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Embrace the Absurd!

The Stranger by Albert Camus

August 18, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

BINGO – People Meursault learns that his mother has just died. This news has no discernible effect on him other than he requests off from work to attend her funeral and burial. He displays no typically displays of grief and returns promptly to his life; hardly anything has changed. He starts dating an old acquaintance; he helps his friend with some relationship problems; he goes on vacation. Then, Meursault murders a man. All of the recent events and Meursault’s character are discussed and argued over […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: absurd, absurdism, albert camus, cbr13bingo, novella, Philosophy

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: absurd, absurdism, albert camus, cbr13bingo, novella, Philosophy ·
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“Nothing is inevitable, and you always have to go back farther than you expect.”

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

August 17, 2021 by Merryn Leave a Comment

CBRBingo: They/She/He – Non-binary author On their podcast Our Opinions are Correct, Annalee Newitz describes themself as a “science journalist who writes science fiction”. I love the podcast and the novels of their co-host and life partner Charlie Jane Anderson, so I thought it was time to check out Newitz’s work for the They/She/He bingo square. Timetravelling, feminist science fiction is most definitely right up my alley.  The world of this novel is a sidestep from our own, much the same, but clearly on a different timeline.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Science Fiction Tagged With: Annalee Newitz, CBR13, cbr13bingo, time travel

Merryn's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, History, Science Fiction · Tags: Annalee Newitz, CBR13, cbr13bingo, time travel ·
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My Buddy Whitney Wrote this book, so please read!

Who Was Walt Disney? by Whitney Stewart

August 17, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo  Old SeriesThis biography in the Who Was/Is series is a tastefully done book about the man who made movies and influenced the world. Who Was Walt Disney? He was a dreamer (who thankfully had a levelheaded brother to help him) create what we know to be animation and cartoons. He was not always a nice man, but Whitney Stewart (who is a really nice person and has a mom the store nicknamed, Trouble) focuses on the positives, while letting you know of his faults. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Disney, Mickey Mouse, Nancy Harrison, Performing Arts, walt disney, Walter Elias Disney, Whitney Stewart

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:219 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, Disney, Mickey Mouse, Nancy Harrison, Performing Arts, walt disney, Walter Elias Disney, Whitney Stewart ·
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Breaking ice and barriers

Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu

August 17, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo Sportsball  This time around Ngozi Ukazu is heavy on relationship status and less focus on hockey in Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones. Bitty and Jack now have a relationship that is never totally fleshed out but is presented with the “highlights” of events. Jack has his hockey career, Bitty has his last few years of college, hockey, vlogging, and baking. Yet, the two must deal with the ups and downs of one being openly gay, in a welcoming community and the other […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr13bingo, college, coming-of-age, gender roles, GLTBQ+, hockey, Ngozi Ukazu, sports

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:218 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: cbr13bingo, college, coming-of-age, gender roles, GLTBQ+, hockey, Ngozi Ukazu, sports ·
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Annual Short Story Collection Round-up

New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps by Paula Guran & Others

August 16, 2021 by Ale Leave a Comment

Because I’d never ask my students to do something I wouldn’t do, and also because NK Jemisin highly suggests reading short stories to get better at writing long stories, I try to read a short story collection every year. For whatever reason, no matter how good the writing is, short story collections take me EONS to finish, and New York Fantastic was no exception. With twenty stories by different speculative authors, New York Fantastic offers a wide variety of story types and a nice selection of award […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr13bingo, cityscape, Holly Black, Martin, New York City, NK Jemisin, Paula Guran & Others, short fiction

Ale's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr13bingo, cityscape, Holly Black, Martin, New York City, NK Jemisin, Paula Guran & Others, short fiction ·
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Notes from the Burning Age

“I saw the forest burn, when I was young.”

Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North

August 15, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

CBR13Bingo: Flora If this book does not win a ton of awards, I will be truly disappointed. Climate change science fiction (I’ve heard it called cli-fi but I’m not sold on that name) isn’t anything new, as evidenced by last year’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction and N.K. Jemisin’s stellar “Emergency Skin.” But where this author truly excels is twisty plot and excellent characterization. Where most of those stories felt like far in the future scifi, this one felt in many ways startling immediate. “Our ancestors […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr13bingo, Claire North, climate change

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:71 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr13bingo, Claire North, climate change ·
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