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“She’d learned long ago that you couldn’t change the world, or even understand how it worked. All you could do was survive and make sure the people you cared about survived, too.”

Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier Book One) by Hana Lee

August 8, 2026 by bjornsnipe 1 Comment

Years ago, the world became a barren wasteland, survivable only in the Kerinas, where people with Talents protect the populace from the fierce storms, as well as take care of almost everything else. The Talentless, whose numbers are growing yearly, are barely tolerated in some Kerinas, while completely banned from others. Jin-Liu in some ways is one of the lucky ones; sure, she has the most dangerous job in the wasteland, but at least it helps her keep her Talentless mother reasonably comfortable. As a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: dystopian world, Hana Lee, Polyamory, queer romance

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:45 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: dystopian world, Hana Lee, Polyamory, queer romance ·
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CBR BINGO: Wheels—”We sluggalos have a code. That code is unity, support, family, and kneecapping bitches.”

A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #8) by Matt Dinniman

August 6, 2026 by narfna 4 Comments

I think this is in my top three of the series. The ending was one of the wildest things I’ve ever read in a book. But way too much happened here, and I have way too many thoughts to sum up my feelings, so we’re going to bullet point this one with things that I’m thinking of off the top of my head: *You love Prepotente, this is your book. I had so many feels about him, also I laughed at him quite a bit. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, A Parade of Horribles, audiobooks, cbr18bingo, Dungeon crawler Carl, Jeff Hays, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, narfna, sci-fi, speculative

narfna's CBR18 Review No:22 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, A Parade of Horribles, audiobooks, cbr18bingo, Dungeon crawler Carl, Jeff Hays, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, narfna, sci-fi, speculative ·
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My first draft of this review was entirely about a video game

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

August 6, 2026 by vega-table 4 Comments

CBR18 Bingo – joker: because some call them the space cowboy… Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky is the first book in the Final Architecture series. I see his work recommended a lot and I think I know his work. Then I realize I’m thinking of an imaginary person who is part Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and part Arkady Martine. So I’m happy to finally read something by the actual author. Humans are settling into the galactic space community when a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful space […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cbr18bingo

vega-table's CBR18 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, cbr18bingo ·
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The Stardust Grail: The real treasure is the friends we made along the way

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

August 4, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Friends – The Stardust Grail explores different types of relationships and the nature of what we owe to each other based on those relationships. Auncle and Maya are friends and their friendship has taken them across the universe together, but as they embark on this last adventure they grapple with figuring how whose needs get prioritized – Auncle’s desire to become a parent and ensure that the Frenro can continue existing or Maya and humanity’s ability to stay connected to the rest of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr18bingo, found family, heist, space opera, Yume Kitasei

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr18bingo, found family, heist, space opera, Yume Kitasei ·
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“And to that end, welcome comfort, for without it, you cannot stay strong.”

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

August 4, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

This time, I read the duology back-to-back (how I wish this series had continued, but I understand Chambers stopping here). Where Psalm for the Wild-Built was really just about Sibling Dex and Mosscap, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is much more the story of community. Having made it to the monastery and back the pair now embark on the promised road trip for Mosscap to ask its question of humanity. To do that, they travel from town to town on their way to the city. Dex is convinced that if there is an answer to what humanity needs it […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, adventures of monk and robot, Becky Chambers, cbr18bingo, read harder challenge, we need diverse books, wheels

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:20 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: a Prayer for the Crown-Shy, adventures of monk and robot, Becky Chambers, cbr18bingo, read harder challenge, we need diverse books, wheels ·
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“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it.”

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

August 1, 2026 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Back in 2022 I read and loved A Psalm for the Wild-Built and its companion book Prayer for the Crown-Shy so when I came across the Read Harder task this year to read a novel where a character uses they/them pronouns I immediately took the excuse to add a re-read of these Becky Chambers books to my annual to do list. I normally don’t use re-reads for Read Harder challenges, but because my soul has been crying out for a good cathartic cry with Sibling Dex and Mosscap I decided that it was okay this time.   […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: a psalm for the wild-built, Becky Chambers, cbr18bingo, monk and robot, novella, refuge

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: a psalm for the wild-built, Becky Chambers, cbr18bingo, monk and robot, novella, refuge ·
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