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Bittersweet end to soap opera like urban fantasy

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard

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I say “soap opera like” in the best possible way.  A disinherited heir trying to regain power, siblings facing the potential of having to duel one another to the death, a surprise twin, a scheming patriarch manipulating others to further his agenda, and everyone is trying to gain power and raise themselves in the hierarchy.  All this is set amidst a magical tournament to determine which House will lead the Unseen World, the world of magicians kept secret from the mundane.  Every twenty years or so Fortune’s Wheel begins Turning, ‘When it ceases rotation, all will be made new”. The Turning […]

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10/16/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:41 |

What we imagine is not always true but usually the reality is better

Zola’s Elephant by Randall de Seve

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Zola’s Elephant is one of those books that should have its own rating system. Maybe it is an apple. I like apples, but I prefer grapes. The story is three and a half apples while the illustrations are four apples. I like Zola’s Elephant, but I think I prefer other treats more. The story has the usual feel of being classic, modern, European and American all at once. It has no real time frame of when it is set but has a very “today” feel to it. The whole book also has a combination of surreal and solid realism, too. […]

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10/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:386 |

Vampirina and her monster family celebrate a snow day!

Vampirina in the Snow by Anne Marie Pace

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Our favorite little ballerina, sleepover-having, beach going vampire, Vampirina, is back with her family and they are having a grand adventure in the snow! Conveniently this book just happens to be named,  (Imagine that!) Contessa Anne Marie Pace has brought to life our little vampire friend with a very special snow day. Her family and friends (even a reluctant big sister) go out to sled, toss snowballs, ice skate and even, possibly make a new friend! And perhaps the best part to this quirky story is what happens in the illustrations. To say that the illustrations are perhaps the best […]

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10/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:385 |

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 |

The Musical Must Be Better (CBR10 BINGO)

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Macguire

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CBR 10 BINGO Square: Alabama Pink Best for: People who like fantasy. So, apparently, not me. In a nutshell: It’s billed as the back story of the wicked witch of the west. Instead it’s a convoluted mess of a book that I could not follow. Worth quoting: “Galinda didn’t often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversation was flow.” “I don’t dress for your approval, boys.” Why I chose it: I initially tried to read the Audrey Hepburn book Alabama Pink reviewed, but after about 80 pages it still felt […]

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10/14/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:56 |

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 |


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