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These reviews, which were promoted in CBR social media, on our homepage, and in Pajiba Love, appear below by review publication date, not by date featured.

 

What changes in a society when the climate changes?

Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present by Philipp Blom

May 5, 2023 by blauracke Leave a Comment

In this book, Philipp Blom examines the Little Ice Age, a period of cooling between the 16th and the 19th century, that primarily affected the North Atlantic region, and the societal changes it prompted. His focus lies mostly on the late 16th century and the 17th century in Europe as this was the period in which the effects were felt most severely, and the sources regarding the situation and changes are more plentiful for Europe than for other regions. The main part of the book […]

Filed Under: Featured, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Philipp Blom

blauracke's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Philipp Blom ·
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“Was it possible that the best bit of him was shining forth, and surfacing?”

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

May 2, 2023 by Ellesfena 2 Comments

The book: Bill Furlong owns a company that delivers coal to the residents of a small town in Ireland in the 1980s. Furlong (as he’s mostly referred to in the book) is married, has 5 daughters, and had an unusual upbringing (an unmarried mother, he was raised by her and her employer and doesn’t know his father–not an easy childhood in mid-century Ireland). One day, when he’s delivering coal to the local convent, Bill finds something that disturbs him and forces him to make a […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Claire Keegan, Ireland

Ellesfena's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Claire Keegan, Ireland ·
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The crowning exception to “The book is always better than the movie.”

Jaws by Peter Benchley

May 2, 2023 by TylerDFC 1 Comment

While I’m sure there are those who disagree, Jaws is the crowning exception to the rule “The book is always better than the movie.” In adapting the book to the script the story was transformed, made stronger and streamlined, and fixed all of the problems of the novel. To be transparent, Jaws is my all-time favorite movie. Ok, maybe the top five but that’s splitting hairs and ranking is largely dependent on which of my favorite movies I have most recently seen. I love every […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: horror, jaws, Peter Benchley, thriller, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: horror, jaws, Peter Benchley, thriller, TylerDFC ·
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A True Crime Memoir

The Babysitter by Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan

May 2, 2023 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

Decided to start 2023 off with a bang after listening to an interview of the co-authors on the podcast Tenfold More Wicked. As Liza recounted her childhood story to host Kate Winkler Dawson, my interest was immediately piqued and I borrowed the e-book from the library. Needless to say I burned through this book after 2 nights. The format of the novel is unlike any I have read before, where the author alternates chapter between her childhood growing up in Cape Cod and the story of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Featured Tagged With: #memoir, Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan, true crime

donttrustthe_bea's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured · Tags: #memoir, Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan, true crime ·
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Family secrets and a ghost story

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

May 1, 2023 by persnickety chick 1 Comment

I do love the tagline- She was trouble, so is her ghost. First book of the year (well first review), first CBR Passport book (book about another country).  This was a book that i suggested for my IRL book club (because i already owned it), so the review considers their responses as well. While I have owned “Sorcerer to the Crown” for a number of years I have never quite gotten into it and it took reading a book of short stories by Zen Cho […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ghosts, malaysia, Zen Cho

persnickety chick's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Book Club, Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ghosts, malaysia, Zen Cho ·
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“Don’t limit your dreams, that’s what the school Careers Adviser said. Within reason.”

D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber

May 1, 2023 by dsbs42 Leave a Comment

A fantasy novel about words and friendship that Neil Gaiman finds glorious? How could this go wrong? I was so excited to read this book, about what might happen when the letter D slowly starts disappearing from the world and only one young girl, Dhikilo Saxardiid Samawada Bentley, seems to notice. I know some people find it cutesy, but I happen to love stories with a warm, friendly narrator who enjoys wordplay and speaks directly to the reader. It’s why The Hobbit is my favourite […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Featured Tagged With: Michel Faber

dsbs42's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Featured · Tags: Michel Faber ·
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