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“Clean hearts and clean minds, cleanliness at all times! Nothing dirty, nothing bad, always happy, never sad!”

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

March 30, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the mysterious children’s program Mister Magic, the five remaining cast members are brought back together in a strange house in the desert, where they begin to realize their childhood is not exactly how they remembered it to be. Sometimes it’s fun to write one star reviews, because the story is not at all what was said on the tin and then I’m annoyed to have spent time with it. Other times, it’s tough to write […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, childhood, horror, Kiersten White, lgbt, NetGalley

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, childhood, horror, Kiersten White, lgbt, NetGalley ·
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“Being a serial killer who kills serial killers is a great hobby… Until you find yourself locked in a cage.”

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

March 30, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR16 Sweet Books: Excited (I love this book and would like everyone I know to read it, but also understand that it’s very much NOT for everyone). Spoiler warning! I will do my best to review this without major plot spoilers, but if you want to experience this book without any prior knowledge of the contents, possibly skip this review until you’ve read the book. Sloane “Blackbird” Sutherland and Rowan “Butcher” Kane have a rather unusual meet cute. He finds her locked in a cage, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: audio book, Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, Excited, horror, Joe Arden, Lucy Rivers, Malin, murder, mystery, serial killers, Suspense, The Ruinous Love trilogy

Malin's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance · Tags: audio book, Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, Excited, horror, Joe Arden, Lucy Rivers, Malin, murder, mystery, serial killers, Suspense, The Ruinous Love trilogy ·
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“Everyone who dies is alive. We call people “dead” because we need a word for it, but “dead” just means that time has stopped moving forward for that person? You understand? No one dies, not really.”

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

March 30, 2024 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

I LOVE THIS BOOK AND BOOK SERIES AND YOU SHOULD READ IT. Yup. All caps. Yelling right out of the gate. I mean serious business. This joy is not a drill! This book is the fourth in the series, so if you haven’t read The Thursday Murder Club you should begin at the beginning and prepare to nearly swoon with delight in each installment. Osman has created a quartet of characters that I cannot wait to visit when I finally travel to England, because duh […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cozy mystery, crime, England, Richard Osman, the last devil to die, thriller, thursday murder club

cheerbrarian's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cozy mystery, crime, England, Richard Osman, the last devil to die, thriller, thursday murder club ·
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That’s Showbusiness?

Complicit by Winnie M Li

March 29, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

I’m really impressed with how much Winnie M Li was trying to accomplish with this book. For the most part, I think she pulled it off. Because I had it in my head how this was going to go when I read it: unassuming young female on a movie set gets assaulted by a Harvey Weinstein clone. But it’s really more than that. In living up to its title, Winnie M Li shows how the whole system is wretched, including Sarah, nominally the protagonist, who […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #metoo, Complicit, filmmaking, Hollywood, movies, Winnie M Li

Jake's CBR16 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #metoo, Complicit, filmmaking, Hollywood, movies, Winnie M Li ·
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A promising debut novel

The Write Escape by Charish Reid

March 29, 2024 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars Nowhere Book Bingo: A book with a BIPOC author and main character CBR16 Sweet Books: Cozy In very short order, Antonia Harper has lost her job and discovered that her fiancée was cheating on her, very shortly before the wedding. The honeymoon was supposed to be in Ireland, and Antonia decides to travel there by herself. Her spiteful ex has cancelled their original reservations, but she rents a cottage to stay in instead. With nothing else to distract her, Antonia decides to make […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: BIPOC, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Charish Reid, Contemporary Romance, cozy, Ireland, Malin, Nowhere Book Bingo, The Write Escape, Writers

Malin's CBR16 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: BIPOC, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Charish Reid, Contemporary Romance, cozy, Ireland, Malin, Nowhere Book Bingo, The Write Escape, Writers ·
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Artist in Search of a Purpose (That’s Not Drinking Blood)

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland

March 29, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Changed into a vampire by her step-grandfather and cast adrift upon the world, Anna falls in love and loses everything many times. Now a preschool teacher to the children of the wealthy, Collette becomes entangled in the troubled life of one of her students. Why do I keep striking out with vampire books? I’ve read a variety of takes on vampires, so I don’t think it’s not any particular trope that’s throwing me off. Maybe I just can’t take them and their existential angst seriously […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, historical, horror, Jacqueline Holland, NetGalley, paranormal, vampire

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, historical, horror, Jacqueline Holland, NetGalley, paranormal, vampire ·
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