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Another quest for our favorite middle-aged lady pirate

The Tapestry of Fate: Amina al-Sirafi #2 by Shannon Chakraborty

August 18, 2026 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I seem to be drawn this year to adventures on the high seas: lady pirates, survivors of shipwrecks, badass dude divers, and even more badass lady divers. So it’s only fitting that I continue with Shannon Chakraborty’s second Amina al-Sirafi novel, The Tapestry of Fate because Amina al-Sirafi is, of course, a badass lady pirate. If there’s one trope I cannot resist, it’s the retiree with a very specific skill set called out for one last job. If you read the first Amina book, you’ll […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Shannon Chakraborty, The tapestry of fate

Fiat.Luxury's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Shannon Chakraborty, The tapestry of fate ·
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Wuthering Heights: I Read It.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

August 17, 2026 by Fiat.Luxury 2 Comments

I’m trying to fill in the gaps of Classics I Never Read, and I had never read any of the Brontës. What better place to start than Wuthering Heights? If nothing else, it would give me an opportunity to care a little more about the new movie, which looks very pretty. But reader: I hated it. I’m glad I read it, and I love that I have an opinion now, and I get that this is about toxicity and bad choices and enabling and finding […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: catherine, emily bronte, Heathcliff, toxic relationships, wuthering heights

Fiat.Luxury's CBR18 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: catherine, emily bronte, Heathcliff, toxic relationships, wuthering heights ·
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The Secret Garden: Classic for a Reason

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

August 17, 2026 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I continue my read-aloud campaign with The Secret Garden; in fact, we read the exact same copy that I read as a child. Charming! I’m sure you are familiar with the story: in 1900 or so, Mary Lennox is a sickly, neglected, self-centered, unpleasant 10-year-old in India; her British parents die of cholera. Not great! She is sent to her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire Moors, where she continues to be unpleasant and selfish until forced to GO OUTSIDE. This is, I am […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: children's classics, frances hodgson burnett, read aloud, the secret garden

Fiat.Luxury's CBR18 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: children's classics, frances hodgson burnett, read aloud, the secret garden ·
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Bangkok Wakes to Rain

Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

August 13, 2026 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I had this one on my to-read for SO long, and I have mixed feelings about the reading experience! At first I enjoyed it, and then it got a bit murky and bogged down for me – as books often do when there are multiple points of view, I just have such a hard time adjusting. But it stuck the ending and upon reflection (I read this about 8 months ago!) this is a book with staying power. I might have given it 3 stars […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bangkok, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, Pitchaya Sudbanthad

Fiat.Luxury's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bangkok, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, Pitchaya Sudbanthad ·
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The Gods of Tango

The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis

August 13, 2026 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

This book took me by surprise! I am not sure what I was expecting, but this was MORE.  Leda is 17 years old. She is from a tightly monitored family in Italy who experiences a tragedy that is only obliquely referenced at first. She and her betrothed, Dante, decide to emigrate to Argentina, but when she arrives in Buenos Aires in 1913, she is shocked to find that Dante has died, leaving her a widow before she’s ever really had a husband. She tries to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Argentina, Carolina de Robertis, gods of the tango, LGBQT+, music

Fiat.Luxury's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Argentina, Carolina de Robertis, gods of the tango, LGBQT+, music ·
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Red Bones

Red Bones by Ann Cleeves

August 13, 2026 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I inherited this one from a book club friend and read it on a little weekend beach outing. I don’t usually seek out thrillers/mysteries – I find that their quality/pacing/gore levels/etc. vary so wildly that I have a hard time finding one that sticks. In other words: I’ve given up on a lot of thrillers, but I finished this one! It’s apparently #3 in Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series, and apparently also has been made into a BBC show. The more you know! Anyway, here’s the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Ann Cleeves, mystery, Red Bones, Shetland, thriller

Fiat.Luxury's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Ann Cleeves, mystery, Red Bones, Shetland, thriller ·
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