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Elder LOTR/Holmes fan girl/writer since forever.

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Hold Up – Is That the French National Anthem I Just Heard?

The Montmartre Investigation by Claude Izner

April 13, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Rum doings in fin de siècle Paris.  And these affairs must be investigated, certainmente, but there is always time for a dalliance or two. Victor Legris, bookseller and part-time detective, is pondering over a single red shoe that has been brought to his attention by a Parisian goatherd, who discovered it in the street.  (Paris was a little more rural back in the day.)  It is possibly connected with the young lady dressed in red who was brutally murdered and dumped in Killer’s Crossing, Boulevard […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: artists, Claude Izner, Dancers, Fin de siecle, Moulin Rouge, paris, Unexpected talents

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: artists, Claude Izner, Dancers, Fin de siecle, Moulin Rouge, paris, Unexpected talents ·
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So are people just getting you down? What if they just. . . weren’t there?

Dissipatio H.G. : The Vanishing by Guido Morselli

March 31, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

A very odd little book.  Written in 1997, the Italian author committed suicide not long after the book was published, in part because none of his books had sold very well.  Hmmmm. The unnamed protagonist had been contemplating suicide, and found himself in a cavern in, possibly, the Swiss Alps.  He was ready to fling himself into a bottomless lake, but, eventually, reconsidered.  However, as he left the cavern, he slowly realized that Everything. Had. Changed. Since he had been living pretty much as a […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Guido Morselli, Italian, Mentions of suicide, Philisophical, Short but dense

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Guido Morselli, Italian, Mentions of suicide, Philisophical, Short but dense ·
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Bad Moon Rising

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

March 17, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

The ultimate destination wedding.  The most gorgeous and trendy couple.  And, oh right, murder. The couple is Jules Keegen, sleek and gorgeous publisher of the online magazine, The Download, and Will Slater, star of the hit live-action show, Survive the Night.  On the bride’s side, there is her half-sister, Olivia, frail mentally and physically, and estranged from her sister.  On the groom’s side, there is a squad of his posh school classmates, rowdy and feral, very much a set of Lord of Flies chaps.  And […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: Agatha Christie vibes, boarding school hoodlums, Ireland, Lucy Foley

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: Agatha Christie vibes, boarding school hoodlums, Ireland, Lucy Foley ·
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Could have used Bogie and Claude but you can’t have everything

The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer

March 6, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

In the south of Vichy France, during the early years of WWII, Varian Fry has been tasked with coordinating the escape of prominent artists on behalf of the Emergency Rescue Committee.  (Some of these refugees are fictional, but others, such as Marc Chagall and Hannah Arendt, are historic.)  Documents are an issue, but his ad hoc relief organization have many who know someone who knows someone, and several escape routes that are occasionally available.  At least for a short period.  And these refugees are holed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Julie Orringer

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Julie Orringer ·
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The bow is the final straw.

Hello Kitty Must Die by Angela S Choi

February 18, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Extremely black and so relatable. Not to me personally.  I am the whitest person who could ever white.  But my husband is Chinese-American, and oh yeah.  My sisters-in-law would totally understand.  (Although their family was nowhere near this, thank God.  Because in that case, I probably would not be married.) Fiona Yu, young lawyer in possession of a Yale degree and an amazing wardrobe, has put her foot down.  Not gonna get married, no matter how many dates her parents set up.  And also. she […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Angela S Choi, Chinese American, feminist, serial killer

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Angela S Choi, Chinese American, feminist, serial killer ·
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