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The Dullness of Medieval De’Ath

The Heretics of De'Ath by Howard of Warwick

July 13, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 3 Comments

Bingo Review 3 (Summer Read): The premise of the Heretics of De’Ath is promising: very medieval medieval monk is accused of murder during an important debate (a Conclave) concerning whether or not Christ got sand in his sandals (Hermitage swears he didn’t do it- the murder that is), a weaver of adult tapestries gets involved, an ambitious younger son of an Earl shows up at the monastery, Church officials are corrupt, the abbot might be crazy, agents of the Vatican are afoot, and the King wants things straightened out as soon as he gets back from beating up those Normans […]

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7/13/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:52 |

Love and Politics Can Mix

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

July 13, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo Review 2 (Rainbow Flag): On the one hand, Red, White & Royal Blue is a cute, light romantic story about how the First Son of the USA and a Prince of England start out as nemeses, are forced by political circumstances to fake friendship, become friends for real, fall in love, get outed as a couple, and the face their new reality together. I don’t view this as spoilers since this is the kind of mostly feel good light read that you know will have a generally happy ending. After all, the main couple always ends up together after […]

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7/13/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:51 |

Tales of a Queer Cross Country Road Trip

Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

July 13, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Review 1 for Bingo (Own Voices): Here’s the scenario for Real Queer America: A transgender reporter and a friend/scribe take a trip across the American Southwest, South, and the Midwest to document LGBTQ lives and history. Along the way, old friends are visited, new ones made, memories evaluated, and research is done. Two things surprised me about this book: first, how deeply researched it is (I will be looking up some of the historical and theoretical references cited), and second, how hopeful it is about the future. Samantha Allen decides to confront her past and present as a transgender woman […]

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7/13/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:50 |

How to probably not run the English Department at Payne U

The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher

July 7, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Shakespeare Requirement is part sequel, part novel, and part satire of the modern university system as seen from the mostly inside. This is one of those books that’s supposed to be fiction, but a lot of it realistic to the point of being a little scary. If you haven’t read the first novel featuring Jason Fitger (Dear Committee Members), you really should as it’s funny (especially if you have ever been to college or work at one) and it introduces his character. The Shakespeare Requirement is told in a more straightforward narration in that it’s not epistolary like its […]

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7/7/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:49 |

Beware the UPS Guys

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

July 7, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’m not much of a listener of metal genres, but We Sold Our Souls seems almost like a novelization of a heavy metal song, one of the ones with a Satanic tinge. Basically, Kris is a middle aged wash-out who in the past had been the lead guitarist of a metal band on the cusp of fame, only to be thwarted by the ambitions of her bandmate Terrence. Years after a disastrous night during which the band breaks up, the details of which are fuzzy, Kris is compelled to seek out her former band-mates to figure out what happened that […]

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7/7/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:48 |

Read this, it’s Important

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

June 22, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

I have to admit I was a little surprised to see a Pride display at the local Barnes and Noble that still had a copy of I Wish You All The Best. Also for the record, I really dislike the use of the word “important” to designate something genuinely meaningful that everyone should seek out, but this might be one of those titles which actually deserves that term in that sense. If you can’t imagine the struggle of someone who wants to come out but worries about how it might be taken by those around them, you need to read […]

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6/22/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:47 |

Dreadful in name only

Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw

June 22, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Yay for new kinda favorite series! The thing for me that distinguishes a favorite from something enjoyable is how re-readable a book is. While I was waiting for the second book to get to my mailbox, I reread the first, and it was as much fun as the first time. After reading Dreadful Company (book 2), I started rereading it about a week later. Still fun. Dreadful Company features many of the same characters from the first novel including Dr. Greta Helsing, physician to things that go bump in the night, Ruthven the vampire, Varney the vampyre (there’s a technical […]

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6/22/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:46 |

If you’ve read one foodie mystery you’ve almost read this

Cookin' The Books by Amy Patricia Meade

June 21, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

If you’ve read one culinary-themed mystery, you’ve probably read something very much like Cookin’ The Books. Tish Tarragon has left her bank job, city life, and former husband behind, and moved to small town to open a café and catering business that is literary themed (there are many puns involved in the naming of her offerings; prepare yourself to wince). She has two friends from college who are equally stereotypical, Mary Jo, the slightly harassed mother who lives in the next town over, and Jules, the standard gay best friend who is high energy and excitable, and who says things […]

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6/21/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:45 |

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