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An extremely unexpected new favorite.

Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

February 2, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book spoke to me. Katrina Kim is the most lovable, vulnerable mess of a human. I would find it concerning how much I identified with her* if I wasn’t too busy enjoying every bonkers moment of this book. I was worried as I approached the end, given how I’d lost my mind over it so far, that the ending wouldn’t do Katrina justice, but I shouldn’t have been worried. I cried happy tears and felt much resolution. *I have OCD and she does too, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: AAPI, audiobooks, dark humor, Hannah Choi, Liar Dreamer Thief, lit-fic, literary mystery, Maria Dong, Mental Health, mystery, narfna, neurodivergent protagonist, OCD, thriller

narfna's CBR15 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: AAPI, audiobooks, dark humor, Hannah Choi, Liar Dreamer Thief, lit-fic, literary mystery, Maria Dong, Mental Health, mystery, narfna, neurodivergent protagonist, OCD, thriller ·
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We stan a vintage janky paperback in this house.

Special Deliverance by Clifford D. Simak

February 2, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This wasn’t nearly as good as Way Station, which I read back in 2020 and gave five stars, but I still had a good time with it and will continue my project of collecting all of Simak’s books in their vintage janky paperback editions. Special Deliverance was once of the last books Simak published before his death, and it does bear the hallmarks of a later work in his career, with a revisiting of themes, and a bit of tiredness in sections of the plot (something […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 1980s sci-fi, classic sf, Clifford D. Simak, half stars, narfna, sci-fi, Special Deliverance

narfna's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 1980s sci-fi, classic sf, Clifford D. Simak, half stars, narfna, sci-fi, Special Deliverance ·
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“We should appreciate the flower, regardless of its roots.”

Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #1) by Sue Lynn Tan

February 1, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I need to write this review now or I will never come back to it (see below). But I will keep it short! I liked this book a lot, but not as much as I wanted to. The story was great, the world was imaginative , and I liked the characters (though the way the worldbuilding was introduced could have been much clearer; I was well into the book before I felt like I understood where the characters were and what their world looked like). […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, chinese mythology, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan, The Celestial Kingdom Duology

narfna's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, chinese mythology, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan, The Celestial Kingdom Duology ·
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I do love the cover of this book, especially paired with the title. It makes me laugh.

The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver

February 1, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a cute story and well written, but I didn’t connect to it emotionally as much as I did with Deaver’s first book, I Wish You All the Best. Deaver still plays with themes of gender nonconformity and coming of age while queer and discovering your sexuality and gender identity, but their main character is a much more difficult and complicated person (read: kind of an asshole). This is also a romance, though as with their first book, the main character’s emotional growth is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: coming-of-age, LGBTQIA, mason deaver, narfna, queer, Romance, transgender characters, YA, ya contemporary, Young Adult

narfna's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: coming-of-age, LGBTQIA, mason deaver, narfna, queer, Romance, transgender characters, YA, ya contemporary, Young Adult ·
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“She checked underneath the sink but didn’t see anything that might destroy an evil puppet.”

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

January 31, 2023 by narfna 7 Comments

It’s been a couple of weeks now since I read this, and it’s only gotten better in my memory. I was originally hemming and hawing about whether or not my initial inclination to give this five stars was the right thing to do, but no, I was right. This book deserves five stars. I’ll get into specifics in the next paragraph, but for now if you want to go in cold on this one but still have an idea of what you’re in for, the […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: grady hendrix, horror, How to Sell a Haunted House, narfna

narfna's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Horror · Tags: grady hendrix, horror, How to Sell a Haunted House, narfna ·
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The women of The Odyssey, except eighteen years afterwards, as narrated by Hera.

Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1) by Claire North

January 31, 2023 by narfna 2 Comments

I really, really liked this! Claire North’s writing style translated extremely well to retelling Greek mythology. The undercurrent of female rage and sorrow was pleasing and upsetting at the same time. It’s also darkly funny. I almost feel like I want to re-read this before I write a review so I can get my thoughts more in order, but nobody has time for that. Or, maybe some people do, but I don’t know who they are. I just feel like it was so well done! […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Claire North, greek mythology, historical fiction, mythology, narfna, retellings, The Odyssey, The Songs of Penelope

narfna's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Claire North, greek mythology, historical fiction, mythology, narfna, retellings, The Odyssey, The Songs of Penelope ·
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