After being introduced as a 12 year old girl in the second novel of the series, Savannah Levine narrates the 11th book in the series as a 21 year old. For the most part, this novel falls very much in line with the rest of the series, though there is more focus on Savannah growing up, and less on … [Read more]
Once Upon a Time in Old New York
1899. On a ship bound for New York in the middle of the Atlantic, a Golem comes to life. Soon after, her master and sole reason for living, dies. A little ways across the water, a Jinni turned human emerges from more than a thousand years of captivity in a flask in the shop of a tinsmith in lower … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:1 ·
Genres: Fantasy, History ·
Tags: fantasy, folklore, helene wecker, historical, mythology, narfna, the golem and the jinni ·
Of Swifts and Gin (A Robert CBR6 Review)
Christopher Beale is a teacher without a school, pulled back to England after years of teaching English in a strict Muslim town in Borneo. His father has landed in a nursing home after a stroke, but Christopher still needs work. He takes on a private teaching job at the home of Lawrence and Juliet … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:1 ·
Genres: Fiction, Suspense ·
Tags: gothic, horror, stephen gregory, the waking that kills ·
Off with Her Head
Quick Synopsis: The fall of Anne Boleyn as engineered by Thomas Cromwell. Quick Review: I liked it, and I'd recommend it for anyone with enough time and interest in the period to focus on the story and take in the historical detail. Read the Full Review … [Read more]
The Evil Eye, Onion Rings, and a Giraffe Named Kevin
At this point, honestly, I can … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, Janet Evanovich, Scootsa1000, Stephanie Plum, Takedown Twenty ·
A Brief History of Time – Review #2 for AamilTheCamel
This is my 2nd book out of the 130 books that I am reading for 2014. There is a certain joy in reading the account of something from someone who was intricately involved with it. Science is not something that was very popular a few years back. It has gained greater following thanks to … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Non-Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, brief history of time, hawking, Non-Fiction, stephen hawking ·