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Major Insights: People on the Internet Are Racist, Like Porn, and Lie on Social Media

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

July 4, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR12 BINGO: How-To I work in Marketing, and these days it’s all about data. How are you going to measure it? What does success look like? These are the mundane questions I have to answer every day, so reading this book was a bit like work. But, it fits a BINGO square, so I benefitted in the end. Also, enough interesting nuggets are included to make it mildly interesting. The main takeaway is that asking people to complete surveys is pretty pointless, because people lie […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Data, How-To, marketing, Seth Stephens-davidowitz

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Data, How-To, marketing, Seth Stephens-davidowitz ·
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Hoping the series picks up in the sequels

The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston

July 3, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR12Bingo: Cannonballer Says (previously reviewed by alwaysanswerb, yesknopemaybe and teresaelectro) Official book description: Kera Watson never expected to face death behind a Los Angeles coffee shop. Not after surviving two tours lugging an M16 around the Middle East. If it wasn’t for her hot Viking customer showing up too late to help, nobody would even see her die. In uncountable years of service to the Allfather Odin, Ludvig “Vig” Rundstrom has never seen anyone kick ass with quite as much style as Kera. He knows one […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Call of Crows, Cannonballer Says!, cbr12, cbr12bingo, fighters, magic, Malin, norse mythology, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Shelly Laurenston, the unleashing

Malin's CBR12 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Call of Crows, Cannonballer Says!, cbr12, cbr12bingo, fighters, magic, Malin, norse mythology, paranormal fantasy, romantic, Shelly Laurenston, the unleashing ·
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Kicking off this year’s Bingo Card with an excellent historical romance

Any Old Diamonds by K.J. Charles

July 2, 2020 by Malin 4 Comments

#CBR12Bingo: Money! Official book description (because I’m still reviewing books I read three months ago): Lord Alexander Pyne-ffoulkes, the younger son of the Duke of Ilvar, holds a bitter grudge against his wealthy father. The Duke intends to give his Duchess a priceless diamond parure on their wedding anniversary — so Alec hires a pair of jewel thieves to steal it. The Duke’s remote castle is a difficult target, and Alec needs a way to get the thieves in. Soldier-turned-criminal Jerry Crozier has the answer: he’ll […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: any old diamonds, cbr12, cbr12bingo, heist, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, Malin, Money, The Lilywhite Boys, Victorian

Malin's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: any old diamonds, cbr12, cbr12bingo, heist, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, Malin, Money, The Lilywhite Boys, Victorian ·
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Time to catch up on some history I never learned

Nat Turner by Kyle Baker

The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks and Canaan White

Muhammad Ali by Sybille Titeux and Amazing Ameziane

July 1, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

cbr12bingo Pandemic If you want to catch up a bit on the history you weren’t taught in school, these three graphic novels are a great way to do so. Nat Turner gives detail and perspective on the 1831 slave rebellion that was probably mentioned in a textbook but only covered in passing. The Harlem Hellfighters reveals not only the bravery and heroism of the all-Black 369th regiment fighting in WWI Europe, but also the racism and violence they faced from their fellow Americans. Muhammad Ali […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: #biography, #history, Amazing Ameziane, Canaan White, cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Graphic Novel, Kyle Baker, Max Brooks, Max Brooks and Canaan White, Muhammad Ali, Nat Turner, Sybille Titeux, Sybille Titeux and Amazing Ameziane, The Harlem Hellfighters

ElCicco's CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: #biography, #history, Amazing Ameziane, Canaan White, cbr12, cbr12bingo, ElCicco, Graphic Novel, Kyle Baker, Max Brooks, Max Brooks and Canaan White, Muhammad Ali, Nat Turner, Sybille Titeux, Sybille Titeux and Amazing Ameziane, The Harlem Hellfighters ·
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A trilogy of very nice contemporary romances

Beginner's Luck by Kate Clayborn

Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn

Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn

June 30, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

A group of three close-knit friends buy a lottery ticket together one night and end up winning a considerable amount of money. Not enough to never have to worry about money again, but certainly enough that they can fulfill some life-long dreams and still live comfortably afterwards. Beginner’s Luck – 3.5 stars Ekaterina “Kit” Averin is if possible the least risk-averse person there is. She’s very happy working as a research assistant at a university, co-writing the occasional article and generally happily hiding her technical […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Beginner's Luck, Best of Luck, cbr12, Chance of a Lifetime, Contemporary Romance, Kate Clayborn, Luck of the Draw, Malin

Malin's CBR12 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Beginner's Luck, Best of Luck, cbr12, Chance of a Lifetime, Contemporary Romance, Kate Clayborn, Luck of the Draw, Malin ·
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When Jason Mantzoukas says he’s obsessed with a book, you better believe I’m going to read it.

All You Need is Kill by Yoshitoshi Abe, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Takeshi Obata

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin, Alexander Forbes

June 28, 2020 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

I’m a big fan of the graphic novel. I will fight anyone who doesn’t think spending time with a graphic novel counts as reading — for any reading level from elementary to adult. It counts. Since we started self-distancing, I’ve read three amazing — and so, so, so very different — graphic novels. The first, All You Need is Kill, is probably the most famous of the bunch. The inspiration for the Tom Cruise/Emily Blunt movie, Edge of Tomorrow (great movie, terrible title), AYNIK tells […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Alexander Forbes, all you need is kill, cbr12, edge of tomorrow, Graphic Novel, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Jason mantzoukas, Kris Bertin, Kris Bertin, Alexander Forbes, Laura Dean Keeps breaking up with me, Mariko Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Saga, Scootsa1000, Takeshi Obata, the case of the missing men, Yoshitoshi Abe, Yoshitoshi Abe, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Takeshi Obata

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:17 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Alexander Forbes, all you need is kill, cbr12, edge of tomorrow, Graphic Novel, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Jason mantzoukas, Kris Bertin, Kris Bertin, Alexander Forbes, Laura Dean Keeps breaking up with me, Mariko Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Saga, Scootsa1000, Takeshi Obata, the case of the missing men, Yoshitoshi Abe, Yoshitoshi Abe, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Takeshi Obata ·
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