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Midsomer Murders She Wrote

Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

March 13, 2022 by dsbs42 Leave a Comment

I feel like I should get credit for reading two books here, as once again, one entire novel is sandwiched around another in Anthony Horowitz’s second Susan Ryeland/Atticus Pünd murder(s) mystery. And this time it’s murder squared. In Moonflower Murders, Susan Ryeland (our heroine from Magpie Murders, which I thoroughly enjoyed) is running a hotel on Crete with her boyfriend Andreas, but instead of enjoying paradise, she feels miserable. The hotel’s got money problems, she’s working 24/7, and her relationship with Andreas is souring. When […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz

dsbs42's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz ·
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‘What happened to the frogs? We don’t hear them calling anymore.’

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

March 6, 2022 by dsbs42 4 Comments

This book is equal parts heartbreaking, infuriating, fascinating, and beautiful. It hits my sweet spot exactly between natural history, science, environmentalism, and travel writing (freaking Kolbert got to go to, off the top of my head, Australia, Germany, France, Peru, Panama, Iceland, Scotland, and Italy for this book, and I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting some). This genre is my catnip, and if I could trade lives with any author on the planet, well, it would probably be Michael Palin, actually, but Elizabeth Kolbert and Mary […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Elizabeth Kolbert, natural history

dsbs42's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: History · Tags: Elizabeth Kolbert, natural history ·
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Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

February 12, 2022 by dsbs42 Leave a Comment

More Angie Thomas goodness. I loved The Hate You Give and On the Come Up, and was excited to read the prequel from the point of view of Starr Carter’s father, Maverick. This was a quick read, no less impactful for what we already know about will happen to Mav, his girlfriend Lisa, and his two new babies. Because a lot of the backstory was only briefly touched on in THUG, there’s plenty to flesh out here, and I don’t think it’s only because of the […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Angie Thomas

dsbs42's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Angie Thomas ·
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Riverdale meets Ferris Bueller’s Day Off meets Ted Lasso

You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus

January 17, 2022 by dsbs42 4 Comments

If you read my review of her last book, this one is going to be more of the same. (Once again – THREE CHARACTERS, KAREN. Why are you doing this to me?) Karen McManus is basically my YA Liane Moriarty, in that I will read whatever light mystery she writes and enjoy it no matter how slight, because she’s good at creating characters I like to spend time with. And also the first books of theirs I read were the best and it’s been somewhat […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: karen m mcmanus

dsbs42's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: karen m mcmanus ·
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To all the stable geniuses out there, this one’s for you

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

January 17, 2022 by dsbs42 4 Comments

I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds the reviews the hardest part of the Cannonball Reads. I read 44 books last year but only managed to review 17 of them. I’m aiming for the full 52 again this year, but this is, I think, the fifth time [ETA it is the sixth] I’ve tried and failed a full Cannonball? It’s harder to create than it is to consume. It’s also easier to tear down than it is to build. It’s easy to write […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ijeoma Oluo

dsbs42's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Ijeoma Oluo ·
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“F**k you this is hilarious.”

Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel M. Lavery

April 30, 2021 by dsbs42 9 Comments

That ^ is Roxane Gay’s entire review of the Texts from Jane Eyre on Goodreads and it cracked me right up. The book is currently rated an average of 3.61 stars out of 5, so I assume that’s what she’s referring to. Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters (and also their authors, just so’s you know), is based on the feature of the same name (the first part of the name) from The Toast. The feature askes: if literary […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction Tagged With: classics, Daniel M. Lavery, humour, texts, trans author

dsbs42's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction · Tags: classics, Daniel M. Lavery, humour, texts, trans author ·
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