Monthly Archives: October 2022

“But if you find the strength in your friends, and you nurture it, then you will always be surrounded by giants.” – In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan

Posted on October 15, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Shadow Square (Had another book in mind for this square and then this called to me from the library’s new bookshelf. Shadow in the title. Shadowy figures. Shadow government. Lots of living in your own shadow or someone … Continue reading →

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“I worked my worry into baguette dough.” – The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

Posted on October 15, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Dough Square (BINGO! Series to Dough BINGO! Bodies to Elephant) (Lots of dough. Pie dough in particular.) I don’t think that I realized how much heavy stuff I had been reading as of late until I picked up … Continue reading →

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“There is nothing Shakespeare didn’t anticipate.” – Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

Posted on October 15, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Gaslight Square (BINGO! Bodies to Gaslight BINGO! Snake to Gaslight) (For the literal: Takes place in the mid-19th century when gaslight was used. Figuratively: everyone gaslights each other in this one. Full of manipulative spouses, parents, siblings, neighbors, … Continue reading →

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“They do not see it.” – Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Posted on October 15, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 Bingo: New square (BINGO! Minds to New) (New book: published 2022. New author: debut novel) When my son was young, we visited friends in Seattle and went to the aquarium when we were there. It was the first and … Continue reading →

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“…seeing the way fiction can bleed into the world and leave a mark on someone’s skin.” – Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Posted on October 15, 2022 by leedock

HALF CANNONBALL! CBR BINGO: Verse Square (BINGO! Rec’d to Time) (This book is part of the “Mandelverse” along with Station Eleven and Glass Hotel: pandemics, Shakespeare, violins, stories, airports, and heartbreaking connections between seemingly disparate characters.) I’m so late to … Continue reading →

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“…she now knew there was a darkness that succeeded her, which dismantled the pronoun without destroying its contents. She would end, but she would not be over.” – Garden of Earthly Bodies by Sally Oliver

Posted on October 6, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Bodies square (Obviously, the title. But also, this author has a very interesting way of writing about bodies, bodily functions, and the senses. I hesitate to call it sensual because it was more than that. Oliver has a … Continue reading →

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“Here, where the two worlds embraced, and magic rose to the Earth…” – A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Posted on October 6, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Snake Square (BINGO! Snake to Elephant) (Again, another literal one: Snake in the title. One of the main characters is a cottonmouth snake.) Aside from the joy it brings my non-athletic yet competitive spirit, I love CBR Bingo … Continue reading →

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“…a store that carries a wondrous assortment of little treasures all needed by someone but not quite desired enough to be sold anywhere else.” – Funky Dan and the Pixie Dream Girl by Courtney Lanning

Posted on October 6, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Funky square (Googled “funky” for kicks. Could not ignore this title. Could you? That title and cover are perfection. Felt like Cannonball Bingo kismet.) Okay. This book had all of the bones of an outrageous fantastical romp. Indebted … Continue reading →

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“But who ever really knows the experience of another?” – Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout

Posted on October 6, 2022 by leedock

CBR14: Scandal square (I may be overreaching because this book is not about a singular scandal but it’s full of scandalous behavior: spouse & child abandonment, serial infidelity, and Nazis. Many skeletons in fancy walk-in closets.) This book is Strout’s … Continue reading →

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