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“Don’t think or judge, just listen”

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

December 30, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

While Annabel Greene may star in the local department store’s back to school commercial as “The girl who has everything”, she returns to school utterly ostracised, after a summer spent alone, after a disastrous party late last term where everything changed for her. When she runs into her former best friend Sophie, undisputed Queen Bee at their school, she is met with insults and sharp comments. When she thinks back to that one night when Sophie turned against her, she throws up. The only one […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, cbr12, eating disorder, friendship, Just Listen, Malin, music, romantic, Sarah Dessen, Sexual Assault, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:95 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, cbr12, eating disorder, friendship, Just Listen, Malin, music, romantic, Sarah Dessen, Sexual Assault, Young Adult ·
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Don’t Stop Me Now (I Want) Somebody To Love, and you’re it Freddie

Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody by Mike Dawson

December 1, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do have a band that just followed you throughout your life? Did you eat, sleep and breath that band? Did you also tease your little sister merciless about her “boy bands” and their breakups? Well Mike does in Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody. The story Mike Dawson tells us is how the band, Queen and mostly Freddie Mercury, made an impact on his life. It colored almost every big moment of his life (from the first time he heard them, from the time […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: coming-of-age, England, family, Freddie Mercury, Mike Dawson, moving, music, Queen, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:376 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: coming-of-age, England, family, Freddie Mercury, Mike Dawson, moving, music, Queen, siblings ·
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The song might be “Who wants to live forever?” But Freddie knew he would

Queen: The Unauthorized Biography (Band Records 4) by Soledad Romero Marino

November 5, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am biased when I say this book is a five. I enjoy the music of Queen. I do not have a lot of knowledge about them (I know Freddie Mercury is a stage name, he was born in Zanzibar, he was flamboyant, he had a talent that few have been able to copy), but I do consider myself a fan. Therefore, when Queen: The Unauthorized Biography (Band Records 4) by Soledad Romero Marino is an introduction to Freddie Mercury and the career Queen without […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Laura Castello, music, Queen, Roger Taylor, Soledad Romero Marino

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:351 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Laura Castello, music, Queen, Roger Taylor, Soledad Romero Marino ·
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Music and dragons

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

October 31, 2020 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman follows a young girl who lives for music. An excellent pick for the music square for CBR 12 Bingo. The novel is set in a fictional kingdom of Goredd where dragons and humans have found a fragile peace. The dragons in this book are scholars who love cold logic and have a hankering for math too. They can transform into a human form to take up these pursuits. A murder mystery unfolds that opens up old wounds between the two races. A […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, dragons, music, Rachel Hartman, Seraphina, YA novel, Young Adult

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr12bingo, dragons, music, Rachel Hartman, Seraphina, YA novel, Young Adult ·
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This could have been so much better…

Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple

October 25, 2020 by crystalclear 1 Comment

Callie is a reporter for her school newspaper, and has landed a backstage pass to interview the band that’s playing in town, Brass Rat.  This is a big deal for Callie, who is only 14 and has wildly over-protective parents, which is strange given the names they saddled their children with.  These paranoid adults have given their children names that guarantee they will have difficulties in life.  I present to you: Marsepolus, Calcephony, and Nickelodeon.  In an era with cell phones, they named their youngest […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam Stemple, cbr12, cbr12bingo, could have been better, Fairy Tales, Jane Yolen, Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple, music, not very good

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Adam Stemple, cbr12, cbr12bingo, could have been better, Fairy Tales, Jane Yolen, Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple, music, not very good ·
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“To save the world with music and love, obviously”: cbr12bingo – “Music”, 3rd Bingo!

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

October 23, 2020 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

The Sound of Stars was initially chosen as a candidate for the “Debut” bingo square (it was released February 2020) but another book was chosen.  Fortunately, it also fits the “Music” square to complete my 3rd bingo! This is a book I wish I had read in my teen years for a variety of reasons.  Accurate representation of anxiety disorder would have been helpful when trying to figure out my own mental health.   For it’s depiction of sexual identity, gender identity, and first time sexual […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Alechia Dow, book lover, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Dome'Loki, Fiction, librarian, music, Romance, sci-fi, YA

Dome'Loki's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Alechia Dow, book lover, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Dome'Loki, Fiction, librarian, music, Romance, sci-fi, YA ·
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