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DO NOT READ THE BOOK JACKET! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

The Witch Elm by Tana French

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If you are in the least bit interested in this story- as an avid reader of Tana French or a curious newcomer- then heed the warning and DO NOT be tempted by the book jacket! The inciting action is described- in detail- right on the open flap of the cover, but you will spend a good 250 pages wandering around in wait. It will ruin one of the many surprises, and lend an unnecessary element of additional suspense to something that is already full of deepening dread. Do not do it! Now that you have been adequately warned, feel free […]

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8/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:9 |

Book Club Discussion Post: A Study in Scarlet

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Are you ready to talk about the world of Sherlock Holmes and the first novel length work he was featured in, A Study in Scarlet? Then you have found your way to the right place!   For those of you who might be joining in for #CannonBookClub for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome. The topics are numbered, and we ask that you refer to them below by that number to help people find the conversation topics they are looking for. If you are responding to someone else’s thoughts, please try to reply directly to them and […]

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8/16/2019 |

Two Star Reviews

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

White Houses by Amy Bloom

The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

The Widow by Fiona Barton

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Tonight’s reviews will focus on books that were a little … disappointing because I have to write those reviews at some point and now is as good a time as any. At least my first lackluster books checks off a few Bingo boxes! CBR Bingo: Reading TBR Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty I put Nine Perfect Strangers on my TBR two months before its release and bought a copy within a week of its debut yet somehow it took me seven months to pick it up and an additional two months to finish it. There are a few reasons for […]

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8/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:78 |

CBR11Bingo: And So It Begins (the first three books in the Harry Hole series)

The Bat (Harry Hole #1) by Jo Nesbø

Cockroaches (Harry Hole #2) by Jo Nesbø

The Redbreast (Harry Hole #3) by Jo Nesbø

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I am loathe to start a series (like I did here — And So It Begins!) and not complete it. But I feel like I gave Harry Hole one hell of an effort, and after three very long books, I’m going to retire him early. These are not bad thrillers by any means. But there’s about 10 more in the series and the first three were each about 3 star books, so I’m calling it quits. But not before I review them! The Bat (Harry Hole #1) by Jo Nesbø “In traditional crime fiction every detective with any self-respect has an […]

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8/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:117 |

I saw you once.

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippmann

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This is the newest Laura Lippmann novel, and only the second novel of hers that I’ve read outside of the Tess Monaghan series, even though she puts a little Easter Egg in this one for fans. It takes places in the mid-1960s and involves the murder of a young Jewish girl from the Northwest corner of Baltimore/the suburb Pikesville and the murder of a Black woman in the city center (Druid Hill). These two murders are linked narratively, if not so much criminally. The novel though is primarily told in three distinct ways: a third person narrator following Maddie Schwartz, […]

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8/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:451 |

Some Sisterly Murder

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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Bingo 13 (Pajiba) I noticed recently that this novel could actually qualify for several different squares, but I’ll be using it for Pajiba, where a review was posted 1/24/2019. I’ve had my eye on the title for a while although I’m not quite sure where I first heard about it. I’m not sure what exactly what I was expecting, but I didn’t get it, not even close. I was not really expecting to enjoy this, firstly because it’s contemporary literary fiction, and secondly it’s written in the first person mostly present. In spite of these two obstacles, I raced through […]

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8/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:62 |

Well it ain’t Gone Girl but it’ll do

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks

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  WARNING. The review is a bit spoilery.   On its face, The Wife Between Us is the story of a woman obsessed with stopping the wedding of her former husband and his new, much younger bride. The perspective change happens when we learn her true motivation for doing so and learn the story of her journey from blissful new bride potential homewrecker. The explanation for what is supposed to be the central twist is a little bit silly and detracts from the book but over all it was a fast read with a satisfactory ending. What keeps this book […]

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8/9/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:19 |

Selling point: R.L. Stine has a quote on the book jacket!

The Possession by Michael Rutger

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This was a weird mix of disappointing and enjoyable. I really liked the first book, and I couldn’t wait to see what these characters did next. The characters were still great, but the plot and mystery in this one were just not quite there. Nolan, his producer Ken, cameraman Pierre, and general ‘keep everybody on track’ person Molly are the creators of the Anomaly Files, a YouTube show where they explore mysteries and odd phenomena. The first book was a tense adventure story in the Grand Canyon where the crew gets trapped in a cave and ends up real close […]

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8/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:17 |


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