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About Ellesfena

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CBR13 goal: to read and review at least one more book in each of the many series I’ve started and never finished.

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In which I begin to question my choices

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

January 23, 2021 by Ellesfena 9 Comments

Series: Outlander. I read book 1 in 2015. What I remember about this series prior to reading this book: Not much. A married nurse in Scotland accidentally goes back in time and falls in love with a big, hairy Scotsman from several centuries ago. There’s a lot of disturbing sexual violence and the first book was ridiculously long. Why I stopped reading the series: See above re: sexual violence and book length. The plot: Claire (the nurse from Book 1) is back in her own […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Diana Gabaldon, dragonfly in amber, Jacobites, Outlander, paris, scotland

Ellesfena's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Diana Gabaldon, dragonfly in amber, Jacobites, Outlander, paris, scotland ·
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Remind me that once I was free, once I was cool, once I was me

The Secret Place by Tana French

January 3, 2021 by Ellesfena 10 Comments

This year I decided to go back to some of the series I started but never finished and give them one more try. Series: Dublin Murder Squad. I last read this series in 2013. What I remember about the series prior to this book: I remember being disappointed that the protagonists of In the Woods and The Likeness were absent from the following books. I remember disliking the loose ends in In the Woods and thinking that the setup for The Likeness was beyond ludicrous. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: boarding school, dublin murder squad, murder mystery, Tana French

Ellesfena's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: boarding school, dublin murder squad, murder mystery, Tana French ·
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Thank you, Melina!

December 3, 2020 by Ellesfena 6 Comments

Thank you so much for my lovely new books! These are absolutely perfect distractions for 2020 and I’m so excited to read all three of them! Happy holidays!

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Book Exchange

Post by Ellesfena · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Book Exchange ·
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How I spent my Christmas vacation

Greenglass House by Kate Milford

October 31, 2020 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

CBR12 Bingo: Repeat (Green) This is the perfect book to read, snug under a blanket in front of the fireplace, while the snow piles up outside. Greenglass House is the story of Milo, the 12-year-old son of innkeepers, who is excited to have his busy parents to himself during his winter vacation, when their inn is usually empty. But on the first night of vacation, first one mysterious stranger, than another, shows up at their door until Greenglass House (the inn) is teeming with strange […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: adoption, cbr12bingo, Greenglass House, Kate Milford, mystery, smugglers inn

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: adoption, cbr12bingo, Greenglass House, Kate Milford, mystery, smugglers inn ·
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Luckily the puns stop at the title

Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen

October 11, 2020 by Ellesfena 2 Comments

CBR12 Bingo: Gateway I love cozy mysteries, but what I’ve been realizing is that I often love the idea a lot more than the execution. It seems like so many cozies are full of characters I don’t really like, or they’re kind of dull, or they’re just badly written. I’m so happy to have discovered the Her Royal Spyness series, where I love the characters, the plots are interesting, and they’re also funny and engaging. Naughty in Nice is actually the 5th book in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr12bingo, cozy mystery, her royal spyness, Rhys Bowen

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr12bingo, cozy mystery, her royal spyness, Rhys Bowen ·
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