Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
You get the feeling that Emily St. John Mandel is not content to rest on her laurels. She not only one-ups herself with every book, she challenges the reader to accept that she's not going to do what's expected of her. These qualities make her a delightful author to follow. St. John Mandel has … [Read more]
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
What can I say about this book that hasn't already been said about it by our community? It's awesome? It took me too long to pick it up? The one advantage to waiting as long as I did, was that the spiritual sequel, Sea of Tranquility, was out by then and I could take in more of the characters … [Read more]
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
Did it take me over two years to read this book? Yes, yes it did. Had I stopped reading at the point where it was just about to get really good? Yes, yes I had. Was it worth it to get back into it and keep reading? Heck yeah. I put it down two years ago because it was weird in a way I wasn't … [Read more]
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
CBR Bingo: Font I picked Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder for the font square because the book has a lot of different fonts in the text. The book uses a variety fonts to indicate things like the main character Pippa’s interview transcripts, text messages between characters, … [Read more]
Extra Witchy by Ann Aguirre
Ann Aguirre's Fix-it Witches series is doing some really interesting things within the contemporary small town romance genre. In Extra Witchy, Aguirre puts two characters who would typically be side characters in the middle of the action. Leanne is the ambitious career woman and Trevor is the stoner … [Read more]
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
CBR14 Bingo: "Snake" - A character lies to a partner for fear of reprisal. The same charac ter under goes physical transformation due to heritage and the gifts of a goddess, which includes healing. An alternate 1912 Cairo with lady investigators and magic? Yes, please! 40 years previous magic … [Read more]
