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“This other bacteria, permitted to age, does not kill a man but leaves in its wake the hulk of a creature torn and twisted.” – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Posted on October 24, 2019 by leedock

CBR11 BINGO: Back to School Square BINGO BLACKOUT!!! I don’t often re-read. I like to live in the world of a book for a bit and then move on. While there is currently a metric crap ton of books from … Continue reading →

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“She’s different. She’s the great exception.” – Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

Posted on October 21, 2019 by leedock

CBR11 Bingo: Birthday! (P.L. Travers born August 9th, 1899) (BINGO! Cannonballer Says square to Summer Read square/Far and Away square to Birthday square) The film version of Mary Poppins has been a favorite of mine since childhood. Even though I … Continue reading →

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“…in which love and Mormonism bore a part.” – A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Posted on October 7, 2019 by leedock

CBR11 BINGO: Classics (BINGO! Youth square to Banned square) FINALLY! I know that I am so amazingly late to this party, but here I am. I missed the CBR Book Club reading of this. I have read the Lady Sherlock … Continue reading →

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“…using our legs to proceed across the landscape.” – A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson

Posted on October 4, 2019 by leedock

CBR11 BINGO: Travel (BINGO! Pajiba square to Science square) This is one of those books that I heard about forever ago and passed by constantly on bookshelves. Novels with nature as a character are kind of my thing but non-fiction … Continue reading →

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“Who doesn’t want an exploding wicker chicken?” – Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

Posted on October 1, 2019 by leedock

CBR11 BINGO: So It Begins This novel is a re-read for me. I am a huge fan of Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate and Custard Protocol series. However, her shift to YA in the Finishing School series set prior to the shenanigans … Continue reading →

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“This state, this place, is like no other.” – The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Posted on September 27, 2019 by leedock

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 →

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“It’s about being the flipper, not the pinball.” – Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Posted on September 23, 2019 by leedock

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 →

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“I am named after my mother’s unhappiness.” – Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Posted on September 23, 2019 by leedock

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 →

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“We will do what others expect of us.” – The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates by Wes Moore

Posted on September 23, 2019 by leedock

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 →

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“…when we were infinite.” – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Posted on September 22, 2019 by leedock

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 →

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