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Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family & Creating a New Age of Independence by Dr. Amy Blackstone

August 28, 2019 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

BINGO: I Love This Best for: I wish everyone would read this. Parents who don’t understand why people would choose to not be parents can learn a lot about society’s misconceptions, but us childfree folks really benefit from writing that treats us as well-adjusted adults, not selfish, juvenile misanthropes. In a nutshell: Sociologist Blackstone looks at what it means to choose a life without children of one’s own. Worth quoting: I underlined something on nearly every page, and starred something especially poignant probably every three […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, sociology

ASKReviews's CBR11 Review No:33 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, sociology ·
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A mildly magical murder mystery

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

August 28, 2019 by lowercasesee 1 Comment

The only thing worse than not ever receiving my Hogwarts letter would have been not getting one, but three years later seeing my sister get one. Can you imagine being that close but by a simple fluke of I don’t know genetics or something it’s just always out of reach. There are times I really feel for Petunia Dursley (only times!) Magic for Liars is set in a decidedly less-magical Hogwarts – a school for mages, but one that seems almost down to earth. You […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Sarah Gailey

lowercasesee's CBR11 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Sarah Gailey ·
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Third Book A Bit Meh, Honestly (CBR11 Bingo)

The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

August 27, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Sometimes I just don’t want to write a review, but I feel the need to do it anyway, just to purge the book from my system and make room for the next. It usually happens with the mediocre books, the ones where you think “well, that was fine I suppose”. That is exactly how I feel about Jasmine Guillory’s third book The Wedding Party. It was decidedly fine. When I read The Wedding Date last year I noted that her debut showed the possibilities of […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Birthday!, cbr11bingo, faintingviolet, jasmine guillory, read women, The Wedding Party, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:40 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Birthday!, cbr11bingo, faintingviolet, jasmine guillory, read women, The Wedding Party, we need diverse books ·
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Before Eleven

Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond

August 27, 2019 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – And So it Begins (First Stranger Things Novel) This is a kind of book I would not normally read. Usually I’d assume that a tie-in novel to a popular TV series would just be a cash grab and not worth my time, especially if I knew going in that would feature very few of the characters from the show and, being a prequel, had some pretty strong limitations on where the plot could go. And yet, because of my affection for Stranger Things […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11bingo, gwenda bond, Stranger Things

jeverett15's CBR11 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11bingo, gwenda bond, Stranger Things ·
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The Narrators Were More Interesting, but Only Some of Them

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North

August 26, 2019 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo Square: Listicle As found on the Book Riot list of “100 Must-Read Bisexual Books” https://bookriot.com/2017/09/21/100-must-read-bisexual-books/ I saw a lot of good reviews for this novel, and was excited to read it, given how it appeared to center on meaningful relationships (my favourite!), as well as the career of a filmmaker (something of great interest to me!). And yet, this is one of those cases where despite seeming like it has a lot of people who love it, I myself just don’t get it, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Anna North, cbr11bingo, listicle

Lisa Bee's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Anna North, cbr11bingo, listicle ·
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It’s what makes the hatters mad…

Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History by Alison Matthews David, Serah Marie McMahon

August 26, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

#CBR11Bingo – History/Schmistory! Killer Style is a quick read for anyone interested in fashion history. It is geared towards tweens and teens, but the information is great for older readers too.  The book accounts different ways that clothes have been dangerous to people. The authors lean less on freak accidents and more on how industrialization and the clothing construction industry have killed people in the making of clothes.  (We do get our fair share of freak accidents, though.) We get information from the ways poisonous […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: alison matthews david, cbr11bingo, children's nonfiction, clothing, fashion, fashion history, industrialization, middle grade, serah marie mcmahon

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:58 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: alison matthews david, cbr11bingo, children's nonfiction, clothing, fashion, fashion history, industrialization, middle grade, serah marie mcmahon ·
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