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All My Life Is Changing Every Day…

Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks

August 17, 2025 by Jake 1 Comment

Read as part of CBR17Bingo: reread. I’m replacing the reread square with a free one here because I enjoyed this book, wanted to write about it and it doesn’t fit neatly into another category. When I was a kid, we didn’t have those conflabbed Hunger Games and young adult fantasy trilogies. We had Goosebumps and Babysitters Club and Matthew Christopher. We had real books, ones that were short and easy to digest, ones that didn’t touch on heavier themes beyond Being a kid sucks. This book […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: cbr17bingo, free, LGBTQIA, Margaret and the Case of the Missing Body, Megan Milks, reread, trans, trans character

Jake's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: cbr17bingo, free, LGBTQIA, Margaret and the Case of the Missing Body, Megan Milks, reread, trans, trans character ·
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How Many Lies, How Many Truths

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

November 4, 2024 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

The Truth According to Ember ended up on my reading list because of social media. When the ARC was released author and reviewer folks who I follow were promoting it because they liked what they were reading, but also it is a romance by and about Native people published by a mainstream publishing house (in this case, Berkley). While I didn’t receive an ARC, I was interested enough to keep an eye out for publication, and once that happened, I immediately placed myself on the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: a little romance, cbr16bingo, Danica Nava, free, Native RomCom, The Truth According to Ember, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:36 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: a little romance, cbr16bingo, Danica Nava, free, Native RomCom, The Truth According to Ember, we need diverse books ·
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Ok I Will

Tell Me Who You Are by Louisa Luna

July 26, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR16 Bingo: free space. Ok I will get to my thoughts about this book in a second. But… It’s probably been talked about before by folks in other spaces but I find it notable that so many female-written thrillers are based around a woman running away from her past. Could be because of an abusive ex or parents but it is often — as it is here — about a traumatic event that occurred when they were younger. I’m not trying […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Brooklyn, cbr16bingo, free, louisa luna, Mental Health, New York City, Park Slope, psychiatry, Tell Me Who You Are, thriller

Jake's CBR16 Review No:113 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Brooklyn, cbr16bingo, free, louisa luna, Mental Health, New York City, Park Slope, psychiatry, Tell Me Who You Are, thriller ·
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Starting the year with a sure-fire hit

A Very Beery New Year by Jackie Lau

January 16, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

Encouraged by his mother to socialise more, introverted software developer Gerald Nakamura goes to his local craft beer bar to sit by the bar, reading a book, not really interacting with anyone except the serving staff. He especially likes exchanging a few words with the pretty and vivacious bartender Kelsey.   Kelsey lives with her rather exasperating grandmother (who just discovered Tik Tok and is determined to become a viral sensation) and works at the bar until she can find something more suitable to her […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, A Very Beery New Year, Canada, cbr14, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, free, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella

Malin's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, A Very Beery New Year, Canada, cbr14, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, free, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella ·
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How others see you and how you see yourself can be very different

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Stargirl Jerry Spinelli   I didn’t read Jerry Spinielli growing up, which I guess might seem odd because he was writing books for my age group.  I read one of his middle grade books a few years ago, but this was the first one aimed at teens.  I’d heard about it, and there’s a movie now, so I figured I would give it a shot.   I’m not sure when this book is supposed to take place.  We know where, the fictional town of Mica, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, free, Jerry Spinelli, old series

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, free, Jerry Spinelli, old series ·
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Gif, Jack Sparrow pointing a gun, saying "pirate"

Two Entirely Different Kinds of Pirates

Pirate Queen: A Story of Zheng Yi Sao by Helaine Becker, Ill. Liz Wong

What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a Museum by Candace Fleming Ill. Matthew Cordell

October 18, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

But Fortune cares nothing for your dreams. She takes up your life in her cup and shakes it so hard your teeth rattle in your head and your heart roars like a dragon in your chest. Then she throws the bones onto her table of lacquer and jade. Your fate is sealed. – Helaine Becker, Pirate Queen: A Story of Zheng Yi Sao Did I know much about Zheng Yi Sao before I read this? Only that she existed, reigned over the South China Sea […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #fate, art, Boston, Candace Fleming Ill. Matthew Cordell, cbr13bingo, feminism, free, Helaine Becker, Helaine Becker, Ill. Liz Wong, Ill. Liz Wong, Local, museums, non fiction, pirates, Society's roles, women in power

NTE's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: #fate, art, Boston, Candace Fleming Ill. Matthew Cordell, cbr13bingo, feminism, free, Helaine Becker, Helaine Becker, Ill. Liz Wong, Ill. Liz Wong, Local, museums, non fiction, pirates, Society's roles, women in power ·
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