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Lie down; try not to cry; cry a lot

Saga Vol #7, #8 by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist)

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Saga is always an emotional trip, where even the highs are touched by a rather unsettling nervous feeling. And really, only after reading the gut punch that was Volume 7, would anyone read #8 and think, “Oh, that one was actually pretty uplifting!” Volume 7 takes place on a comet that is caught in the middle of the war between Wreath and Landfall. Hazel’s collected family have settled there for some months, finding it to be a surprisingly hospitable place in the midst of the violence. They’ve comfortably befriended the locals (who are, in the classic tradition of Saga, adorable […]

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5/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:25 |

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The Time of Contempt (The Witcher #4) by Andrzej Sapkowski

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Right, so this series and I are definitely not getting along. I’m still going to finish it because everything I said in my review of the last book, and also a little adversity every now and then has got to be good for something, even if that something is an exercise in perseverance and willpower. The Time of Contempt is more of what I didn’t like about Blood of Elves: a bunch of talky-talky from set-dressing characters and, generally, an experience that rips off the superficial hallmarks of epic fantasy from superior series without inheriting any of their soul. These […]

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5/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:23 |

Unpretentious, brilliant, engaging sci-fi.

Young Miles (Vorkosigan Saga Omnibus #2) by Lois McMaster Bujold

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Two books into the Vorkosigan Saga, and I’m increasingly flabbergasted that it took me so long to read not only this series, but Bujold in general. These books are so competently written, and I want that understatement to be interpreted as laconic reverence, and not as an underhanded jab. The writing is uncomplicated and efficient, and is a real testament to the power of honestly good storytelling. A lot of sins can be forgiven by covering them in flowery, lyrical, and highly figurative prose. Bujold’s writing, on the other hand, offers itself bare; the characters speak plainly, the plot develops […]

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5/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:22 |

“The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you.”

The Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance) by Jeff VanderMeer

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I’m a sucker for a book that promises to be a mind-bender and has a bunch of people talking about how weird it is. Enter Annihilation, the first book of the Southern Reach trilogy. The series is about Area X, a strip of coastline that’s been reclaimed by nature and is being shielded from the general public as a military-protected “ecological disaster site.” In the decades since Area X was formed, various expedition teams have gone through the border with the mission of documenting just what the heck is going on in there, because the truth is so much weirder […]

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5/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

This review is completely fine

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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I really can’t review books like this very well and my failure to do so has resulted me being nearly two months behind in my reviews, so it’s past time to just bang something out and apologize to Gail Honeyman for not giving it my best efforts. Synopsis from Goodreads: “Eleanor Oliphant is a bit of an odd ball. She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, sometime wearer of an eczema glove), means that Eleanor has become a bit of a loner – or ‘self-contained […]

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4/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:18 |

Hoping for more out of this than I’m getting.

Blood of Elves (The Witcher #3) by Andrzej Sapkowski

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The Witcher series, I must say off the bat, isn’t really sticking with me. I’m enough of a completist that I’m going to finish it (and I received the last book in the series as a gift from someone who didn’t know it was the last book in a series) but it’s not quite coming together in a way that has me very excited about the world or the characters. The first two books in the series were actually collections of short stories that were from the point of view of Geralt of Rivia, a witcher known as the White […]

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3/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:17 |

Bigotry and fundamentalism make for a bad mix

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

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I’m on the books as being a fan of Jon Krakauer, so as someone who is not very familiar with Mormonism beyond that South Park Episode, I was beyond curious to read his take on the history of Mormonism and the ways that certain ingrained aspects of the faith can somewhat naturally progress into the type of extremism that causes two brothers to brutally murder their sister in-law and her child because they believed they were following God’s orders. In general, one of the ways that Krakauer excels as a nonfiction author is the way that he tweaks the linearity […]

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3/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:16 |

“You should have fallen in love with a happy man, if you wanted happiness. But no, you had to fall for the breathtaking beauty of pain.”

Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Saga Omnibus #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold

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The Vorkosigan Saga is one of those classic SF series that has been a little intimidating to me because there are so many books in the series, and the suggested reading order of the series is not the publication order, so it doesn’t naturally lend itself toward easily identifying the “next” book in the series. Cordelia’s Honor is actually an omnibus edition comprised of Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan #1) and Barrayar (Vorkosigan #7)(???) Here’s a short plot description from Goodreads for both of those: Shards of Honor – “When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade […]

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3/20/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:15 |


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