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Many moons ago I took part in Cannonball Read II, under the name Teabelly. A lot has changed since then, and I now have five year old twin girls. I'm not getting as much reading done, but I'm hoping to make a half Cannonball at least.

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“She might be less than what she had once been, but she was still worth a hell of a lot.”

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

March 24, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Billie and her three colleagues – Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie – are gearing up for retirement. After forty years of being international assassins, it’s time to hang up their weapons. Their organisation, The Museum, sends them on a fabulous cruise as part of the send off, but in the midst of the festivities they discover they’re being targeted by one of their own. Only the top level of the Museum can order a hit, and once they get our of their sticky situation, they’re […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Deanna Raybourn, Women's History Month

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Deanna Raybourn, Women's History Month ·
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Butterflies with a side of murder

A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

March 16, 2023 by Carriejay 2 Comments

Lured to an island by the promise of rare butterflies, lepidopterist Veronica Speedwell finds herself delving into another mystery. The charismatic Lord Templeton-Vane is a friend of Malcolm Romilly, whose wife disappeared shortly after they said their wedding vows. After his loss, and the subsequent gossip, he retreated into his secluded world, which includes a castle with lots of delightful hiding places. As part of the invite, Lord Templeton-Vane (Tiberius) asks Veronica to pretend to be his fiancee, for propriety’s sake. Nothing to do with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Deanna Raybourn, Women's History Month

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Deanna Raybourn, Women's History Month ·
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“I never wanted to be a hero, but that doesn’t mean I’ll let you turn me into a villain”

Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

March 16, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Cora has returned from the Moors but feels the Drowned Gods whispering to her. They want her back. Feeling too close to open doors at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, she asks to be transferred to its sister school. There, students are not searching for their doors or a return to other worlds. They are being taught to fit into this one, to leave all that behind. Seeing how determined Cora is, Eleanor reluctantly lets her go. But Eleanor knows how awful the Whitethorn […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Seanan McGuire

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Seanan McGuire ·
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A cute but maybe unnecessary standalone

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire

March 9, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Regan is having a hard time with her friend group. After one of her friends inadvertently makes ‘queen bee’ Laurel mad, Regan chooses the security being close to said popular girl brings, and the other girl is shunned. But when Regan learns something upsetting and confusing about herself, she makes the mistake of confiding in Laurel, who takes it badly and mocks her. Regan runs away from school, but while heading home, she stumbles upon a doorway in the trees that says ‘be sure’. She […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Seanan McGuire

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Seanan McGuire ·
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You Can’t Go Back

Matilda by Roald Dahl

February 19, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Matilda Wormwood is a precocious five year old, a word wonder who is reading everything she can get her hands on at an early age. Her parents don’t appreciate any of this and see her as an annoyance. During her first days of school she is introduced to Miss Trunchbull, the awful headmistress at Crunchem Hall. Miss Trunchbull was a hammer thrower in her younger years and a terrifying figure to all the kids at school. She despises children and thinks nothing of launching them […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Roald Dahl

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Roald Dahl ·
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Stories Matter

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

February 7, 2023 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

12 year old Petra Pena wants to be a storyteller like her grandmother, but her scientist parents are pushing her in their direction instead. When Halley’s Comet is knocked into a collision course with Earth, humanity doesn’t have long to scramble and get as many people off the planet as they can. Petra and her family are among those chosen to leave on three ships, heading for an inhabitable planet named Sagan. But she has to leave her beloved grandmother behind. Once on the ship, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Donna Barba Higuera

Carriejay's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Donna Barba Higuera ·
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