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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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If you are needing some unsettling horror-type reading, here you go

The Night Guest: A Novel by Hildur Knutsdottir

October 18, 2024 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for a book to set you on edge for spooky season, this is it. This short novel from Icelandic author Hildur Knutsdottir is a very quick read full of foreboding and tension. It’s also a commentary on women’s health and mental health and the stigma/lack of attention attached to both.  The novel is narrated by the main character, a woman who I imagine to be in her 30s or so. Odunn (not sure if this is a correct spelling, since it seems […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: CBR16, ElCicco, Fiction, Hildur Knutsdottir, The Night Guest

ElCicco's CBR16 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: CBR16, ElCicco, Fiction, Hildur Knutsdottir, The Night Guest ·
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The Great Gatsby

A lesson for Nick Carraway. Don’t talk to your neighbors.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

October 17, 2024 by Uncoolaidman Leave a Comment

I remember having a choice on my summer reading list going into Freshman year of High School. We had to pick one book from a few different categories. From one category, we already had two of the books sitting on the bookshelf in my dad’s study. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. For some reason that eludes me now, my 13-year-old past self chose The Old Man and the Sea. I can appreciate Hemingway’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Uncoolaidman's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: F. Scott Fitzgerald ·
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Well.

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

October 16, 2024 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Well, this was a thing. This book is told in three parts, from three different perspectives: Mr. Cheong, Brother-in-law, and In-hye. All three parts, told over the course of about three years, are centered around a woman named Yeong-hye. She is in what appears to be a fairly loveless marriage with Mr. Cheong, who seems to pride himself on doing as little as possible. He works a job that pays him the most without requiring him to work hard. He’s not attracted to Yeong-hye, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Han Kang, man booker prize, The Vegetarian

ingres77's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Han Kang, man booker prize, The Vegetarian ·
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Don’t fear the reaper

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer: A SCYTHE Mystery Book 1 by Maxie Dara

October 16, 2024 by ElCicco 1 Comment

This is a decent murder mystery featuring “grim reapers” and dead souls. It’s funny at times and includes some colorful support characters who clearly will play a big role in future novels in the series. I found it through a “Book Riot” recommendation. Book Riot is one of those book accounts on FB that pops up in my feed regularly and sometimes makes pretty good recommendations. A Grim Reaper’s Guide was good; not “wow, I can’t wait to read the rest of this series” good, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer, CBR16, ElCicco, Fiction, Maxie Dara, mystery

ElCicco's CBR16 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer, CBR16, ElCicco, Fiction, Maxie Dara, mystery ·
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I wish I had this girl helping me when I do my chores

Soulful Struttin’ by ulia Pierre Hammond

October 16, 2024 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

The title of the last book review was supposed to be, “I finally have gotten everything I have written, posted.” Then this morning I read one more picture book that is officially due late October/early November 2024, and I read via an online reader copy. Plus, I had just one more to post yesterday, but couldn’t get to it so it didn’t matter anyways! The book cover is the first thing you (obviously) see, so you know that you will have a diverse cast of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: African American & Black, Ana Latese, chores, family, fathers, fathers & daughters, house cleaning, Imagination & Play, music, parents, Sunday, ulia Pierre Hammond

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:504 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: African American & Black, Ana Latese, chores, family, fathers, fathers & daughters, house cleaning, Imagination & Play, music, parents, Sunday, ulia Pierre Hammond ·
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No ticket (or fare) needed for this ride

Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse

October 16, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had been interested in Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse for a while. I lost my online reader copy, so I went to the library instead. It still looked interesting, but also looking more closely at the cover I thought it also looked like it was going to be an odd book. The ghosts are in the car, the main character out front, standing there like she’s the best driver in the world, and ready for adventures. Well it turns out that she might not […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: family, ghosts, mediums, paranormal, siblings, Sophie Escabasse

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:503 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: family, ghosts, mediums, paranormal, siblings, Sophie Escabasse ·
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