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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Classic's Quick Questions interview.)

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Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

April 2, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

  I really loved Model Home. I think haunted house horror/mystery novels are my favorite thing out there. That’s because you are supposed to be safe with your family, Model Home shows that sometimes it’s your family and neighborhood you should fear. “Model Home” follows Ezri (they/them) and their daughter, Elijah, who are living in London. We find out quite quickly that Ezri has moments when they are not in themselves, that they are far away. Ezri longs for and loathes their mother and the […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Model Home, Rivers Solomon

Classic's CBR17 Review No:41 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Model Home, Rivers Solomon ·
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Woodworking by Emily St. James

Woodworking by Emily St. James

April 2, 2025 by Classic 2 Comments

Wow what a great book. I loved it from the beginning to the end. No notes. “Woodworking” follows Abigail, a 17 year old teen trans girl living in Mitchell, South Dakota. She keeps focusing on when she becomes 18 she can get away from her family and do what she considers “woodworking” meaning she will be able to do what she needs to for her to be fully Abigail and be like every other girl out there. Her plans are thrown into the trash though […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Emily St. James, woodworking

Classic's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Emily St. James, woodworking ·
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A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler

A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler

March 28, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. This was so well done. I loved the text and the illustrations. Butler talks about how easy it is to predict what is going to come based on the past and how she used that to inspire her writing. This is organized around full main rules that I loved: 1. Learn from the Past 2. Respect the Laws of Consequence 3. Be Aware of Your Perspective 4. Count on the Surprises And I loved how it ended: So why try to predict the future […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay, octavia e. butler

Classic's CBR17 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay, octavia e. butler ·
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Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed

Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed

March 18, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Did Not Finish 40 percent Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I tried. But with the world and my current job the way it is. I am not doing one blessed thing this year that is not bringing me joy. Heck, sometimes I can read a book that I am not exactly hate reading, but I go into a “I am finishing this because what in the world is happening here and where is […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Joe Mungo Reed, Terrestrial History

Classic's CBR17 Review No:38 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Joe Mungo Reed, Terrestrial History ·
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Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox

Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox

March 17, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Not too much to say about this one, it’s honestly a 3.5 star read, but I don’t round up on my reviews anymore and just let you all know, this is not a 4 star read, but definitely not a 3 star read. I think parts of this worked really well, and others not so much. For me, I think it would have worked better if you had […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Kelsey Cox, Party of Liars

Classic's CBR17 Review No:37 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Kelsey Cox, Party of Liars ·
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Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

March 10, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

This one took a while to get going. I took my time on this one on purpose since I wanted a T. Kingfisher to savor that I knew would make me laugh a lot. This book really doesn’t get going until the goblins and the elf healer (yeah there’s a lot happening in this book) meet up and investigate a mysterious noise. Once that happened the book picked up in terms of plot and flow and I enjoyed it a lot. But due to the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Nine Goblins, t kingfisher

Classic's CBR17 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Nine Goblins, t kingfisher ·
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