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This should really be titled The Secret History of Wonder Woman’s Creators.

The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore

January 20, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This wasn’t what I was expecting, but it was pretty good all the same. I think this three star rating is due to two things: 1) I was expecting more of a history of Wonder Woman the character with some stuff about her creator(s) thrown in as well, and what I got was a history of her creator(s) in full, along with a healthy side order of what was actually going on in history at the time, with an emphasis on the history of feminism, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Comics, Jill Lepore, narfna, Pop Culture, read by the author, the secret history of wonder woman, william moulton marston, Wonder Woman

narfna's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Comics, Jill Lepore, narfna, Pop Culture, read by the author, the secret history of wonder woman, william moulton marston, Wonder Woman ·
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“Rooting around in the presidential innards”

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

January 18, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Listening to Assassination Vacation is like taking a road trip with your strangest friend. Well, Sarah Vowell is on a road trip- and is unabashedly strange- but having her narrate the journey to you is a little cozy, a little crazy, a little creepy- and a LOT of fun. Her morbid fascination with presidential assassins (both would-be and verified) and the zeal for putting friends and relatives into uncomfortable situations is a hoot, and the audio experience feels like gossiping with your own partner-in-crime. She […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History Tagged With: #history, American History, architecture, assassination, memory, monuments, presidential history, Sarah Vowell, travel

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Audiobooks, History · Tags: #history, American History, architecture, assassination, memory, monuments, presidential history, Sarah Vowell, travel ·
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Let’s Start of the Year With a Little Non-Fiction

A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation by Tim Hannigan

January 14, 2020 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

  As an Australian, I have long lamented the fact that we see ourselves as on the periphery of South East Asia rather than an integral part of the region. And while we spend our time at school mostly learning about the history of the ‘Anglosphere’, we seem to have very little curiosity about our neighbours – and this is rather disappointing. After reading This Earth of Mankind late last year, I realised that there were considerable gaps in my own knowledge of Indonesia, who […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, Indonesia, non fiction, Tim Hannigan

LittlePlat's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, Indonesia, non fiction, Tim Hannigan ·
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Kicking off 2020 with Girl Power!

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

January 5, 2020 by KimMiE" 4 Comments

I thought I knew a little bit about code breaking and World War II because I was aware of Bletchley Park, Alan Turing, and Enigma. And I was correct, I did know a little about it. Surprisingly (and maybe sadly?), I was unfamiliar with the story of 10,000 American women who served as codebreakers for both the U.S. Army and Navy during World War II. Code Girls tells the remarkable story of the work, lives, and patriotism of these women. I have to confess that […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, cbr12, code breakers, cryptography, KimMiE", liza mundy, World War II

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, cbr12, code breakers, cryptography, KimMiE", liza mundy, World War II ·
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“The world was fragile. One day, growth; the next day, kindling.”

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

December 13, 2019 by LadyStardust Leave a Comment

The best horror stories are already frightening before the monsters even show up. The doomed Donner Party has always been the quintessential example of the harsh realities for pioneers trekking West to the promise of California, and most already know the tragedy awaiting the group at the center of The Hunger. While bringing their wagon train across the country to find new fortunes, the infamous Donner Party made many key mistakes, and found themselves staring down the barrel of the harshest conditions the West had […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror Tagged With: #history, alma katsu, historical fiction, horror, mystery, the donner party

LadyStardust's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror · Tags: #history, alma katsu, historical fiction, horror, mystery, the donner party ·
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My Pen is Dry, The Door is Open, and Something is Waiting

Melmoth: A Novel by Sarah Perry

October 30, 2019 by lumenatrix 1 Comment

This is a modern novel that strikes the perfect feeling of a Gothic novel in the style of Poe or Shelly. It is eerie and creepy with a ton of atmosphere and most of the fear and horror coming from not jump scares, but just that feeling that something is going to happen. Also, the monster is the humans. It’s always the humans… but not always int he way you think. Fair warning, I don’t give any major spoilers ahead, but this is a very […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #history, cbrbingo11, Gothic Horror, melmoth, mysteries, Sarah Perry

lumenatrix's CBR11 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery · Tags: #history, cbrbingo11, Gothic Horror, melmoth, mysteries, Sarah Perry ·
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