cbrbingo13 – Page 2 – Cannonball Read 17

If you like reading about cults, you’ll love Fog Island

Fog Island by Mariette Lindstein

October 22, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

I’m using this for my “New Series” bingo square. This is the first in a planned trilogy of novels about “the cult on Fog Island.” Originally written in Swedish, this novel takes place on an island off the mainland of Sweden where an idealistic group of people adhere to the principles of Via Terra – a way of living that returns to the earth. Sofia is a young woman who is searching for something, and she finds it at a lecture about Via Terra by […]

“It’s pretty common for the mere mention of the word disability to evoke fear, confusion, and an endless stream of misconceptions.”

Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau

October 15, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for a good, 101-level introduction to current disability discourse, including (but not limited to) models of disability (medical, social, charity, economic, human rights, etc); person-first vs. identity-first language; intersectionality; and what words to start using (just say disabled, my friend: we know) and what words to STOP saying (you know the big ones, but maybe also consider how often you use blind to mean ignorant, or lame to mean boring, and sweet baby junipers, please stop calling it ‘wheelchair-bound’: I am not […]

A modern view of Greek myths

Circe by Madeline Miller

October 10, 2021 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

This was a double book club book for me. My college book club picked it, and then my local club read it as well (because I suggested it). So Book Club square on the Bingo for this one. I was vaguely aware of the story of Circe from the Odyssey, she was a sorceress on an island that Odysseus and his ships stopped at, and she turned the men to pigs. This is (apparently) a feminist retelling. As it is a retelling of an old […]

Another view of Australian history

A room made of leaves by Kate Grenville

October 10, 2021 by persnickety chick Leave a Comment

My local book club chose A room made of leaves by Kate Grenville for our last meeting. This was totally going to be a bingo square for book club, and then i realised the flora on the cover. So, Flora bingo space it is!It’s an odd little book club, started by a group of women who went to teacher training college in the late 60s. They remained in intermittent/inconsistent touch with each other, forming the book club a few years ago. Then the daughter of […]

Old Series Bingo: Garnethill

Garnethill by Denise Mina

October 4, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

This is for my OLD SERIES bingo square. TW: Sexual assault survivor story I’ve been waiting a long time to read this book – it was one of the first books I added to my GoodReads list. It’s a murder mystery that takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, which are a few of my favorite things. Maureen O’Donnell works at a box office in a theater. She doesn’t feel like she has much going on, besides a cute flat in the Garnethill neighborhood and a married […]

“Caring about someone isn’t complicated. It isn’t easy. But it isn’t complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car.”

Small Favor (Dresden Files #10) by Jim Butcher

September 25, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

In one word: Action-packed Cannonball Read Bingo: Reader’s Choice (Replacing Fauna) Dresden is in it again. High stakes, low chance of survival, will he come out on top? At this point, book 10 of I don’t even know how many, it’s not a spoiler that um, yes, he will. But I will say this one really is firing on all cylinders. The whole gang is around in this one, gangster Marcone, the vile Denarians, and one of my favorites, the Archive, the 12-year-old girl who […]

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