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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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When the characters get more annoying as they go

Lady X by Molly Fader

October 11, 2026 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I was so ready for some righteous female rage, and was even enjoying both time lines until about halfway through when everyone started getting a little too insufferable and the story started feeling kind of flimsy or smaller than I wanted. Margot Cooper, the wife of famous Hollywood actor, has made herself into a lifestyle brand, serving as half of a modern day power couple who have it all – two careers in their niches, 4 children, and a loving and supportive marriage. Except, it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1970s New York, dual timeline, Molly Fader

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1970s New York, dual timeline, Molly Fader ·
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Bad Neighbors

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

October 10, 2026 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Eighty-one year old Elsie Fitzpatrick lives on a quiet street in a quiet suburb of Melbourne. She has petty squabbles with her neighbors but nothing major. She’d prefer it if her neighbor’s dog would stop going into her yard and if Persephone,  another neighbor’s precocious seven-year-old, would stop coming over uninvited, but that’s about the scope of it. Until a death in the neighborhood reveals to Elsie that her long-buried secret is actually public knowledge. As her neighbors reveal themselves to be wary and suspicious […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: sally hepworth

jeverett15's CBR18 Review No:74 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: sally hepworth ·
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Let’s Show The Buggers That We Will Rule This Place Again From Their Waste

Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright

October 10, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Have you ever gotten the feeling that here, in the time we find ourselves in, that perhaps everything is just a bit to much? Life is an omnishambles and you can’t bare to open the news because you can’t stand to see the news; is anyone going to care about the threats of climate change or emerging pandemics; does anyone really care about the future we are leaving our children? Forget the future, does the government care about children right here, right now? Or is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Aboriginal & Indigenous, alexis wright, Australia, cbr18bingo, Stella Prize, You

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Aboriginal & Indigenous, alexis wright, Australia, cbr18bingo, Stella Prize, You ·
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Odessa

Frankenstein but Golem

Odessa by Gabrielle Sher

October 10, 2026 by LB Leave a Comment

I’ve been a fan of Frankenstein since I read it for school and love seeing different adaptations and interpretations. Learning of a Jewish golem interpretation, I knew I needed to get my hands on it, and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to read Odessa. In many ways this is a tragic story, but in the end it’s full of hope and love. I loved getting Mordechai, Frieda, and Yetta’s perspectives, because even though they’re one family living in the city of Odessa in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, cassocks, fantasy horror, Frankenstein, Gabrielle Sher, golem, horror, Jewish history, Odessa Russia, Russia

LB's CBR18 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, cassocks, fantasy horror, Frankenstein, Gabrielle Sher, golem, horror, Jewish history, Odessa Russia, Russia ·
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Princess of the Shtetl

Princess of the Shtetl? Prince of my Heart!

Princess of the Shtetl by Jake Maia Arlow

October 10, 2026 by LB Leave a Comment

Princess of the Shtetl is one of my most anticipated releases, and it was so worth the wait (even though y’all are going to have to wait a bit longer because it’s not out until January – I’m sorry/you’re welcome?). Jake writes fantastic, fun middle grade novels, and Princess of the Shtetl is far and away his best to date. Princess follows Bunke, an eleven-year-old girl living in a Russian shtetl during a time when the dangers to Jewish families are increasing and young Jewish boys […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Featured, Fiction, History Tagged With: 2027 release, historical fiction, Jake Maia arlow, jewish, jews in Russia, middle grade, middle grade historical, princess of the shtetl, queer lit

LB's CBR18 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's Books, Featured, Fiction, History · Tags: 2027 release, historical fiction, Jake Maia arlow, jewish, jews in Russia, middle grade, middle grade historical, princess of the shtetl, queer lit ·
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Gentrification, as they understood it, was something other people did.

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

October 10, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Sheep – Anna and Tom daydream about buying a dairy in France and making artisan sheep and goat’s milk cheeses. Tom had argued that Sicily had been a conformist, lazy choice, in a tone that suggested that the conformist wasn’t him. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection An identical struggle for a different life motivated an entire sector of their generation. ― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection Berlin was, to all intents and purposes, their main pastime—exploring it, understanding it, feeling part of it. In a way […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 2000s, Berlin, cbr18bingo, designers, envy, expats, facade, hubris, millenial life, millenial malaise, pretentiousness, social media, Sophie Hughes, Vincenzo Latronico

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 2000s, Berlin, cbr18bingo, designers, envy, expats, facade, hubris, millenial life, millenial malaise, pretentiousness, social media, Sophie Hughes, Vincenzo Latronico ·
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