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Can I skip from book 1 to book 4 and just see how it ends?

A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham

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This book is written by half of the author team that Voltrons into James S.A. Corey. Unfortunately, that means my expectations going into it were VERY high. It was an absolutely fine book, but A of all, it was fantasy, not sci-fi as the recommender claimed; and second of B, it was pretty standard fare for fantasy. In this fantasy land, poets hold the highest honor in the land, because they can capture concepts and give them form and volition. Once captured, though, the anthropomorphized concepts (called andats) seem to be cranky and eager to escape. Maati is an apprentice […]

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4/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:9 |

Maybe one of us should retire from these books, Mr. Demarkian

The Headmaster's Wife by Jane Haddam

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According to Goodreads, there are 29 Gregor Demarkian novels. I’ve read at least 26. I know some Cannonballers have become slightly disillusioned with the Stephanie Plum series, and narfna posted recently about not loving the latest Flavia de Luce as much. I have a similar feeling of Demarkian fatigue. The mystery in this one was interesting, but I think I’m a little tired of Haddam’s writing style. Mark DeAvecca is a student at a posh, hipster high school for rich kids. Before transfering to Windsor Academy, he was a bright, accomplished, A+ student. Since Christmas break, however, he’s been forgetful […]

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3/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:8 |

Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey

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You guuuuuuuuys. This one was so good. I think they’re ALL good, but I know some people struggled more with book four. I hope nobody struggled with this one, because it got deeper into these characters that we already know and love, and I was legit worried about the heightened levels of peril. Which seems surprising, given how often the crew of the Rocinante finds themselves in the midst of universe-spanning drama. In book five of the Expanse series, our intrepid crew finds themselves separated. During some forced downtime while their ship is repaired after the adventures of book four, […]

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3/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:7 |

A new A plot, and some big progress in the B plot

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

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This is book three in the Inspector Gamache series, and I am pleasantly surprised and intrigued. I was worried that this would be yet another mystery series that follows checklists every book, like how Eve Dallas always has a consult with Dr. Mira and doesn’t like tea, and Stephanie Plum whines about borrowing Uncle Sandor’s Buick, blah blah blah. We get it, you’ve done that every book for 287 books. While there have been some repeats in the quaint, seemingly-frozen, deadly village of Three Pines (Gabri and his croissants, Myrna and her flower arrangements), this book changed the game in […]

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2/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:6 |

When does this get un-sad?

A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

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I miss the days when a Pratchett book was just a Pratchett book – brilliant and wonderful and funny and sharp and thought-provoking. Now, rereading A Hat Full of Sky, it’s all those things, but now there’s this overlay of SAD. Sad that we don’t get to see Tiffany Aching grow up. Sad about what happens to Granny Weatherwax. Heartbroken and furious at the universe for what happened to Sir Terry. SIGH. But if you let the Nac Mac Feegle chase away the sad for a while, it’s still a great book. Tiffany Aching is 11, a witch of the […]

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2/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:5 |

Wicked nuns and maybe-murders in a scenic setting

Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart

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Picture this: you get a letter from your cousin, who has run off to possibly join a convent in France. She asks you to visit her at the convent, and you have a slight hope that you can talk her out of it, so you hop on a train and dash off to France, running into your former crush on the way. You get to the (gorgeous, isolated, creepy) convent and a mean, aristocratic nun tells you your cousin died last week and is buried in the garden. Dun dun DUUUUUUN! Of course, if cousin Gillian was really dead, there’d […]

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2/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

473 pages = overly wordy review

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

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I have found some fun stuff while being a volunteer shelver at my library. The Moonstone was on the cart to put back, but after reading the blurb that said it was one of the first mysteries (written in 1868), I had to check it out myself. The first hurdle is the entire setup of the story. We’re supposed to root for the protagonists simply because they’re the protagonists, but if it weren’t for a heaping helping of racism, none of it would have happened. A giant diamond, part of a shrine in India and sacred to the “Hindoo” people, […]

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2/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

Is it better to start a mystery with a character or a corpse?

Still Life, A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

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My mom got me the first two Inspector Gamache books for Christmas, and they are delightful! I saw that book seven showed up on a Cannonballer’s Best Of list for CBR9, so I’m looking forward to the rest of the series. Inspector Gamache solves crimes in Quebec, and these books are COLD. Both books take place in a tiny village called Three Pines, in the dead of winter, and Penny does an excellent job of building the atmosphere and setting. I wanted a croissant and a cup of tea every time Gamache had one. The supporting characters are all interesting […]

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1/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:2 |


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