cbr11bingo – Page 3 – Cannonball Read 17

Something that happened in the ’80’s can be history, right?

Robert Pickton: The Pig Farmer Serial Killer (Crimes Canada: True Crimes That Shocked The Nation Book 1) by Chris Swinney

October 30, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So my friend got me started listening to a true crime podcast based on the most recent story she heard. It was about a pig farmer named Robert Pickton. He was apparently a semi-notorious Canadian serial killer. I didn’t even know that Canada had serial killers! She told me about a book that they kept mentioning, but it was like $15 and I didn’t feel like spending any money that day, so I borrowed the Kindle Unlimited version of the story from Amazon. Well, it […]

This Book is Just Mad & I Enjoyed Every Moment

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

October 30, 2019 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

Oh, this was gigglingly good fun, this one! I have to thank Leedock’s review on the blog here for introducing me to this I had been looking for something a little lighthearted, and “It’s a sexy paranormal alternate universe gender-bending Sherlock-y bunch of goodness” really sounded like it could fit the bill! Then when I went to Audible and the Publisher’s Summary mentioned shark punching? I was sold. Completely and utterly sold. In this cheeky Sherlock Holmes homage, the titular detective is one Shaharazad […]

All Our Love for The Sea Witch

The Unkindest Tide (October Daye Book 13) by Seanan McGuire

October 30, 2019 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Just like with the previous book in the series, Night and Silence, I can’t make any promises here with regards to spoilers. I’ll try and avoid anything too shocking from this book in particular, but the rest of the series? Be on your guard. Of all the characters in the October Daya series, I have to say that the Luidaeg is probably one of my favourites. Underneath her tough as nails exterior and her grim sense of humour lies someone who’s life has been […]

CBRBingo – Award Winner – Trevor Noah Triumphs!

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

October 30, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

Let’s be honest. CBR Bingo has been a boon, and a pill to swallow. I have read great things that I wouldn’t have because of it, but also maddeningly tried to shoehorn things I planned to read into these categories. Well, I am excited to share a trifecta of sorts! This is a book that I wanted to read, because I had friends rave about it, it is a selection of my local library book club, AND it fits into a bingo square! A number […]

3 Heads are Definitely Better Than 2

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

October 30, 2019 by Ale 1 Comment

Please enjoy our joint effort in unpacking the amazing Carry On! Ale: I very much enjoy that Rainbow Rowell did the most meta thing ever and basically wrote a fan-fic about her own characters that were characters in a fan-fic created by her own characters. I’m still wrapping my own brain around that sentence. But I think it’s a testament to her craft that she had characters that were so nuanced from Fangirl that she could expand them into another two books (note from faintingviolet – […]

You can’t silence Love

Love is Love by Marc Andreyko

October 30, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I wasn’t quite sure what to read for the Banned Book #CBR11Bingo square. And then my friend George shared an article about an Irving school district recently banning the comic book, Love is Love. It was sad and frustrating to learn. A tribute to the victims of the Orlando Pulse shooting was censored for “extreme homosexuality” by close-minded educators. I knew instantly I had to read this collection and review it for my first ever bingo. The book may be banned, but the message won’t be […]

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