cbr11bingo – Page 71 – Cannonball Read 17

Sometimes People Do Get Their Just Desserts

Who Slays the Wicked by C.S. Harris

July 31, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: I Love This I read all the thirteen existing books of the Sebastian St. Cyr series last year as part of the Cannonball Read 10, so I think the latest book in the series makes for a good fit in the “I Love This” category. Between my deployment and lack of free time (or at least “on my own” time, I was oddly social in Kuwait, even if that simply meant hanging out at work, going to the gym after work with co-workers […]

All the colors in San Francisco’s history

Cool Gray City of Love by Gary Kamiya

July 31, 2019 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

I have visited San Francisco more times than any other American city and I have lots of fond memories of it. Save for Anaheim/ Disneyland, San Fran was the only American city my family visited when I was kid, and I still remember being simultaneously shocked and delighted by all the tattoos, piercings and homosexual PDA that I witnessed on that teenage trip (I grew up on farm on the Canadian prairies in the 90s, so these things were all novel…). I’ve been back to […]

Yes, I Will Read Anything Related to P&P

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

July 31, 2019 by KatSings 1 Comment

Bingo Notes: This is my Remix square. It’s a modern retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. Eligible tells the story of a modern Bennet family, set in Cincinnati, Ohio and updated to include things like Reality TV, CrossFit, and the trans community. In this telling, Liz is a magazine writer, Jane is a yoga instructor, Kitty & Lydia both work at a CrossFit gym, and Mary is hiding away completing one Master’s Degree after another. This story opens with the sisters more spread out (Jane […]

Drinking a Mug of Male Tears

How to be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings by Sarah Cooper

July 31, 2019 by KatSings 1 Comment

Bingo Notes: This one is my True Story because it’s non-fiction and represents the lives of most women at some point, including myself. This book is both tragic and hilarious. It is a guidebook for getting through office life in The Patriarchy. Sarah outlines what should be great comedy, if it weren’t so very, very true. In fact, I bought this copy for my office while we were having a particularly hard time with the Boys Club aspect. One of my coworkers refused to […]

“Can ambiguous social situations kindly go fuck themselves?”

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

July 31, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Pajiba! This book was briefly reviewed on Pajiba here, seems we feel similarly! Leah Burke seems to be on an even keep as she navigates senior year, stepping closer to her future college career at the local state school, where she’ll even have her friend Abby there. But naturally things start to shake up, as tends to happen in senior year. First, Abby and Nick break up. Abby doesn’t think their relationship can hold-up long distance, and Nick is heartbroken – as is […]

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale

July 31, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR11 bingo: First in the Hap and Leonard series. Joe R. Lansdale is one of those writers I’ve always been meaning to get to but never had the time for. His bibliography, while prolific, is not as readily available at the used bookstores I enjoy perusing, nor are many of them at my local library (I had to buy this copy from The Mysterious Bookshop). And when I did try one of his popular ones, The Bottoms, I found it to be […]

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