cbr12 – Page 22 – Cannonball Read 17

This girl needs some serious therapy…

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

October 9, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

We picked this book to be our February Teen Book Club pick, stealing our Cannonball book club format for a Facebook discussion. We picked it without anyone having read it ahead of time, which may not have been a completely great decision, but oh well! The first thing that struck me was “Wow, there’s a lot of foul language in this!” I mean, it’s nothing that kids today haven’t heard constantly, but it’s still a little surprising coming right out of the gate. And it’s […]

“At the barn fire of insanity”

The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke

October 7, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr12bingo Repeat (for Pandemic) BINGO x2: vertical Uncannon to Repeat, horizontal Money to Violet Over the past seven months of pandemic quarantining, my husband and I have done a lot of mindless TV/video watching, and thanks to the smart TV, we aren’t just limited to regular TV fare but can watch anything that’s on the internet on our big screen. As a result, we seem to have subscribed to, and hence watch, more YouTube channels than anything else. We are big fans of British comedian […]

Winnie the Pooh was inspired by a real bear named Winnie: cbr12 bingo “The Roaring 20’s”

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (artist)

October 5, 2020 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Earlier in bingo, I learned that Winnie the Pooh was published in 1926 and so counted for “The Roaring 20’s”. I went looking through my library to discover that we don’t have a copy (though we have the entire Paddington collection). However, Grandma had sent this book to my kids! Finding Winnie opens with a mother (the author) telling her son a true story about a bear. Winnie’s story begins in Winnipeg, Canada with a young veterinarian named Harry Colbourn. Harry specialized in treating horses and […]

Named one of the top 10 books in 2019 by The Washington Post and I gave up at 36 pages: cbr12 bingo “Red” – Bingo #2!

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

October 5, 2020 by Dome'Loki 4 Comments

When Black Leopard, Red Wolf came out it was widely praised and was selected as book of the month in Mysterious Galaxy speculative fiction book club. I was excited by the description of a fantasy told from a wholly African inspiration. This was something that would broaden my perspective of what is fantasy. The book languished on the shelf and then CBR bingo came out and it was the perfect book for the Red square. From the beginning, the story technique rubbed me the wrong way. […]

Faerie relationship etiquette is really strange, but I really like some aspects of it.

A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire

October 4, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Spoiler warning! This is book 14 in an ongoing series. You will be pretty hopelessly lost if this is the first one you pick up. This is an excellent paranormal fantasy series, but the place to start is with Rosemary and Rue. Also, there may be plot discussion about events that have happened earlier in the series, so don’t read the review unless you’re actually caught up. Official book description: When October is informed that Simon Torquill—legally her father, due to Faerie’s archaic marriage traditions—must be […]

A ray of golden light in these dark and depressing times

The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan

October 4, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

This was an ARC sent to me by the author. I had already pre-ordered the book, and the free copy has not influenced my review in any way. Official book description: Miss Chloe Fong has plans for her life, lists for her days, and absolutely no time for nonsense. Three years ago, she told her childhood sweetheart that he could talk to her once he planned to be serious. He disappeared that very night. Except now he’s back. Jeremy Wentworth, the Duke of Lansing, […]

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