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Surprised Pikachu Face

The Ex by Alafair Burke

June 8, 2022 by Zirza 3 Comments

Successful but lonely hot shot New York lawyer Olivia receives a frantic call one morning from a young girl, who turns out to be the daughter of Olivia’s ex - the one she never really got over. Olivia rushes to his defense and soon discovers he’s being held as the prime suspect in a spree killing … [Read more]

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Alafair Burke, Legal Drama, new york, The Ex ·
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Circling Back to You

Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu

June 8, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Initial thoughts: Cute enough but not very deep. There’s a fake girlfriend/boyfriend trope going on though the two characters are sleeping together so no idea why they need to fake dating? I don’t know. … [Read more]

Classic's CBR14 Review No:113 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Julie Tieu ·
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Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

White Bones (Katie Maguire #1) by Graham Masterton

June 8, 2022 by Zirza 1 Comment

Have you ever seen these pictures of a professional illustrator who let her four year old finish her drawings? That’s exactly what this book is like: it starts off well, a little weird but well done, and then in the second half of the book it’s amateur hour. On steroids.  On a remote Irish farm, … [Read more]

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: graham masterton, Ireland, Katie Maguire, murder, Stupidity, supernatural, Violence Against women ·
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book cover of THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN

I’d say they should marry other people but they are both annoying aholes so …

The Transformation of Philip Jettan by Georgette Heyer

June 8, 2022 by auntadadoom 1 Comment

I think this is my last Heyer for a while. I feel like such a curmudgeon when I read what's intended to be a light-hearted romp and find every character revolting. So Georgette Heyer is mainly known for her regency romances, but she also wrote many murder mysteries (one of which was the first and … [Read more]

auntadadoom's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: georgette heyer ·
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Longs and Shorts

The Big Book of Reel Murders by Ed. Otto Penzler

My Head! My Head! by Robert Graves

The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty

The Twits by Roald Dahl

Heart by Jade Anouka

Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny

The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes

The Green Knight by Iris Murdoch

The Ophelia Network by Mur Lafferty

Deep Hole by Don Winslow

Legal Immigrant by Alan Cumming

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

The Cube by Adam Rapp

Endgame by Samuel Beckett

Pale Sister by Colm Toibin

Enemies, A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer

June 8, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Big Book of Reel Murders - Edited by Otto Penzler - 4/5 The concept of this collection is still mostly pulpy stories (though with some other older stories and more contemporary stories not really pulpy) that were made into films. It should really be called "Reel Crimes" as not every story … [Read more]

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:267 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Adam Rapp, Alan Cumming, Chester Himes, Colm Toibin, don winslow, Ed. Otto Penzler, Eudora Welty, Iris Murdoch, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jade Anouka, Mur Lafferty, Roald Dahl, robert graves, roger zelazny, samuel beckett, Thornton WIlder ·
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You learn something new everyday

Sweet Berries by CM Nascosta

June 8, 2022 by katie71483 12 Comments

Several months ago, I read a monster romance by C.M. Nascosta and could not get over by how fantastic it was. That book was Morning Glory Milking Farm, and it is a gem. (You can find that review here, if you're interested.) I was greatly excited to hear that they have a new book coming out, Sweet … [Read more]

katie71483's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: CM Nascosta, DNF, katie71483, mothman, Sweet Berries ·
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