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The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

January 14, 2014 by narfna 10 Comments

Okay, wow. Wasn't a good idea to finish this while sitting in a cafe. People think I'm barking. I'm not going to go in depth on this one for two reasons: a) If I were to do that I would spoil the hell out of anyone reading this, and b) the emotions are a little too raw for me to even want to. This … [Read more]

narfna's CBR6 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bildungsroman, carol rifka brunt, Fiction, lgbt, narfna, tell the wolves i'm home ·

Jen K’s Review #11: The House Girl

The House Girl by Tara Conklin

January 14, 2014 by Jen K 3 Comments

This is another novel set up with the two timeline style that seems to be popular, especially for historical fiction. In this case, the past is 1852, and focuses on Josephine, a seventeen year old house slave at the Bell estate, who decides to run. The modern day piece follows Carolina "Lina" … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Tara Conklin ·

Jen K’s Review 10: No One is Here Except All of Us

No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel

January 14, 2014 by Jen K 1 Comment

Less than two weeks into the New Year, and I've already discovered my first one star review. I'm actually surprised because halfway through I thought there were still enough redeeming qualities for two stars, but the more it went on, and the more I wanted it to end, the further my rating went down. … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ramona Ausubel ·

Jen K’s Review 9: The Soldier’s Song

The Soldier's Song by Alan Monaghan

January 14, 2014 by Jen K 5 Comments

I bought this book over two and half years ago while visiting the Dublin Writers Museum because of course I had to leave with at least one book by an Irish author, and Joyce is scary (I also participated in a Literary Pub Crawl of Dublin during that vacation though I think I preferred the one I did … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Alan Monaghan, World War I ·

Jen K’s Review #8: The Secret Keeper

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

January 14, 2014 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This is the fourth novel available by Kate Morton, and as far as I'm tracking, I'm now completely caught up on her writing. While this novel displayed many of the same engaging plot twists, and secrets buried in the past, I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as some of her previous efforts, though … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: Kate Morton ·

Jen K’s Review #7: The Rhythm of Memory

The Rhythm of Memory by Alyson Richman

January 14, 2014 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Given how much I enjoyed Richman's novel The Lost Wife, there really was no way I was going to pass this up when I found it for $3.99 in a bargain bin. Like her other novel, she plays with timelines, basically using the novel's modern day of 1998 to frame the story. However, she starts the novel … [Read more]

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Alyson Richman ·

llamareadsbooks on this one broke meAs someone who has inexplicably read a lot of "oh no, we are acquaintances who sorta dislike each other but now we are STUCK in...
narfna on “Each of us has a monster we must confront, a monster designed to test our personal weaknesses.”I've never seen it either!
narfna on This guy wanted to be Tolkien so very badly.That is an excellent decision. I have a couple of his other books on my TBR but the bad taste this series has put in...
Pooja on This guy wanted to be Tolkien so very badly.Okay, ew on the stuff that happened to Jennifer. I do have some GGK on the slate as I've heard good things about him, but...
RaRaGabor on “People bury the parts of history they don’t like, pave it over like African cemeteries beneath Manhattan skyscrapers.”This was a three-star read for me, too. I thought the set up and background were excellent, but I thought the author lost control of...

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