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RASL: The Drift by Jeff Smith

RASL: Romance at the Speed of Light by Jeff Smith

RASL: The Fire of St. George by Jeff Smith

July 5, 2019 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

#cbr11bingo #awardwinner Long story here: I was looking at the return cart (next to my desk) on Wednesday as I needed to stop looking at the computer screen and thought I would see (sadly) what we were sending back to publishers. I found a funky (not necessarily good funky) cover: A frog-faced creature starred at me. Oh, heck, does not hurt to look, eh? And saw that it was a three-book series and a graphic novel. I could get my illustrated book or series first. […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Crime & Mystery, Jeff Smith

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:262 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11bingo, Crime & Mystery, Jeff Smith ·
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Matchstick Girl

Firestarter by Stephen King

July 4, 2019 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo category: Birthday (Stephen King, born September 21, 1947) Firestarter feels very much like it could be one of the inspirations behind Stranger Things. A young woman has special abilities thanks to government experiments gone wrong and the government does everything it can to keep her under its control. Charlene “Charlie” McGee is the product of an unlikely marriage. Her mother and father signed up for an experiment in college because they each needed the $200 pretty badly. The mysterious drug known as Lot […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Birthday!, cbr11bingo, Stephen King

jeverett15's CBR11 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Birthday!, cbr11bingo, Stephen King ·
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Ever Closer to the Tower

The Waste Lands by Stephen King

June 28, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I have to say that it was great to re-read this and see the ka-tet all together again. I have issues with some of the upcoming books and heaven knows I will forever be irked by Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower as standalones. That said, this book helps set up the latter books as well as foreshadows what will become of some of the ka-tet I think. The main reason why I didn’t give this five stars was that I still loathe that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, horror, Stephen King, The Dark Tower III, the waste lands

Classic's CBR11 Review No:141 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, horror, Stephen King, The Dark Tower III, the waste lands ·
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Weirdness in Wink

American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

June 28, 2019 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

American Elsewhere only popped onto my radar thanks to a Cannonball review, so thank you for putting a new (to me) writer on my horizon. A slow burn, it put me very much in mind of HP Lovecraft (minus the racism) living in a Stephen King town. I happen to love that kind of setting, so American Elsewhere turned out to be my kind of catnip. Mona Bright has been having a difficult few years. An ex-cop, currently unemployed and drifting following the death of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Fiction, horror, Robert Jackson Bennett

TheShitWizard's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Fiction, horror, Robert Jackson Bennett ·
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Ramblin’ Rose

Rose Madder by Stephen King

June 24, 2019 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

I’ve become quite a fan of Stephen King in recent years, but a frequent complaint from the less enamored rings true about Rose Madder: the man could stand an editor. I have no doubt that had anyone not named Stephen King submitted this book as a manuscript, any editor worth his or her salt would have cut about 100 pages (they all would choose the same 100 pages to cut, I bet) and made this a much better book. As it is, Rose Madder is […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Stephen King

jeverett15's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Stephen King ·
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Human Nature vs. Theme Park

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

June 23, 2019 by Claire Badger Leave a Comment

This was everything I want an audiobook to be, and I could barely stop listening to it. So far, it is my favorite audiobook of the year. The voice acting is fantastic, with two actors reading for dozens of characters, and the excitement and thrill the book promises is actually delivered. You know what’s coming at the end, the interview with the subject we’ve all been waiting to hear from, and it’s as chilling as you could hope it will be. It’s a bit slow […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: documentary book, fantasticland, horror, Max Brooks, mike bockoven, thriller, World War Z

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: documentary book, fantasticland, horror, Max Brooks, mike bockoven, thriller, World War Z ·
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