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So Apartheid South Africa Was Way More Complicated than Black vs White

Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn

November 17, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

So we are back in the newly segregated apartheid version of South Africa, as formed in the 1950s.  Detective Emmanuel Cooper has had to revert from his former status as WWII vet and (most importantly) white person, to mixed race instead.  But Major van Niekerk (white Afrikaner) has a need for him and his partner and friend, the Zulu Detective Constable Samuel Shabalala, tracker extraordinaire.  A poor young white boy, Jolly Marks, had been found in the port town of Durban, South Africa, near the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: 50s South Africa, But who would bother killing these people?, Malla Nunn, Nothing is black and white, Poor choices are made and the imaginary Scots drill master is here to tell you so, The unholy trinity - a mixed race a Zulu and a Jew, Then of course the feds step in and that is never a good sign

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: 50s South Africa, But who would bother killing these people?, Malla Nunn, Nothing is black and white, Poor choices are made and the imaginary Scots drill master is here to tell you so, The unholy trinity - a mixed race a Zulu and a Jew, Then of course the feds step in and that is never a good sign ·
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Atmospheric, but Not Much Else

Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio

November 17, 2025 by Tracy Leave a Comment

This was my first M. L. Rio book, and it seemed like it would be so interesting: A group of late shift workers who meet up in a semi-planned way for smoke breaks in a dilapidated cemetery. An unexpected open grave. A mystery that unfolds over the course of a single night. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work for me. It’s hard to pin down the genre. It’s a horror book, but without much horror; a thriller, but without much thrill; a mystery, but one that’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: M.L. Rio

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:82 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: M.L. Rio ·
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Things That Go Bump at the Dinner Table

Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror by Ellen Datlow (editor)

November 16, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

In this anthology of psychological horror, we encounter killers, madmen, and twisted families in this presentation of the many shades of human depravity. My preferred subgenre of horror is psychological horror. Here there’s no ghosts or curses or demons – just the strange and terrifying excesses of human nature. The horror is enhanced by the fact that, bar the occasional tinge of the supernatural, everything that happened in this book could happen in real life. All of the stories included in this book were originally […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: Anthology, ARC, crime, Ellen Datlow (editor), horror, NetGalley, psychological horror, short stories

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:72 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: Anthology, ARC, crime, Ellen Datlow (editor), horror, NetGalley, psychological horror, short stories ·
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A Pair of Library Books

A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek

The Geographer's Map to Romance  by India Holton

November 14, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek – 4 stars Odile, the adoptive daughter of a sorcerer, must steal the identity of the beautiful Marie, get herself engaged to the crown prince, and get her hands on the only remnant of magic in the kingdom to bring it back everywhere. But when a brutal murder rocks the palace, Odile finds herself turning to an unexpected ally – Marie herself. Guys, I’m obsessed with the cover. This book is more inspired by Swan Lake than a true retelling, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, A.B. Poranek, adventure, great britain, India Holton, lgbt, mystery, Romance, romcom, Young Adult

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:70 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, A.B. Poranek, adventure, great britain, India Holton, lgbt, mystery, Romance, romcom, Young Adult ·
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Winter, spring, summer and fall, all ya gotta do is read the poems

Poems for Every Season by Bette Westera and David Colmer

November 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I requested several picture books from an online reader site. One of them was Poems for Every Season by Bette Westera and David Colmer (translator). I was not sure what I would get. I mean I figured poems and seasons (and of course most likely poems about seasons), but I did not have super high expectations. I figured things would be good, but not great. Plus, I just did not want to be disappointed as I had been a lot before (and since) reading […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Bette Westera, Bette Westera and David Colmer, children's poetry, Concepts, David Colmer, Dutch poetry, flowers, Henriette Boerendans, nature, plants, science, seasons

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:503 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Bette Westera, Bette Westera and David Colmer, children's poetry, Concepts, David Colmer, Dutch poetry, flowers, Henriette Boerendans, nature, plants, science, seasons ·
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Zora Neale Hurston looking for gold

Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories: A Tall Tale Based on the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston by Giselle Anatol and Raissa Figueroa

November 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I did not love nor hate Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories: A Tall Tale Based on the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston by Giselle Anatol and Raissa Figueroa as the illustrator. It was an experience book where after reading you need to stop and think about it. You need to take your time in the first place and I would even recommend a second read.. It was interesting and different but had a familiar overtone as well. Taking the life experiences […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: African-American, Giselle Anatol, Giselle Anatol and Raissa Figueroa, imagination, Play, Raissa Figueroa, story telling, Zora Neale Hurston

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:502 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: African-American, Giselle Anatol, Giselle Anatol and Raissa Figueroa, imagination, Play, Raissa Figueroa, story telling, Zora Neale Hurston ·
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