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It’s good to be an officer–especially if you’re a POW

The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox

August 17, 2022 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I found The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History  by Margalit Fox on NPR's Best Books of 2021 List. I found it listed under "funny stuff," although I probably wouldn't categorize this book that way myself. This non-fiction story takes place … [Read more]

Sophia's CBR14 Review No:32 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Margalit Fox ·
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Three five-star books in a row; what are the odds? (Nm don’t tell me the odds.)

City of Blades (The Great Cities, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

August 17, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

"Not one war, she realizes—every war, all wars ever fought by humanity. Never one side prevailing over the other, never separate and disparate groups, but a blazing, monstrous act of self-mutilation, as if humanity itself was cutting open its own belly to send its intestines spilling into its … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:125 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, anti-war, city of blades, epic fantasy, great cities trilogy, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett ·
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All right, I’ve finished this bonkers series now, so I know y’all are safe to read it. Five stars.

The Discord of Gods (A Chorus of Dragons, #5) by Jenn Lyons

August 17, 2022 by narfna 5 Comments

I'm glad I kept going with this series. I was skeptical after book one, but the storytelling and worldbuilding here let me look past the confusion and 'Wait, what now?' moments to really enjoy myself, particularly in books three through five, when all the backstory telling is out of the way, and our … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:124 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, a chorus of dragons, epic fantasy, Jenn Lyons, LGBTQIA, narfna, the discord of gods ·
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“There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.”

A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2) by Terry Pratchett

August 17, 2022 by narfna 9 Comments

Terry Pratchett was so good. With this review, I shall continue my biannual tradition of being unable to write coherently about a five-star Discworld book. This is the second Tiffany Aching book, which is set in the Discworld with his adult books, but this is technically middle grade, verging on … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:123 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, A Hat Full of Sky, discworld, middle grade, narfna, Satire, Terry Pratchett, Tiffany Aching, ya fantasy, young adult fantasy ·
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Fascinating historical fantasy mystery, an okay romance.

Rag and Bone (Rag and Bone, #1) by K.J. Charles

August 17, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Sometimes this happens with K.J. Charles and me—and it's often in this particular magical world of hers, come to think of it—where I am way more interested in the plot and worldbuilding than I am in the central romance. Here, partly it's because the couple are already together at the start of the … [Read more]

narfna's CBR14 Review No:122 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, fantasy mystery, historical mystery, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m-m, mysteries, narfna, rag and bone ·
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Coming to America

The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb

August 17, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 14 Bingo: New I'd left my knowledge of Ellis Island behind in fourth grade; I've never read any book about it before this. Alma is a matron on Ellis Island; Francesca is a young woman hailing from Sicily. They become friends, but when as efforts to reduce corruption on the island come to the … [Read more]

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:107 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: ARC, cbr14bingo, corruption, Heather Webb, historical fiction, Immigration, NetGalley ·
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