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Monthly Archives: September 2019
“This state, this place, is like no other.” – The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
CBR11 BINGO: Far and Away (BINGO! Remix square to Reading the TBR square) This book has been repeatedly recommended to me via various online trickery. On the surface it seems like something that I would like: a book set in … Continue reading
“It’s about being the flipper, not the pinball.” – Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
CBR11 BINGO: Youth I LOVE Rainbow Rowell. I don’t think that any other writer captures what it feels like to fall in love the first time like she does. Her books are engaging, sometimes desperately bittersweet and always honest. While … Continue reading
“I am named after my mother’s unhappiness.” – Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
CBR11 BINGO: PAJIBA BINGO! (Remix Corner to Cannonballer Says Corner) I think it’s often easy to overlook books that, on the surface, seem like easy reads or the reading equivalent of a rom-com movie. Books that get characterized as “beach reads” … Continue reading
“We will do what others expect of us.” – The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates by Wes Moore
CBR11 BINGO: True Story The premise of this book is interesting. How can two people, born a year apart in the same neighborhood turn out differently? At what point could the path split to lead to a successful and happy … Continue reading
“…when we were infinite.” – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
CBR11 BINGO: Banned Books This is a frequent flyer on the Office for Intellectual Freedom Top 10 Most Challenged Books list (2004, 2006-2009, 2013, 2014). The tragedy is that the books that often speak frankly and clearly about real issues … Continue reading
“…we would never outgrow the cautionary tales.” – Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
CBR11 BINGO: Reader’s Choice (Sub for Two Head are Better Than One Square) BINGO! (Remix Corner to Cannonballer Says Corner) I now have a Pavlovian response to any Reese Witherspoon book club pick. I immediately request it from the library. … Continue reading
“First they convinced them that the afterlife is even better than Disneyland.” – Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
CBR11 BINGO: Illustrated (BINGO! Reading the TBR corner to Cannonballer Says corner) First, I want to say that the un-athletic yet competitive side of me is totally appreciating this BINGO situation. I enjoyed it last year, but I was less … Continue reading
“It’s not the bad people who are brave I fear, it’s the good people who are afraid.” – American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes
CBR11BINGO: Not My Wheelhouse (BINGO! I Love This! corner to Award Winner corner) I read across a lot of genres, but I haven’t read poetry since I was in college a million years ago. Taking “Not My Wheelhouse” to mean … Continue reading
“We live over and over in the happening only to be left with what’s already done.” – Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
CBR11 BINGO: History Schmistory (BINGO! Reading the TBR corner to Summer Read corner) Set in the American south in the 1920’s, this novel fits nicely into the “History Schmistory” square. Just a generation into rebuilding after the civil war and … Continue reading
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“…every single beautiful lie he had been told during the course of his childhood…” – Werewolves in Their Youth by Michael Chabon
CBR11 BINGO: The Collection (BINGO! Remix corner to Summer Read corner) I don’t generally read very many short story collections. I like to dig into a story and often short fiction robs me of that a little bit. I’m invested … Continue reading
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