Underground Airlines by Ben Winters
Bingo: Green Every day is two worlds; every day we split into two.” I often can’t remember when or why I picked up a book for my TBR. I’ve had Ben Winters’s Underground Airlines for quite a while, but I don’t know what led me to the book. A review? Browsing in the bookstore? However I came across … [Read more]
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
CBR17 Bingo: Review - I first came across Caitlin Doughty and her books through numerous reviewers on Goodreads. Caitlin Doughty had been long fascinated with death, but when she started working at a crematory, she soon found herself more interested in the question of why death in America has … [Read more]
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence by Anita Anand
A Indian freedom fighter waited more than two decades to exact revenge for the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre which was ordered by the British Raj - but the story is more complicated and less cinematic than it has been often depicted since. At the start of this book, the author notes that as the … [Read more]
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
I read this "memoir-manifesto" during Banned Books Week, and at one point while I was looking up something about it, I saw that a school board member had filed a complaint with the sheriff's office after finding this book in a few school libraries. Yes - she basically called the cops on a book. And … [Read more]
Mate by Ali Hazelwood
CBR Bingo: ‘Black’ The last few Ali Hazelwood books I’ve read have been sort of hit-or-miss for me. I enjoyed Not in Love, was conflicted about Problematic Summer Romance, and hated Check & Mate (it wasn’t a bad book perse, I just don’t think I was the intended audience). I do however really … [Read more]
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
cbr17bingo Diaspora The post WWII years in China were tumultuous times. The Japanese, who had invaded and occupied a good deal of China, were leaving, but left in their stead a split China. There was the nationalist government, supported by the Allies (think Chiang Kai-shek), many of whom ended … [Read more]
