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“My father was dying and I was pregnant. Both struck me as impossibly unreal.”

Brother, I'm dying by Edwidge Danticat

February 5, 2019 by tillie 2 Comments

Do you like to cry? Do you like to be reminded about sadness, loss and the general unfairness of the world. Then boy! Do I have the book for you. In the very first chapter we follow a daughter as she takes her dying father to the hospital, and then later in the living room at home when he gathers the family turns to his wife and asks “What would you like to happen after I am gone?” So there we are, not just in […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: American Foreign Policy, autobiography, brother I'm dying, cbr11, Edwidge Danticat, family, Haiti, Mathildehoeg, tilliereads

tillie's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: American Foreign Policy, autobiography, brother I'm dying, cbr11, Edwidge Danticat, family, Haiti, Mathildehoeg, tilliereads ·
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“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”

Becoming by Michelle Obama

January 26, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

During the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency, it became clear to me that Michelle Obama was a statuesque and beautiful woman, who was also clearly intelligent, caring and wanting to make a difference alongside her husband. Being part of the first African American Presidential couple in the White House and basically raising her young daughters more or less in the public eye cannot have been easy. Nevertheless, I didn’t know all that much about Michelle Obama, which was why this autobiography was so interesting […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autobiography, Becoming, cbr11, Michelle Obama, non fiction, politics

Malin's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: autobiography, Becoming, cbr11, Michelle Obama, non fiction, politics ·
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My First Ever DNF featuring Paul, Mary, Mel, and Sue <3

December 3, 2018 by tillie 1 Comment

American on Purpose opens with a chapter on the white house correspondents dinner which I read just after reading this article. It made it feel a bit sour in my mouth. I bought this book, because, despite my rather lukewarm rating for Between the Bridge and the River, I did think it showed potential and people here were raging about how this biography was really good. I persevered through it, somewhat, but it was honestly a slog. It is mainly written for Americans, and there […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: #CBR10, american on purpose, autobiography, comedy, craig fergusson, great british bake off, humor, humour, Mathildehoeg

tillie's CBR10 Review No:46 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: #CBR10, american on purpose, autobiography, comedy, craig fergusson, great british bake off, humor, humour, Mathildehoeg ·
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Robert Webb is not David Mitchell

December 2, 2018 by tillie 2 Comments

Robert Webb is the other half of the comedic duo featuring the greatest love of my life. So when he published How not to be a boy a couple years back I was CERTAIN I was gonna buy his book. The man behind some of my favourite comedy, writing about his life through a feminist lense. SIGN ME THE FUCK UP. But yah. I never got round to it. Despite seeing his adorable face in the window of every fucking Waterstones for a year I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: #CBR10, autobiography, comedy, feminism, how not to be a boy, Mathildehoeg, robert webb

tillie's CBR10 Review No:45 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: #CBR10, autobiography, comedy, feminism, how not to be a boy, Mathildehoeg, robert webb ·
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I was pleasantly surprised to be so absorbed in this book – cbr10bingo Delicious!

November 8, 2018 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

A friend game me Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi as a birthday present.  She acknowledged that non-fiction isn’t really my thing but she thought I might find it interesting.  She hadn’t read the book herself but had heard good things about it.  I don’t recall ever having read an autobiography, or biography for that matter.  And my friend was completely correct about me not being into non-fiction.  This is only my second non-fiction book this year out of my current 47 […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, #food, #memoir, autobiography, cbr10bingo, cooking, Delicious!, Dome'Loki, Non-Fiction, Padma Lakshmi

Dome'Loki's CBR10 Review No:47 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, #food, #memoir, autobiography, cbr10bingo, cooking, Delicious!, Dome'Loki, Non-Fiction, Padma Lakshmi ·
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#CBR10Bingo: Not My Wheelhouse – Running Like a Girl (Bingo #2)

October 20, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR10Bingo: Not My Wheelhouse (the book is a) non-fiction and b) about running – neither of these things are in my usual wheelhouse) I was at a bit of a loss as to which genre or book to choose for the “Not My Wheelhouse” square on the CBR10 Bingo card, because while I primarily read romance, paranormal fantasy and YA (especially at the moment), I do try to branch out into other fiction genres every so often, and while I don’t read them as often any […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: #CBR10, Alexandra Heminsley, autobiography, cbr10bingo, Malin, marathons, non fiction, Not My Wheelhouse, running, Running Like a Girl

Malin's CBR10 Review No:89 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: #CBR10, Alexandra Heminsley, autobiography, cbr10bingo, Malin, marathons, non fiction, Not My Wheelhouse, running, Running Like a Girl ·
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