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cbr12bingo – UnCannon

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

July 25, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Jordy Rosenberg is a transgender writer and scholar. He teaches 18th century literature and queer/transgender theory. He is clever as all get out, well-researched, funny, and overflowing with empathy- all of these things brought into vivid color in his debut novel, Confessions of the Fox. I’ve selected “UnCannon” for this Bingo Square- but it was close call between UnCannon, Debut, Violet, and Pandemic (plague ships ahoy). I also almost gave it an “I Wish”, because good gravy, do I wish I could sit in on any […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 18th century London, adventure, anticapitalist, antiracist, Beggar's Opera, cbr12bingo, gender-fluid, Jack Sheppard, Jordy Rosenberg, lgtbqia romance, mass incarceration, metafiction, Philosophy, queer, Three Penny Opera, timely, UnCannon

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 18th century London, adventure, anticapitalist, antiracist, Beggar's Opera, cbr12bingo, gender-fluid, Jack Sheppard, Jordy Rosenberg, lgtbqia romance, mass incarceration, metafiction, Philosophy, queer, Three Penny Opera, timely, UnCannon ·
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Historical Fiction Featuring Historical Figures Can Be Tricky

March 31, 2016 by sarah_jwh Leave a Comment

  This review is for the audiobook version of The Dead Shall Not Rest, by Tessa Harris, narrated by Simon Vance. This is the second in the Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mysteries series. Several years ago I read the first in this series, The Anatomist’s Apprentice, but had no idea there were sequels until the Overdrive algorithm suggested I might enjoy The Dead Shall Not Rest. Dr Thomas Silkstone is a surgeon from Philadelphia studying as an apprentice to a well respected surgeon and anatomist in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 18th century London, CBR8, Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries, historical fiction, romance, surgeons

sarah_jwh's CBR8 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 18th century London, CBR8, Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries, historical fiction, romance, surgeons ·
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