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Another feel-good entry from T.J. Klune.

Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

October 31, 2021 by narfna 5 Comments

For me, this needed just a little more dark elements to balance out the schmoop, which is a thing I’m still not fully on board with in terms of Klune’s writing, although it hit me less here than it did in Cerulean Sea. But overall this was a lovely read, like a warm hug. While I do have some criticisms, mostly to do with an overdose of earnestness and not enough subtlety (also known as schmoop), I really did enjoy this book. It was an escape […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, LGBTQIA, narfna, Romance, speculative, T.J. Klune, under the whispering door

narfna's CBR13 Review No:164 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, contemporary fantasy, LGBTQIA, narfna, Romance, speculative, T.J. Klune, under the whispering door ·
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Life has thrown a lot at me recently, so here are all the reviews I forgot to write!

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Miraculous by Jess Redman

The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O'Neill

An Exchange of Gifts by Anne McCaffrey

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

The Sandman: Act I by Neil Gaiman

The Princess Spy by Larry Loftis

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear 2 Comments

The Bear and the Nightingale By Katherine Arden (Warning – the review of this book contains f-bombs!) I know this was supposed to be based on a fairy tale, and some parts seemed very fairy tale-like (especially the story the nanny told toward the beginning with the girls in the snow) but I did not correlate them to any story I already knew.  I appreciated the involvement of the Russian household spirits, and how the village did quite well combining their religion and their culture […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #biography, Anne McCaffrey, audio version of a graphic novel, Bingo blackout, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, Jess Redman, K. O'Neill, Katherine Arden, Larry Loftis, libations, Neil Gaiman, pandemic, people, shelfie, t kingfisher, they/she/he, travel, white whale

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #biography, Anne McCaffrey, audio version of a graphic novel, Bingo blackout, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, Jess Redman, K. O'Neill, Katherine Arden, Larry Loftis, libations, Neil Gaiman, pandemic, people, shelfie, t kingfisher, they/she/he, travel, white whale ·
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What if you could blame everything bad on someone else?

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow By Jessica Townsend   Morrigan Crow has the dubious distinction of being a Cursed Child (no, not the same one from the play.)  When a child is born on Eventide, they are said to be cursed, and are doomed to die on their eleventh birthday.  Everything bad that happens, be it a lost spelling bee or a spoiled batch of marmalade, is blamed on the local cursed child.  Morrigan’s father, a government official, sits down periodically with her and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Gateway, Jessica Townsend

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:34 · Genres: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Gateway, Jessica Townsend ·
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“In the name of the Garden State Parkway, I am not a princess!

The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

The Serpent’s Secret By Sayantani DasGupta   Kiranmala is a normal, 12-year-old Indian girl living in Parsippany, NJ.  She goes to school, she has friends, and her parents own a convenience store.  She bemoans the fact that her parents insist that she dress up as a “real Indian princess” every year for Halloween (which also happens to be her birthday!)  This year, things are a bit different though.     When Kiran gets home from school, something is off.  She’s trying to figure out what exactly […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, mythic, Sayantani DasGupta

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:28 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, mythic, Sayantani DasGupta ·
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Classic Book + Angsty Teen = Not Worth It

The "Wonderful" Wizard of Futher-Mucking Oz by Matt Youngmark

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

The “Wonderful” Wizard of Futher-Mucking Oz By Matt Youngmark   I’ve had this in my TBR Amazon cart for a while, and lo and behold, on Prime Day it was on sale!  Used, but that’s ok.  (Even more ok – it’s signed by the author!)   This is not the most original of books.  A foul-mouthed teenager gets transported into a book and must play out the story in order to escape it and theoretically go home.  Our foul-mouthed teenager is Arabella Grimsbro, our book […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Home, Just the regular book with an angsty teen added, Matt Youngmark

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, Home, Just the regular book with an angsty teen added, Matt Youngmark ·
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Some Audible Originals

Sweet Talk by Cara Bastone

What the Hex by Alexis Daria

The Magic Flower Shop by Gina Mayer

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Sweet Talk By Cara Bastone   This story was absolutely adorable and I loved it!     The main premise is that Elliot sends a voice message text at 2 a.m. to a wrong number.  JD (not her real name, but what she’s referred to for most of the story) is already awake to receive said voice text.  She responds, and they go back and forth before Elliot realizes that he hasn’t been talking to his sister.  JD knows who Elliot is immediately – she had […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexis Daria, Cara Bastone, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, cityscape, Flora, Gina Mayer, landscape, magic, Romance, the children's book probably should have been in a different post, three very different books

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexis Daria, Cara Bastone, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Children's, cityscape, Flora, Gina Mayer, landscape, magic, Romance, the children's book probably should have been in a different post, three very different books ·
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