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Who Named the Knife: A Book of Murder and Memory by Linda Spalding

August 2, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo bananas The mid-1960s through 1970s were an extraordinary turbulent and bloody period in American history.  Fueled by civil rights protests and the Vietnam War, it was a whole period of what next.  Of course, since these were my high school and college years, it was, for most of us, just the way it was.  Starting in 8th grade with John Kennedy’s assassination, there was the assassination of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, the Democratic convention of 1968 in Chicago, Kent State, and the resignation […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 19702 California, 1970s Hawaii, cbr16bingo bananas, journalism, Linda Spalding, Mormon upbring, Naive protagonist, true story, Turbulent times, Weird coincidences

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:25 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: 19702 California, 1970s Hawaii, cbr16bingo bananas, journalism, Linda Spalding, Mormon upbring, Naive protagonist, true story, Turbulent times, Weird coincidences ·
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The Story at All Costs

Off the Air by Christina Estes

April 10, 2024 by Pooja 2 Comments

When controversial talk show host Larry Lemmon dies under mysterious circumstances, local reporter Jolene pursues the story – and gets in over her head in the case itself. At some point, like most people who enjoy writing, I considered journalism as a career path, though I quickly realized I was nowhere near as persistent and unafraid of failure as the job requires. This book, written by a long-time reporter, only reinforced this. The mystery interested me off the bat – the poisoning of far-right radio […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: ARC, Arizona, Christina Estes, journalism, murder, mystery, NetGalley

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ARC, Arizona, Christina Estes, journalism, murder, mystery, NetGalley ·
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“And just as she was about to leave the mircophone, she said ‘And to anyone tempted to kiss the TV tonight, please don’t chip your tooth.”

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

March 31, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

When journalist Monique is chosen by the reclusive actress Evelyn Hugo to be her biographer, she has no clue why she was the one chosen – or about the tragic intersection of their lives. I feel like Contrary Mary here to say that I thought a generally universally acclaimed book was just fine, but I’m going to be brave and go ahead and say it: It was fine. Maybe I had too high expectations after reading the rest of the Reidverse books and all those […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: historical, Hollywood, journalism, lgbt, Romance, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: historical, Hollywood, journalism, lgbt, Romance, Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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Extra Extra Read All about Frankie and her Hard News Investigating Crew!

Frankie and Friends V01 Breaking News by Christine Platt

January 23, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR16SweetChallenge #Cozy (the book turned into a cozy read) I picked up a slightly shelf worn copy of Frankie and Friends V01 Breaking News the other day, though I was not sure why. The cover was not “grabbing me” (there are toys and a girl who looks like a doll herself) but maybe it was because it was short, and I was looking for something that was quick and easy. When I needed a quick break from the more intense stories I was reading (a graphic novel about racism and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: African American girls, Alea Marley, Business, Careers, Christine Platt, Dolls & Puppets, families, family, imagination, journalism, Occupations, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, toys

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:32 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: African American girls, Alea Marley, Business, Careers, Christine Platt, Dolls & Puppets, families, family, imagination, journalism, Occupations, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, toys ·
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“You’re going to make me love you, aren’t you?” “I’m sure going to try.”

Scandalized by Ivv Owens

October 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Still reviewing books I read in July. It’s really quite sad that I haven’t been able to get my act together more. Let’s see what I actually remember of this book. Georgia “Gigi” Ross has been in London trying to investigate a sordid news story involving powerful nightclub owners and probable sexual assault and is pretty much exhausted when she’s on her way home to the US. Once her flight gets cancelled, she feels close to a breakdown, especially after discovering that there are no […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: actors, CBR15, celebrity, Contemporary Romance, Ivv Owens, journalism, Malin, Scandalized

Malin's CBR15 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: actors, CBR15, celebrity, Contemporary Romance, Ivv Owens, journalism, Malin, Scandalized ·
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“Towards the end of my first time in Indonesia I stayed in a house on the edge of the jungle and dreamed the worst nightmares I have known since I was a child.”

In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos by Richard Lloyd Parry

July 6, 2023 by GentleRain 2 Comments

CBR15Bingo: Asia & Oceania (all about Indonesia and experiencing the uprising that unseated Suharto) I picked this up because I loved The People Who Eat Darkness, Parry’s later work about trying to catch a murderer in Japan. It is such a great book that I’ve been wanting to read other work by him, so I was happy to find out that he’d written this part memoir, part on the spot reporting about the time he’d spent in Indonesia as a young journalist. I didn’t know […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, cbr15bingo, Indonesia, journalism, political violence, Richard Lloyd Parry

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:37 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, cbr15bingo, Indonesia, journalism, political violence, Richard Lloyd Parry ·
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