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Damn! All the Answers I Wanted, and an Ending That Fits Perfectly with the Tone of the Series

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

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Bingo Square (Round 2): This is the End In this final Hugo Award winning novel of The Broken Earth trilogy, Jemisin finally takes us back to the Shattering, the beginning of the Seasons and explains exactly how the world as Essun and Nassun know it came into being. There have already been many reviews singing the praises of this trilogy so I am going to keep it short and basic. Hoa has been the narrator throughout the trilogy but in this one, he finally narrates his own origin story while also telling the story of how Essun and Nassun reach the final […]

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10/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:178 |

Be a Jukebox Hero, Got Stars in His Eyes

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

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Bingo Square (Round 2): Center/Free Space I was originally going to use this as my brain candy spot, but it didn’t quite fit that category for me.  There was just a bit too much going on in the first few chapters for it to be pure fluff, and required more attention than my tired brain was expecting.  There are absolutely absurd and hilarious moments, but with all the details of the all different parts of the galaxies, it also demands slightly more reader attention than your average brain candy. Over a hundred years ago, galactic powers had a huge, destructive […]

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10/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:177 |

Come for the Magic, Stay for the Dragon and Bog Monster

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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Bingo Square (Round 2): Award Winner (Newbery Medal) While I picked this novel up because of bothari43’s review (and cat picture), I’m using it for the Award Winner category. Overall, the tone reminded me quite a bit of Terry Pratchett aimed at a younger audience. I’ve only read two Pratchett novels so others more familiar with his work may not agree with that assessment but it certainly felt like that to me. I just felt like Xan, Glerk, Fyrian, Antain (and his uncle), and Luna would have fit right in with the characters in Discworld, and while the Elders are […]

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10/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:176 |

Taking a “Dark Take” on a Children’s Classic to the Extreme

Alice by Christina Henry

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Bingo Square (Round 2): And So It Begins I am not sure why I keep trying adaptations of Alice in Wonderland.  I didn’t have enough of a connection to the original story or movie as a child to get all the references.  It was the one Disney movie that scared the hell out of me as a child, and which I refused to re-watch (or my parents never showed again, not wanting to deal with the aftermath).  I was less than enthralled with Splintered (though I still blame that on how boring and useless the Alice or Alyssa character was – the […]

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10/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:175 |

Faeries and Courts and Sirens – A Familiar Story Competently Written

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

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Bingo Square (Round 2): Brain Candy After reading Pestilence, I was curious about what else the author had written, and stumbled upon this first novel in a series on Kindle Unlimited.  It’s both interesting and slightly more generic – what is it with faeries and wings as erogenous zones? It seems like every time a novel has a bad boy fae ruler with wings, the wings are described as sensitive in a sexual manner.  I didn’t realize this many women had a wing fetish.  Since I love the Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, I was very much up for another […]

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10/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:174 |

Which of Your Lost Items Still Cause a Tinge of Regret?

The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

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Bingo Square (Round 2): Cannonballer Says! I thought Caitlin_D’s review was intriguing, and as much as I love fantasy, it’s been nice to incorporate some contemporary fiction back into my reading.  Oddly enough, this is the second novel I’ve read this year with short stories interlaced into the narrative, the other being Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows. Over forty years ago, Anthony’s fiancé died unexpectedly, and on the same day that Anthony lost Therese, he lost a final gift and keepsake she had given him only that morning.  As a result, he has started collecting lost items as he finds […]

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10/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:173 |

Blackout! One case where I prefer the literary criticism to the actual novel

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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Bingo Square: This Old Thing I read Jane Eyre in high school for fun when I was trying to read classics because I thought I needed to better myself.  I can’t say that was a very successful venture, since I didn’t end up liking that many of them without a teacher’s guidance to point out some of the deeper meaning (although I loved East of Eden and Anna Karenina).  Jane Eyre was definitely one I didn’t enjoy that much because it was long and boring. And yet, some of the best literary criticism I have read is about Jane Eyre, […]

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10/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:172 |

Not What I Was Expecting – Hollywood, Paris, the American South, and Two Scotsmen

Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson

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Bingo Square: #Cannonbookclub I expect there will be quite a lot of discussion for this novel on book club day considering the varied reactions it has been getting.  Surprisingly, I fall on the like side for this one. I mean, I doubt I would recommend it to anyone, but I would dissuade anyone from reading it, either. It’s absolutely a flawed novel, and I can understand the complaints people have. Certainly, it is not at all what I would have expected from the Craig Ferguson everyone has come to know and enjoy from his talk show stint – and it […]

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10/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:171 |


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