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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I live with 3 cats, Dany, Jace and Jorah. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance tend to be my go to genres now a days. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jen K's Quick Questions interview.)

Jen K's Reviews:

Exploring a Family Tragedy and How Things Left Unsaid Fester

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

September 7, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I’d meant to read this for a while, but somehow ended up reading Ng’s second novel, Little Fires Everywhere, first.  While this one didn’t have quite the same impact as her follow up, it was still a very good novel, and I really enjoyed the complexity she brought to all the characters, their motivations, and how she portrayed how even well meaning actions could have negative and long lasting impacts. As the novel begins, the Lee family is going through their normal morning routine in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Celeste Ng, Chinese American, Everything I Never Told You, family drama, interracial relationship

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:71 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Celeste Ng, Chinese American, Everything I Never Told You, family drama, interracial relationship ·
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Two Folk of the Air Stories

The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Lost Sisters by Holly Black

September 7, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

My first introduction to Holly Black was The Coldest Girl in Cold Town, and I have definitely enjoyed all her novels I’ve read since then.  Considering how amazing her vampire novel was, I’m surprised she has stuck with faerie novels since then but they, too, are amazing. I loved the first novel in this trilogy, The Cruel Prince, and I can’t wait for November when the final novel comes out. About five months after placing Cardan on the throne, Jude is burning the candle at […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Faerie, folk of the air, Holly Black, the lost sisters, The Wicked King

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:70 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Faerie, folk of the air, Holly Black, the lost sisters, The Wicked King ·
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Once Upon a Time, a Girl Lost Herself

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

September 7, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I picked this up due to crystalclear’s review, and since I have a weakness for fairy tale retellings.  Stepsister takes place after the prince has chosen Ella, and taken her away from home to marry her.  Her stepmother and stepsisters are left behind in a village where they are now hated for their abuse of the country’s future queen. Donnelly decided to use the Grimm’s version of the fairy tale as her starting base so Tavi (Octavia), the older sister, and Izzy (Isabelle), the main […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: fairy tale retelling, Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:68 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: fairy tale retelling, Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister ·
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Can You Follow Your Dreams Without Selling Out?

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

September 7, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I tend to stick to fantasy when it comes to YA, so I wasn’t even aware of The Hate U Give until the controversy two years back involving Handbook for Mortals and its faked sales numbers.  I read and loved The Hate U Give for CBR 10, and as a result, read On the Come Up within weeks of its release. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to follow up a novel like The Hate U Give, and I know a lot of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:67 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Angie Thomas, On the Come Up ·
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A Lot of Story Packed into a Novella

Jy Yang by The Black Tides of Heaven

September 7, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I remember seeing quite a few positive reviews of the Tensorate Series on CBR so I jumped at the chance to download it when the first novella was the free book available from Tor’s monthly book club earlier this year. It wasn’t quite what I expected – the world building itself was fascinating, but I was surprised by the wide range of time this novella covered.  Since I knew it was a series, I think I expected this one to cover the twins growing up […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Jy Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven, The Tensorate series

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:66 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Jy Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven, The Tensorate series ·
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Great Title for an Average Feminist Essay Collection

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

September 7, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I downloaded this essay collection a year ago when I attended a work training, and felt like I was being over-explained to by the men presenting a class (I asked a few questions, so it might have also simply been that I was one of the only ones that seemed engage enough to pay attention and hence they directed everything directly to me).  I finally ended up reading it in February/March time frame because I was feeling slightly ignored by a different set of men […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: essay collection, feminism, Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:65 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: essay collection, feminism, Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit ·
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