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“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches.”

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

April 29, 2026 by stegolily Leave a Comment

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's work has been hit-or-miss for me in the past. I liked Gods of Jade and Shadow, loved Mexican Gothic, but didn't much care for The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. I'm happy to report though, that I very much enjoyed The Bewitching. This is a gothic horror novel, following three … [Read more]

stegolily's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: silvia moreno-garcia ·
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I’m in the future, where you are too

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

April 28, 2026 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

Kokoro is a lonely teenager who's been bullied by classmates to the point of dropping out of school. She spends her days in her bedroom, afraid to leave the house, until one day, her bedroom mirror starts to glow. When she touches it, she's pulled into a strange castle, along with 6 other teens. The … [Read more]

Ellesfena's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Fairy Tales, Mizuki Tsujimura ·
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Lonely Angry Child

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

April 28, 2026 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

A well-written and shockingly honest but very tough read for me. I just kept whip lashing between enraged and sad. Seventeen year old Waldo is a high school senior with a dead end job and not much else. She lives with her single mother who is never actually home. She is starving- for clothes, … [Read more]

finnyfinfinn's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: age gap, Fiction, foolish little teenage girl, gross old man, Jennette McCurdy ·
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French Colonial India You Say?

Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi

April 28, 2026 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

Did you know France had established colonies in India?  I had no idea.  Not terribly big ones, mind you, mostly four totally unconnected coastal cities.  The first was established in 1674, with the rest coming along in the 1700s.  Today, they form the Union Territory of Puducherry (AKA … [Read more]

elderberrywine's CBR18 Review No:9 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Back to childhood home, Developmentally disabled mystery sister, Improbable Parents, Learning to adult, Pondicherry India, Tishani Doshi ·
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Apocalypse (S)now – The End of the World at the end of the world

Moon on the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

April 28, 2026 by matt_thac Leave a Comment

There's a moment in the '90s movie Independence Day where the Americans lead the charge against the alien invaders by rallying the various nations of the world together. In its rally-raising way, you can almost see the cultural change that came in the following decades. The move away from the … [Read more]

matt_thac's CBR18 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Canada, cbr18, dystopia, First Nations, waubgeshig rice ·
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An Interesting Experiment in Meta Fiction

Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

April 28, 2026 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

In the summer of 1988 a serial killer began stalking the small town of Edgewood, Maryland. Young girls killed and mutilated, their bodies left on display, and zero evidence left behind by the killer. Richard Chizmar, a recent graduate from the University of Maryland, returns home in the middle of … [Read more]

RouletteGirl's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Featured, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: metafiction, Not (quite) true crime, richard chizmar ·
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