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Dublin Soul

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

August 1, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr12bingo Music, BINGO ~ 4 corners and center square Also an “adaptation” possibility Irish writer Roddy Doyle’s first novel (published in 1987) is set in 1980’s Dublin and centers on a group of working class teens/20-somethings (and one geezer) who come together to form “the world’s hardest working band,” The Commitments. The Commitments is a short, humorous novel that tracks the group’s rocky development and ambitions. Its lively colloquial dialog makes the characters come alive and keeps the novel moving at a rapid clip. Jimmy […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Roddy Doyle, The Commitments

ElCicco's CBR12 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Roddy Doyle, The Commitments ·
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People swallow lies easily provided they are big enough

Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

August 1, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR12 BINGO: Yellow I’ve been in the mood to revisit Watchmen since I saw the extraordinary HBO series earlier this year (best television in recent memory, btw). Then references to the comic book series popped up in Eleanor & Park, and it gave me an extra push to reread the graphic novel that I first encountered when I was in college. Plus. . . .can’t get more yellow than that cover, can you? I wanted to see whether this classic holds up after 34 years, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: adaptation, alan moore, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Comics, Dave Gibbons, Graphic Novel, KimMiE", superheroes, yellow

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: adaptation, alan moore, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Comics, Dave Gibbons, Graphic Novel, KimMiE", superheroes, yellow ·
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A dream is a wish your heart makes (Cannonball!)

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

July 31, 2020 by Malin 6 Comments

#CBR12 Bingo: Orange (would also work for Fresh Start) This is the start of a new series, so it stands alone. You don’t have to have read Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle series, starting with The Raven Boys, but it gives a lot of useful background to Ronan and the other Lynch brothers.   Official book description: The dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: Call Down the Hawk, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Dreams, forgery, Fresh Start, Maggie Stiefvater, Malin, mystery, orange, paranormal fantasy, the Dreamer Trilogy, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:52 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: Call Down the Hawk, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Dreams, forgery, Fresh Start, Maggie Stiefvater, Malin, mystery, orange, paranormal fantasy, the Dreamer Trilogy, Young Adult ·
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I would have liked more background and info about the rest of the crew

The Disasters by M.K. England

July 30, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

#CBR12 Bingo: Violet (Obviously also works for Book Club, and will fit into Debut and maybe UnCannon and Friendship, as well)   All Nax Hall has ever dreamed of is going Ellis Station Academy and qualifying as a pilot. Unfortunately, he fails his entrance exam and is sent packing after less than twenty-four hours. Sharing his fate are Rion, Case and Zee, and while they’re all waiting for their one-way shuttle back to Earth, they are witness to a terrorist attack on the space station. The […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, action, Cannon Book Club, cbr12, cbr12bingo, heist, LGBTQIA, M.K. England, Malin, the disasters, violet, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:51 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, action, Cannon Book Club, cbr12, cbr12bingo, heist, LGBTQIA, M.K. England, Malin, the disasters, violet, Young Adult ·
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2 Perspectives, 1 Great Story

I’m Not Dying With You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

July 30, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr12bingo Friendship I’m Not Dying With You Tonight is a perfect book for the times we live in and would make a great pick for a book club, a community read, middle school and high school students, and their parents. Lena and Campbell are seniors at an Atlanta high school, and other than that they have little in common. They would probably have never had more than cursory interaction with one another if not for the fight and ensuing riot that started at a football […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Gilly Segal, I’m Not Dying With You Tonight, Kimberly Jones, Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, novel, ReadWomen, YA

ElCicco's CBR12 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Gilly Segal, I’m Not Dying With You Tonight, Kimberly Jones, Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, novel, ReadWomen, YA ·
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Not as fluffy and carefree as the title and cover make it seem

Beach Read by Emily Henry

July 29, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

#CBR12 Bingo: Pandemic (read what you want) Official book description: Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.   They’re polar opposites.   In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.   Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: authors, beach read, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, grief, Malin, pandemic, small town life

Malin's CBR12 Review No:50 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: authors, beach read, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, grief, Malin, pandemic, small town life ·
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