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cover of the book The Line Tender by Kate Allen

“But if you could tell science like a story, I’d pay attention.”

The Line Tender by Kate Allen

February 12, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Lucy’s mother was a marine biologist who was particularly interested in sharks. People told her mother that this enthusiasm would get her killed, but it was a brain aneurysm that ended up taking her life. Lucy was seven when that happened, and while she still finds herself occasionally swept up in bouts of grief, she and her father are getting by. Friends and neighbors help a lot. Fred from across the street is her best friend, though now at 13 years old, she is beginning […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: A death in the family, All the feels, Children's, children's book, children's lit, first love, friendship, grief, healing, kate allen, marine biology, Massachusetts, middle grade, middle school, sharks

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: A death in the family, All the feels, Children's, children's book, children's lit, first love, friendship, grief, healing, kate allen, marine biology, Massachusetts, middle grade, middle school, sharks ·
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not a series, but out of order none the less

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

December 31, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

My complaint against Conversations with Friends is wholly not the fault of the novel, the writer, or the characters within. My complaint is petty. I am being spoiled in lamenting that Conversations with Friends is not another Normal People. I know. It’s a wild assumption, I should know better, and the like- but Normal People was perfect. Conversations with Friends is a stepping stone on the path of Sally Rooney, and I wish that I had heeded a friend’s recommendation and read this one first! That being said, Conversations with Friends also worms a way into […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: coming-of-age, debut, Dublin, Fiction, first love, friendship, infidelity, Relationships, Sally Rooney

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: coming-of-age, debut, Dublin, Fiction, first love, friendship, infidelity, Relationships, Sally Rooney ·
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And when Eleanor smiled, something broke inside of him. Something always did.

October 2, 2018 by Dusty Highway 4 Comments

CBR10Bingo: Home Sweet Home Growing up in Nebraska, Willa Cather was required reading. I loved loved loved My Ántonia in junior high, but I soured on her after reading O Pioneers! and hating the bummer of a preachy ending. When I first saw the Home Sweet Home square, I thought I might have to give one of her other books a try until I remembered I have a new favorite Nebraska author, thanks to CBR: Rainbow Rowell!  Eleanor & Park went right to my wishlist […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, eleanor and park, first love, Nebraska, nostalgia, Rainbow Rowell, YA fiction

Dusty Highway's CBR10 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, eleanor and park, first love, Nebraska, nostalgia, Rainbow Rowell, YA fiction ·
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