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“And it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, ‘Bitch, do something yourself instead of just sitting there getting angry. Do something.'”

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

November 27, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

What a fascinating life this woman led. I really feel like it would be pretty hard to come away from this book not liking Elizabeth Taylor as a human being. She loved fiercely, struggled publicly, and left a huge legacy that has helped millions of people, and continues to do so. I grew up in the 80s and 90s knowing who Elizabeth Taylor was, just like everyone else, because she was part of the zeitgeist, one of the most famous women ever to live. I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, AIDS activists, audiobooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood, Kate Andersen Brower, narfna, non fiction, Richard Burton, The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

narfna's CBR15 Review No:142 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, AIDS activists, audiobooks, Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood, Kate Andersen Brower, narfna, non fiction, Richard Burton, The Grit & Glamour of an Icon ·
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“Which is harder: devising an unsolvable problem, or solving that problem?”

The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) by Keigo Higashino

November 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I feel like this author and I are just jamming together on the same vibe. I’ve seen other people’s reviews and YouTube reactions/book club live shows and my reactions are so different to theirs. I really feel like I just fall into this author’s worlds and just let him shamelessly manipulate me exactly the way he wants and it’s hard for me to imagine not being enthralled by what’s happening. They’re all like ‘meh,’ and I’m like what are you talking about?!??? This particular tome […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Detective Galileo, Japanese literature, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, mystery, narfna, puzzle mystery, The Devotion of Suspect X

narfna's CBR15 Review No:141 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Detective Galileo, Japanese literature, japanese puzzle mystery, Keigo Higashino, mystery, narfna, puzzle mystery, The Devotion of Suspect X ·
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“Men who were delicious enough to make you lose your head should be imbibed sensibly.”

The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

November 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Not my fave of hers but still cute. Having a little trouble coming up with anything to say because this is so solidly in the ‘just fine’ category in my mind, which is unusual for a Talia Hibbert. Usually if nothing else, her narrative voice pulls me through and gives the book a boost. This book follows Cherry and Ruben. Cherry is working for a corporate academy school, and Ruben is a prince of a made up country I can’t remember the name of. He […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: bisexual hero, Contemporary Romance, fomance, LGBTQIA, m/f, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, Talia Hibbert, The Princess Trap

narfna's CBR15 Review No:140 · Genres: Romance · Tags: bisexual hero, Contemporary Romance, fomance, LGBTQIA, m/f, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, Talia Hibbert, The Princess Trap ·
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The Knights of the Round Table vs. Climate Change

Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee

November 24, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. The realm is in peril, and the knights of the round table have been called back to duty once again, waking up from under the earth to fight . . . climate change. Among other things. Here’s a little bit of the blurb: “An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet—saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself—in this slyly funny contemporary take […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, ARCs, audiobooks, climate fiction, king arthur, narfna, Perilous Times, reimaginings, Satire, Thomas D. Lee

narfna's CBR15 Review No:139 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, ARCs, audiobooks, climate fiction, king arthur, narfna, Perilous Times, reimaginings, Satire, Thomas D. Lee ·
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“It was just that whenever she had thought of seeing the world, she had never realized what it would be like to have the world see her back.”

The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry

November 24, 2023 by narfna 2 Comments

Just lovely from beginning to end. I really need more people to read this! It’s just such a nice little story. The main character is Biddy, a seventeen year old young woman who washed up on the shores of a magical island as a baby and was taken in by the magician, Rowan, and his rabbit familiar Hutchincroft. She can’t do magic herself, but she is raised to love it and want to protect it. And though she loves living on the magical island of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, h.g. parry, narfna, standalone fantasy, The Magician's Daughter

narfna's CBR15 Review No:138 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, h.g. parry, narfna, standalone fantasy, The Magician's Daughter ·
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“All the things that are wrong in the world seem conquered by a library’s simple unspoken promise: Here I am, please tell me your story; here is my story, please listen.”

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

November 24, 2023 by narfna 1 Comment

Look, I’m just gonna do the thing. Here is (part of) the blurb: On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, Books about books, libraries, narfna, non fiction, public libraries, Susan Orlean, the library book, true crime

Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, Books about books, libraries, narfna, non fiction, public libraries, Susan Orlean, the library book, true crime ·
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