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The Hero Played Fiddle

The Bravest Man in the World by Patricia Polacco

September 25, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Covers speak a lot about what might be in a book. I looked at the cover of The Bravest Man in the World by Patricia Polacco and thought, “I wonder if this is about a Jewish man in a concentration camp?” For some reason it had that feeling of how music can keep you free during great turmoil. But then saw the ship behind him, “Aaaah. A book about the Titanic.” (I still think a story of the Titanic fits that theme.) This book has […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: europe, music, orphans, Patricia Polacco, Ships, Titanic, violin

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:389 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: europe, music, orphans, Patricia Polacco, Ships, Titanic, violin ·
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More Books I’m Giving As Gifts (Reading On Their Own Edition)

December 19, 2016 by NTE Leave a Comment

Now, just because they can read on their own does not mean that you can’t read these books with them, just saying.  Because that’s definitely the case with this first book: Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo – So the only problem with this book is that I only ordered one copy.  And now I have about ten different girls I want to give a copy to. Because guys, it’s SO GOOD.  There’s 100 different amazing women, with 100 […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Elena Favilli, Ellen Raskin, Fiction, Francesca Cavallo, Geoff Rodkey, good night stories for rebel girls, Jason Segel, Kirstin Miller, Nancy Bo Flood, nightmares, non fiction, Simon Adams, sister soldier fly home, the tapper twins go to war, The Westing Game, Titanic

NTE's CBR8 Review No:43 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Elena Favilli, Ellen Raskin, Fiction, Francesca Cavallo, Geoff Rodkey, good night stories for rebel girls, Jason Segel, Kirstin Miller, Nancy Bo Flood, nightmares, non fiction, Simon Adams, sister soldier fly home, the tapper twins go to war, The Westing Game, Titanic ·
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I give you Liane Moriarty and this is the thanks I get.

August 28, 2016 by Blingle Bells 2 Comments

My Granny reads a lot. She goes through nearly a book a day, like some kind of elderly badkittyuno. Her taste is pretty decent. I introduced her to Liane Moriarty and in under two weeks she’d read everything she’d ever written. So when she enthusiastically recommended The Girl Who Came Home, I requested it from the library and bumped it to the top of my list. Not much gets to cut in my to-be-read line, but the woman is a months-away-from-70 pancreatic cancer survivor…frankly, who […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: dual timelines, historical, romance, Titanic

Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: dual timelines, historical, romance, Titanic ·
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It’s about more than the sinking of the Titanic

April 22, 2015 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

This novel, published in 1996 and winner of the Whitbread Prize (shortlisted for the Booker), is set on the Titanic’s fateful voyage, and it is about loss, but not just the loss of those who set sail. Every Man for Himself is about the loss of love, the passing of an old world, and the painful birth of the new one as exemplified by our 22-year-old narrator. Morgan has known both deprivation and privilege, having had a foot in both worlds. Yet, he is not […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Beryl Bainbridge, CBR7, ElCicco, Every Man for Himself, Fiction, historical fiction, ReadWomen, Titanic

ElCicco's CBR7 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Beryl Bainbridge, CBR7, ElCicco, Every Man for Himself, Fiction, historical fiction, ReadWomen, Titanic ·
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