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“Disclosure: My father, a drummer named Jimmy Curtis, fell in love with Opal Jewel in the summer of 1970.”

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton

August 1, 2022 by RaRaGabor 1 Comment

This debut novel has gotten a ton of buzz, and won quite a few awards. The Final Revival of Opal and Nev is also a super slow burn. The first third of the book is an oral history of the eponymous band. The reader gathers that Opal & Nev were in many ways ahead of their time, an interracial proto-punk duo that should never have worked, but influenced the musical scene far beyond the two albums they released. We also gather that something really bad […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Dawnie Walton

RaRaGabor's CBR14 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Dawnie Walton ·
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Snoozefest

Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham

August 1, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

A serial killer stalks the streets of London. He approaches women, out alone at night, charms them and plies them with champagne laced with sedatives; when they’re out, he applies a technique to induce a stroke. Most women do not survive, but the ones that do are trapped in a nightmare: their brains are fully functional, but they cannot move. Inspector Tom Thorne is tasked with finding the killer. He has his own idea about who is behind the grisly attacks, but his superiors beg […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: crime, London, Mark Billingham, serial killers, Tom Thorne, Tom Thorne series

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: crime, London, Mark Billingham, serial killers, Tom Thorne, Tom Thorne series ·
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Don’t sit, don’t stay

Stray Dogs: Dog Days by Tony Fleeces

August 1, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Stray Dogs: Dog Days by  Tony Fleeces is a standalone story, but it would help to read the first book. This is the story of the dogs from the first graphic novel and how their side of things plays (or really does not play) out. These are the fill-ins of possible questions you might have had. Spoiler: these are the beloved pets of the woman that were killed in the first graphic novel, but it is also a psychological thriller. These short stories are how […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: Crime & Mystery, dogs, murder, Tony Fleeces, Trish Forstner

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:423 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: Crime & Mystery, dogs, murder, Tony Fleeces, Trish Forstner ·
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You REALLY don’t want to know what is in the beer

Open Bar (Edicao Definitiva) by Eduardo Medeiros

August 1, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

WHAT THE SAM HOUSTON DID I JUST READ? This is one messed up story about two best friend who are two sides of the same coin, making it so they are the perfect collection together. Toss in a really wild (and I wonder how legal) beer, an ex-girlfriend and some crazy accidents and situations and you have an experience story about two losers who just do their damnedest to get by, live, laugh, love, cry and who knows, maybe save the world (or at least […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: bars, Beer, Eduardo Medeiros, family, friendship, girlfriends, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:422 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: bars, Beer, Eduardo Medeiros, family, friendship, girlfriends, Social Themes ·
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It’s not always about linear plot development

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

August 1, 2022 by booktrovert Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo – Bird, because this is a book about friends – birds of a feather, flocking together This is a tale of two women, told in short vignettes that are almost stories unto themselves. Each story centers on one of two friends – Jane and Fiona. In the first two chapters, we learn more about Jane and Fiona’s respective family backgrounds – both have roots in Taiwan, but Jane was born in American and feels more estranged from her dad, who returns to Taiwan […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Jean Chen Ho

booktrovert's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Jean Chen Ho ·
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Grown-ass Ladies With Superpowers

The Change by Kirsten Miller

August 1, 2022 by MG Dietzel 2 Comments

Bingo square – MONSTER – there are evil monstrous men in this book The Change by Kirsten Miller was one of those books that I got a reader copy of on a whim and then ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting. It is a pulpy fun feminist revenge fantasy that will give you strong Witches of Eastwick vibes (sans the devil himself, but featuring some truly horrible men). It has a great premise–what if menopause didn’t just suck, but instead gave you […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #feministfiction, cbr14bingo, Kirsten Miller, magic

MG Dietzel's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #feministfiction, cbr14bingo, Kirsten Miller, magic ·
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