, Tana French ·
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We owe fungi a lot, and you owe it to yourself to read this book

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

March 6, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 1 Comment

This is a book about fungus. If you’re thinking “Huh, fungi are weird and I like learning new things,” you should pick up this book immediately. If you’re thinking “Ew, no. Mushrooms are gross,” you should pick up this book immediately because fungi (apparently!) are so much more than just mushrooms (which I learned are just the fruiting bodies of some fungi). In Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake, which may be the greatest name ever, begins by walking the reader through the basics of what fungi are […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #botany, ecology, Entangled Life, fungi, fungus, Merlin Sheldrake, mushroom, truffles

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #botany, ecology, Entangled Life, fungi, fungus, Merlin Sheldrake, mushroom, truffles ·
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Pick up a physical slice of humble pi and learn some math

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker

March 6, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

Math is everywhere. It is a part of everything we do now. Math developed the roads and bridges we drive on. Math created the buildings we work in (or used to work in, pre-pandemic). Math forms all the technology we use without a second thought. But what happens when the math goes wrong? When someone fudges the numbers or uses the wrong unit? Or when data get deleted? Sometimes what happens is a mild inconvenience that is easily rectified but other times, the results are […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: humble pi, math, mathematics, maths, Matt Parker

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: humble pi, math, mathematics, maths, Matt Parker ·
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A beautiful portrait of a white outsider in 1930s Great Depression Kentucky

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

February 26, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

Cussy Mary is a book woman for her tiny hill country town in rural Kentucky. She packs up books, magazines, and newspapers donated from major metropolitan cities and takes them to her patrons on her route as a part of the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. She is largely well-liked and respected for the work she does and the opportunities she brings to an often ignored community through education and reading. She’s also blue. Not metaphorically sad and down. She has blue skin […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: kentucky, Kim Michele Richardson, pack horse library, the book woman of troublesome creek, the great depression, The South, WPA

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: kentucky, Kim Michele Richardson, pack horse library, the book woman of troublesome creek, the great depression, The South, WPA ·
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Be my friend, Rachel Bloom! Please!

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

February 23, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 3 Comments

Rachel Bloom is a comedic force. In her memoir I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are, Bloom walks us through her life from childhood all the way through the birth of her first child. Bloom holds nothing back. I mean nothing. There are stories about learning how to poop in a toilet, learning about and enjoying masturbation, how she was bullied as a child, what living with obsessive-compulsive disorder was like, and more! Bloom frequently dips in and out of presenting her life factually […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, comedy, crazy ex-girlfriend, musical, Rachel bloom

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, comedy, crazy ex-girlfriend, musical, Rachel bloom ·
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