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“I didn’t smuggle the dog into the country; I merely caused him to be smuggled out of Baluchistan.”

Frederica by Georgette Heyer

January 17, 2023 by Pooja 4 Comments

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Different (sub)genres #2 The Marquis of Alverstoke, wealthy, vain, and immensely bored, sees no reason why he must put himself to any trouble for anyone at all. But when he agrees to sponsor a beautiful young woman’s debut in society, he can’t help but become tangled up with her managing older sister. I read Georgette Heyer’s romances sparingly. Not because I dislike them, but indeed the opposite – I adore their sharp humor, hijinks, and immersive historical setting – and I don’t […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: ARC, CBR15Passport, comedy, family, georgette heyer, historical, NetGalley, Regency, Romance

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: ARC, CBR15Passport, comedy, family, georgette heyer, historical, NetGalley, Regency, Romance ·
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“You want to know if they’re the mittens I wore to Biden’s inauguration. That’s all anyone wants to talk about these days: mittens, mittens, mittens.”

Feel the Bern by Andrew Shaffer

January 16, 2023 by Pooja 5 Comments

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books from different countries #1 When Crash, a new intern working for Bernie Sanders, accompanies her boss up to a small-town festival in Vermont, the last thing she expects is to discover a dead body – or that Bernie will insist on trying to solve the mystery. A few years ago I read Hope Never Dies, a comic mystery where Obama and Biden team up in the post-2016 election season to uncover the truth behind an Amtrak conductor’s death. Now Shaffer has […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Andrew Shaffer, ARC, CBR15Passport, cozy mystery, humor, NetGalley, parody, politics

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Andrew Shaffer, ARC, CBR15Passport, cozy mystery, humor, NetGalley, parody, politics ·
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“You could have kissed me or slit my throat and either would have made as much sense.”

A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson

January 13, 2023 by Pooja 2 Comments

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books you already own #1 In a lyrical letter to the lover she killed, Constanta recounts their history together, as well as that of his other ‘brides,’ and what drove them to do as they did. I had high hopes for this book. I don’t usually love vampire romances, because I feel like they often underplay the dark and twisted nature of the vampires of myth – so the fact that this book promised to go back to those terrifying roots drew […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, abuse, CBR15Passport, historical, horror, Polyamory, Romance, ST Gibson, vampire

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, abuse, CBR15Passport, historical, horror, Polyamory, Romance, ST Gibson, vampire ·
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A Few Squirts of a Turkey Baster

Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton

January 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR15 Passport Challenge: New to you authors #1 Chrysta and her sister are the daughters of a dynamic and damaged woman, a single lesbian who yearned for a child in the rather unaccepting 1980s – and found her ideal sperm donor in a hair salon. But both Debra and Jeffrey hid many secrets from their children. There’s that oft-quoted opening sentence of Anna Karenina – “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I thought of that quote, and how […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, ARC, CBR15Passport, Chrysta Bilton, coming-of-age, family, lgbt, NetGalley, non fiction

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, ARC, CBR15Passport, Chrysta Bilton, coming-of-age, family, lgbt, NetGalley, non fiction ·
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Is the Past Written in Sand or Stone?

Saving Her Highland Traitor by Maeve Greyson

January 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Different (sub)genres #1 After Mira and her godson Robbie travel back in time to 18th century Scotland, they settle into a content life with Clan MacDonald. But when Mira realizes that the chief, Teague, is destined to be executed before the end of the year, she becomes determined to avert his fate. Time travel historical romance is a niche genre that I’ve had very little exposure to. I enjoy straightforward historical romance, but the fish-out-of-water aspect of it, as well as the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: ARC, CBR15Passport, historical, Maeve Greyson, NetGalley, Romance, scotland, time travel

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: ARC, CBR15Passport, historical, Maeve Greyson, NetGalley, Romance, scotland, time travel ·
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“I’m not holding you against your will; I’m holding you against your car.”

Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard

January 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books recommended by friends #1 When a list of attributes that “Mr. Perfect” must have goes viral, the worst that the four authors think will happen is some unwanted publicity – but they realize that things can get much worse as someone begins picking them off one by one. I picked this book up on a whim – I’d never read this book before, but one of my Goodreads friends reviewed and it seemed like a fun read. Most of the romantic […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Fiction, Linda Howard, murder, mystery, Romance, romantinc suspense, Suspense, thriller

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: CBR15Passport, Fiction, Linda Howard, murder, mystery, Romance, romantinc suspense, Suspense, thriller ·
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