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Some good ideas, but the execution could use some work

The Portal & The Experiment: Two Novellas of Suspense by Lynn L. Clark

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I get early reviewer lists every month from LibraryThing, and I got the chance to read and review The Portal & The Experiment: Two Novellas of Suspense by Lynn L. Clark.  I was provided this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review. The Portal Our main character Emily has inherited an antique shop from her mother, who recently passed away.  In searching for more stock for the shop, she acquires a tiger-stripe desk with a mirror. Once back in the shop, she thinks she sees a figure other than her own in the mirror.  Spooky. There seems to […]

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10/11/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:23 |

And Then There Were Satanists … The Legacy

The Legacy by John Coyne

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The Legacy, by John Coyne, is a mixture of an Agatha Christie whodunnit, as members of a house party are knocked off one by one, and an occult thriller. It’s not always clear how much of the menace is due to dark magic or just plain old greed, as six people have been elected to inherit a legacy — of vast wealth, property, and possibly, supernatural power. Coyne wrote the novel as a tie-in to the successful film starring Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot (and The Who’s Roger Daltrey in a small role). He wrote a number of other horror […]

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10/8/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

Bad blood carries. Bad blood comes out.

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

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CBR10Bingo: The Book Was Better? This was another square I struggled to fill, until a flash of inspiration hit me. I remembered that I had bought Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden on a whim several months ago but never actually watched it, giving me the perfect excuse to buy and read Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and then finally watch the film. Done and done.  Sue was born in a cramped house of thieves and orphaned when her mother was hanged for murder. Mrs. Sucksby has raised her as her own and tried to keep her out of harm’s way, but now […]

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10/7/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:56 |

A Familiar Scent Rose Up Into the Air, and I Remembered Something Special From a Long Time Ago

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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Rebecca is atmospheric, spooky, and sometimes downright scary. In it, our unnamed narrator meets the handsome widower Maxim de Winter while in Monte Carlo. They build a sort of friendship which eventually leads to a marriage (there’s no romance involved, as far as I can see), and he takes her back to his estate, Manderley. There she learns more about his first wife Rebecca, who was drowned in a sailing accident, and struggles to find her place as the head of the household. Her problems are magnified by two women: Rebecca, the vivacious, seemingly perfect dead wife, and by Mrs. […]

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10/2/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:39 |

Wonderful, Lyrical, Practical Magic

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

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I saw the movie Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman quite a few years ago. It’s one of those movies that I wanted to be better than it was — it seemed to have so much potential, but it just didn’t work, even with the wonderful Aidan Quinn as Bullock’s love interest. I have been in the mood lately, Halloween coming up I guess, to read some witch-related books, so even though I didn’t love the movie I had heard good things about the book by Alice Hoffman, so I thought I’d give it a try. I am […]

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10/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

Erika Foster – a fabulous leading lady.

The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza

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This is book two of the Erika Foster series. I don’t feel that I can say that Robert Bryndza is fast becoming my new favourite thriller author, as I believe I have said that at least times this year about other authors I have discovered. So instead I will say that Erika Foster is by far one of my favourite leading female characters. Where to begin with Erika…. As a character, she is great, and as a female character, she is brilliant. I love how she has been written to be a strong, independent, passionate, driven person, who can still […]

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9/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:37 |

What’s the worst secret you have?

The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham

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  Wow!!  What a book! I am going to start by giving this book 5 stars, but I’m also going to give a warning. Although I thought this book was fabulous, it is possibly not a great book to read if you are sensitive about pregnancies, infertility and/or babies. This book is going to be tricky to review without giving anything away, so apologies for being a bit vague, however any plot detail will be a spoiler alert, so very briefly, this story is about two women that have some serious secrets that play havoc with their lives and the […]

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9/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |

Entertaining thriller; leaned into all the wrong parts. #CBRBingo (3rd Bingo!)

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

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I didn’t expect this book to blow my mind, so I had a good time reading it. It was pretty fucked up, in that what-the-hell-is-going-on sort of way. That made me read it super fast, and I was completely absorbed the whole time. But when the reveal finally happened, it just felt really clichéd the way it played out. This book is about Anna Fox, a former child psychologist, now agoraphobic shut-in, who hasn’t left her house in ten months (almost eleven), and who spends her time watching her neighbors and cataloguing their every move through her Nikon camera and […]

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9/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:119 |


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