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Yup, still hate Beckett

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett

September 29, 2019 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

CBR11bingo: Back to School One day a few years ago, my husband came home and suggested we see Waiting for Godot, which was being performed by a local theater company. I said, “I have a better idea, let’s schedule a couple’s colonoscopy instead, because that would be equally as fun.” Needless to say, he hasn’t broached the subject of Samuel Beckett since. But as I pondered the CBR Back to School bingo square, I wondered whether I may have been unfair. I hadn’t read any […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #backtoschool, absurdism, cbr11bingo, hate reviews, KimMiE", Play, samuel beckett, theater of the absurd, tragicomedy

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #backtoschool, absurdism, cbr11bingo, hate reviews, KimMiE", Play, samuel beckett, theater of the absurd, tragicomedy ·
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Bad to the Bone – but Not in a Cool George Thorogood Way, but an Infuriating One.

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

September 29, 2019 by LittlePlat 4 Comments

  Ahahaha, this book pissed me off so much! I just could not believe how bad the whole Theranos debacle was. I mean, I wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with the subject before going in – I knew that, by and large, most of the companies claims were fraudulent. But there was still plenty of room to be surprised at how bad the damned thing actually was. Fair warning – this review is going to be a bit rant-like at points. I developed a lot of pent […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bad Blood, cbr11bingo, John carreyrou, Theranos, true story

LittlePlat's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bad Blood, cbr11bingo, John carreyrou, Theranos, true story ·
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Two Snow Whites, and two bingo squares!

Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm by by Randall Jarrell (Translator), Nancy Ekholm Burkert (Illustrator)

Snow White in New York by Fiona French

September 28, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So my sister is getting her Master’s degree in Art Education.  She’s currently in a class about picture books (or something along those lines).  Her homework for this week was to compare three different versions of a picture book, so since I thought at least two of the three books would work for me for bingo squares, I joined her in reading the books for her homework.  We got my nine year old niece involved too.  She actually read the books aloud to us, which […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #remix, Brothers Grimm, cbr11bingo, classics, Fiona French, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, randall jarrell, Snow White

kfishgirl's CBR11 Review No:43 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #remix, Brothers Grimm, cbr11bingo, classics, Fiona French, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, randall jarrell, Snow White ·
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Some Young Adult to close out Bingo

Enchantee by Gita Trelease

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett

The Lovely War by Julie Berry

September 28, 2019 by Manimama 1 Comment

  Four more reviews to finish catching up on my backlog. CBR11Bingo squares for I Love This (Enchantee), Award Winner (Speak), Far and Away (the Lady Rogue) and Reader’s Choice over Own Voices (The Lovely War).   Enchantee (apologies, but I can’t figure out how to accent the ‘e’) is a beautifully written young adult romance. Set in Paris during the final days of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI’s excesses, it shows both the splendor of the rich and the desperation of the poor. Camille […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Award Winner, cbr11bingo, far and away, gita trelease, I Love This, Jenn Bennett, julie berry, Laurie Halse Anderson, speak, Young Adult

Manimama's CBR11 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Award Winner, cbr11bingo, far and away, gita trelease, I Love This, Jenn Bennett, julie berry, Laurie Halse Anderson, speak, Young Adult ·
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Definitely not my wheelhouse

The Whisper Man by Alex North

September 28, 2019 by Manimama Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo Not My Wheelhouse.   I was a precocious reader as a child. I learned to read before kindergarten, and pretty quickly outpaced my elementary school library. I read everything I could get my hands on, and when I ran out of my own reading material I moved on to my parent’s books and magazines. Which is how I came to read the work of Stephen King at an inappropriate age. For several years, starting in about third grade, Stephen King’s books were my constant […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: alex north, cbr11bingo, horror, Not My Wheelhouse

Manimama's CBR11 Review No:56 · Genres: Horror · Tags: alex north, cbr11bingo, horror, Not My Wheelhouse ·
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CBRBingo – History/Schmistory – Creative and fanciful and thought provoking

The Porpoise by Mark Haddon

September 28, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

Though I have a list of books to read for CBR Bingo, and stacks of books in my house unread, that certainly doesn’t stop me from checking out the NEW shelves at my local library: I mean, I’m not a monster. So, on my latest stopover to get books with the kiddo, I saw this shiny Mark Haddon novel calling my name. I read both A Spot of Bother and A Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time and though I couldn’t for the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: cbr11bingo, greek mythology, Mark Haddon, Shakespeare, The Porpoise

cheerbrarian's CBR11 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: cbr11bingo, greek mythology, Mark Haddon, Shakespeare, The Porpoise ·
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