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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.

 

very very belated ARC review :(

Pride & Provocateur: A Modern Pride and Prejudice Variation in Dildo, Newfoundland by Melissa Yi

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CBR Bingo: Friends, obviously, as the Bennet family here are a found family Hi to fellow Cannonballer Melissa Yi! I’m a strident P&P fangirl, and have rather warm feelings to all of the various adaptations that I’ve encountered along the way. I also have strong opinions about what makes for a good adaptation, because I think people misunderstand the key elements of a P&P vs a story with P&P beats. One thing I think Yi gets absolutely right is that the Bennet sisters don’t actually […]

It’s A Cookbook

The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides

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Hampton Sides is the author of maybe the best narrative non-fiction work I’ve ever read, Hellhound on his Trail, his book about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr and the subsequent manhunt for the assassin, James Earl Ray. I haven’t given any of his other books a try until now, largely because their subject matter didn’t seem like topics I definitely wanted to read about. At first blush, I felt the same way about The Wide, Wide Sea, which covers the third and final voyage of […]

I feel like these were written for a younger version of me

Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce

Rolls and Rivalries by Kristy Boyce

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CBR Bingo: Dungeons and Drama – Season “It occurs during the Fall season” CBR Bingo: Dragons and Dating – Success “The gaming group is working on becoming successful online streamers” CBR Bingo: Rolls and Rivalries – Left “Knowing your left from your right is fundamental in marching band” I recently had a staycation downtown by myself for a couple days.  As a full-time mom to two teenagers, it was a welcome respite!  I brought several books with me, as one does.  On Wednesday, I found an independent bookstore […]

A harrowing journey in 93 pages.

Happening by Annie Ernaux

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“Thousands of girls have climbed up stairs and knocked on a door answered by a woman who is a complete stranger, to whom they are about to entrust their stomach and womb. And that woman, the only person who can rid them of their misfortune, would open the door, in an apron and patterned slippers, clutching a dish towel, and inquire, “yes, miss, can i help you?” I had been casually looking for this book (which was strangely expensive on Kindle, although the price seems […]

“Who’s on First,” but Make it Percival Everett

Dr. No by Percival Everett

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You may not have known you needed a Percival Everett take on a Bond villain, but you definitely do. Our main character, Wala Kitu (words that mean “nothing” in Tagalog and Swahili) is a brilliant mathematician who studies nothing. As in nothingness, which is not the same as the nothing that is the absence of something. He was sought out by villain John Sill to provide guidance as Sill seeks to steal nothing from the government. Nothing becomes part of a constant play on words, […]

Urasawa’s The Best For A Reason — Master Keaton Showcases His Strengths

Master Keaton (Volume 7) by Naoki Urasawa

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One of my all time favorite series from one of my all time favorite authors — Master Keaton seems like it’s overlooked in favor of Urasawa’s other masterpieces, Monster and 20th Century Boys, but I think it offers a ton of thrills and heartfelt moments as well, and I’m excited to finally finish the series (five volumes to go!). Every moment spent looking at Urasawa’s cartooning is a delight and a privilege. Taichi Hiraga Keaton is a former SAS man now working as an insurance investigator, and […]



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