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Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   
cover of fruit fly--neon green, with a close up of an orange on the bottom half, with a small fly on top

lucked into the zeitgeist without realizing it, does that make me extra cool?

Fruit Fly by Josh Silver

August 26, 2026 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Or, for a series of unreliable narrators CW: a LOT of trauma, as you'd expect, including emotional abuse and sexual assault Also my recommendation for the September meeting of IRL Book Group, and quite a vociferous one at that--our Benevolent Dictator (TM) had just suggested Plant … [Read more]

wicherwill's CBR18 Review No:23 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: cbrbingo18, Josh Silver ·
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Two Fantasies, Two More BINGO Squares

Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

August 25, 2026 by Tracy Leave a Comment

CBR18 BINGO: You (for Dragon Haven because I've been working my way through Realm of the Elderlings as part of a book club for the past 1.5 years) and Sheep (for The Knight and the Moth related to being led/conformity) Dragon Haven I've had an unusual reaction to the first two books in the … [Read more]

Tracy's CBR18 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr18bingo, Rachel Gillig, robin hobb ·
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I was a little lost but it was a fun ride all the same

Adversary to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

August 24, 2026 by ElCicco 6 Comments

Cbr18bingo And (4th book in the Villain series) Bingo #1 Adversary to the Villain is the fourth book in Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s Villain series, with a fifth and final volume to follow next year. I read the first three volumes last summer and liked them very much. I had intended to do a re-read … [Read more]

ElCicco's CBR18 Review No:41 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Adversary to the Villain, cbr18, cbr18bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, romantasy ·
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Dirty Old Town

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

August 24, 2026 by jeverett15 1 Comment

After reading Say Nothing, his account of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe entered the vaunted "I will read anything this man puts out" territory for me. I read his books about the OxyContin crisis and Chinese immigration despite having no personal connection or any great … [Read more]

jeverett15's CBR18 Review No:58 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Patrick Radden Keefe ·
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“She’d played so many parts she hardly knew which one was her. She was an onion made of only skins with nothing at the centre.”

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

August 24, 2026 by Malin 1 Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo 26: Book rec from a friend (Ashley/Narfna loved this) Defeat the Goblin TBR: The Rogue Book - a book with politics/intrigue/sneakery involved (this book has all three and lots of it) CBR18 Bingo: Left (All of my fiction books are alphabetised by author, so Abercrombie comes to … [Read more]

Malin's CBR18 Review No:50 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion · Tags: alternate history, audiobook, cbr18, cbr18bingo, elves, funny, gory, Grimdark, historical fantasy, joe abercrombie, LGBTQIA, Malin, murder, quest, shapeshifters, Steven Pacey, The Devils, vampires, werewolves ·
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Better than the first one

Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher

August 24, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: And (literally in the title) Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. I don't know if Croucher intends this to be an ongoing series, but readers should know that this is book two, and this review is probably going … [Read more]

Malin's CBR18 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: alternate history, Anxiety, ARC, Arthurian, Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay, cbr18, cbr18bingo, friendship, grief, historical fantasy, Lex Croucher, LGBTQIA, Malin, NetGalley, panic attacks, ptsd, road trip, The Camelot Disasters ·
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