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“Not a wind, not even a high, exactly, but an elevation. A sense that you had gone beyond yourself and could go farther still.”

Elevation by Stephen King

January 3, 2019 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

The latest “book” from Uncle Stevie leaves me a little confused, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Elevation is a short book, shorter than many of the “short stories” that King has famously published over the years — definitely shorter than The Mist, or Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, or The Running Man. I’m not quite sure why this was released as a stand-alone novel. I think it would be better suited as the featured story in a new collection. But I’m not […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: castle rock, cbr11, elevation, Scootsa1000, Stephen King

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: castle rock, cbr11, elevation, Scootsa1000, Stephen King ·
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I have no heart; I hate the song Jolene (thanks, fam.)

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

January 2, 2019 by sistercoyote 9 Comments

I really rather wish this book had been written back when I was in my late teens, so the girl-I-was could have been reassured that she wasn’t alone.  

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, Fiction, julie murphy, ReadWomen, sistercoyote, YA, Young Adult

sistercoyote's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, Fiction, julie murphy, ReadWomen, sistercoyote, YA, Young Adult ·
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CBR11 Has Begun!

January 1, 2019 by MsWas Leave a Comment

We’ve made improvements to the fields where you enter the information about the book(s) in your review. This year you may enter multiple books (along with their respective amazon links), and the website will automatically calculate the quantity and increment your CBR11 total. You can find more detailed information about these changes in the Cannonball Read FAQ. If you are registered for this year’s Read, go ahead and get posting! And if you haven’t registered yet, there is still time to do so.

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: beginnings, cbr11

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: beginnings, cbr11 ·
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