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Identities

A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities by J.R. Zuckerberg

July 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #OwnVoices I have a feeling I am going to be saying this for a lot for my reviews: I really wish I did not have to rate this book. (And not so often, warning: long review ahead.) And this is for #cbr11bingo #OwnVoices, On one level, A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities is a five. There is so much going on! Everything is done in a friendly, accessible tone. Are you well on your way on your journey to knowing […]

They blinded me with Science

The Truth about Crocodiles: Seriously Funny Facts about Your Favorite Animals by Maxwell Eaton III

July 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #Science The first of my cbr11bingo books is: (drum roll please): The Truth about Crocodiles: Seriously Funny Facts about Your Favorite Animals by Maxwell Eaton III is a funny and educational book. Humor is both kid and adult friendly, but some jokes are slightly more adult. Not inappropriate but slightly more sophisticated. This and the fact the way it is set up (story text and fact text) allows the book to grow with your child. It is a multilevel and multi-aged book. There is something […]

Some Things You Will Remember, Some Things Stay Sweet Forever

The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick

The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick

July 2, 2019 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

Eleanor of Aquitaine has been a personal hero of mine since I was a kid. At some point in time–maybe around age 10 or 11?–I read E.L. Konigsberg’s A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, which I adored. ADORED, and read a million times, although I never bothered to learn what miniver was until literally yesterday. For those who don’t know, Eleanor of Aquitaine was a queen in the Middle Ages. First she was the queen of France, married to Louis VII. Later, their marriage […]

Who Are You?

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle* by Stuart Turton

July 2, 2019 by Carriejay 1 Comment

Bingo Square: Reading the TBR In the crumbling country house of Blackheath during a party, Evelyn Hardcastle takes her own life. Except she didn’t. And it’s on Aiden Bishop to find out what really happened. Only instead of a straight forward murder mystery he’s stuck in a time loop, living the same day over again but in different host bodies, able to see events from different perspectives and question guests about their whereabouts. But there are others trapped in the same predicament and only one […]

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free.

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

July 2, 2019 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR11 BINGO: Reading the TBR This was a book that I received for CBR 10’s holiday book exchange (thanks again, kfishgirl). I read and reviewed Walls’ “Glass Houses” last year and loved it. I waited a bit to start this one because I am quickly going to run out of Jeannette Walls titles to read and I’m trying to drag it out a little. So, this one has been on my TBR pile since December 2018 and thus fulfills the “Reading the TBR” bingo slot! […]

Travel History

Topographies by Stephen Benz

July 2, 2019 by Ale Leave a Comment

I got an advanced copy to do a review for The Literary Review, and while travel essays aren’t normally in my wheelhouse, this collection was a winner. Benz travels widely from the Florida Everglades to the Moldovan post-Communist landscape, the deserts of the American West and to the streets of Central America. Historically minded, and introspective of both the culture of the landscapes and the people who inhabit them, Benz’ accounts are a vivid and engaging story of overlooked places and history. The collection is […]

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