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A historical romance involving smuggling, lady doctors, an escape heist and a daring rescue operation

A Rogue by Night by Kelly Bowen

September 18, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

Sir Harland Hayward, Baron Strathmore, is something of an oddity among the nobility, in that he insists on not only continuing to run a shipping company, but he works as a practising physician, treating aristocrats and commoners alike. A less widely known fact is that he also helps his sister, the headmistress of the prestigious Haverhall School for ladies (a profession she has kept up with, even after becoming a duchess) to each year train some select students who are interested in becoming doctors as well. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A Rogue by Night, cbr11, historical romance, Kelly Bowen, lady doctor, Malin, Regency, smuggling, The Devils of Dover

Malin's CBR11 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A Rogue by Night, cbr11, historical romance, Kelly Bowen, lady doctor, Malin, Regency, smuggling, The Devils of Dover ·
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My unpopular take on a classic

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

September 16, 2019 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

cbr11bingo Classic When I was about 10, I tried to read Little Women but found it so boring and such a slog that I gave up. Fast-forward several decades and I hate to say it, but I still kind of feel the same way. The “coming of age” story about the March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy has important things to say about family, poverty and faith, as well as about the way young ladies ought to behave and what they should strive for. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Little Women, louisa may alcott, Young Adult

ElCicco's CBR11 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Little Women, louisa may alcott, Young Adult ·
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Everyone has felt like Moon Girl at one time or other – #CBR11Bingo: “And so it begins”

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: The Beginning by Brandon Montclare (writer), Amy Reeder (writer), Natacha Bustos (artist), Marco Failla (artist)

September 14, 2019 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

For a couple years now, people have been telling me to read Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.  I even bought it for my daughters, they read it and loved it, but it sat on the shelf unread by me.  Then an adorable video of a parent and child cosplaying, with a preschool aged Moon Girl and a parent in a blow up dinosaur costume, was posted on the Cannonball Read Book Chat Facebook page by emmalita.  It was adorable and gave me the push to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, All Ages, Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Children, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Marco Failla, marvel, natacha bustos, spectulative fiction, superhero, superheroine, YA

Dome'Loki's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, All Ages, Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Children, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Marco Failla, marvel, natacha bustos, spectulative fiction, superhero, superheroine, YA ·
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“Therapy is like a toothbrush. You can’t really put it to use for anybody but yourself”

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

September 14, 2019 by Malin 1 Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Reader’s Choice (in place of Back to School) (would also work for a Pajiba or Listicle square, as well as Summer Read) Eveleth “Evvie” (rhymes with ‘chevy’) Drake has packed the car and is about to leave her husband when she gets a phone call that he’s been in a car accident. Before she can make it to the hospital, he is dead. About a year later, everyone thinks Evvie has kept to herself, isolated in her big house, because she’s overcome with grief. She […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Anxiety, Baseball, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Contemporary Romance, Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes, listicle, Malin, pajiba, reader's choice

Malin's CBR11 Review No:64 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Anxiety, Baseball, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Contemporary Romance, Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes, listicle, Malin, pajiba, reader's choice ·
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What did Marmee’s husband do during the war?

March by Geraldine Brooks

September 12, 2019 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr11bingo Birthday. Geraldine Brooks was born September 14, 1955. Bingo #9 Geraldine Brooks’ 2006 novel March is a brilliant Civil War novel that imagines the lives of Marmee and Mr. March, the parents of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Brooks, a journalist by trade, has a history of writing thoroughly researched and highly imaginative fiction. I’ve read most of her novels and they have all been superb. Year of Wonders, Caleb’s Crossing and People of the Book are all fantastic. I know I read March […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, civil war, ElCicco, Fiction, Geraldine Brooks, historical fiction, Little Women, March

ElCicco's CBR11 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, civil war, ElCicco, Fiction, Geraldine Brooks, historical fiction, Little Women, March ·
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“Monsters aren’t born, ever. They’re made, piece by piece and limb by limb, artificial creations of madmen who, like the misguided Frankenstein, always think they know better.”

Vox by Christina Dalcher

September 12, 2019 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo: #history/schmistory Vox was an interesting reading experience. I was completely absorbed by it, but really only liked about half of it, and very much hated the ending. And yet, I think I would recommend it…but not to everyone. Does that even make sense? In a potential future (or is it now?), our extremely conservative right-wing religious government decides that they’ve had just about enough of women. All women are ordered to leave their jobs in order to maintain their homes and take care […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Christina Dalcher, history/schmistory, Scootsa1000, vox

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Christina Dalcher, history/schmistory, Scootsa1000, vox ·
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