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Here There Be Giant Catfish Monsters

A World Below by Wesley King

January 10, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

When Mr. Baker takes his sixth grade class to the Carslbad Caverns for their end of year field-trip, he assures them they’ll find awe and adventure. Turns out they find a little too much of both. Wandering the cavern’s depths, they get caught in an earthquake that sends them deeper underground and the students find themselves split up, teacherless, and lost in the middle of the earth. As they try to find their way back, they will encounter unrecognizable wildlife, conquer their own fears, and most surprisingly, meet a community of people who fled the above ground world long ago. […]

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1/10/2019 | cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:3 |

Standalone fantasy novels are rare and precious. This one was not bad.

Starless by Jacqueline Carey

December 27, 2018 by Malin 1 Comment

Khai was destined from birth to become the Shadow of the Sun-blessed princess Zaryia. Both born during the same eclipse, Khai was the child who caught the hawk’s feather thrown by the selected priestess, thus confirming that he was the chosen one. Raised by warrior priests deep in the desert, Khai is trained in all the deadly arts of stealth and fighting, and gets his first chance to kill a man at age nine. He hones all his abilities to become the very best Shadow to his soul’s twin, destined to guard and protect her against all evil. Yet when […]

12/27/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:107 |

Swashbuckling ladies who are scientists go on an adventure.

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2) by Mackenzi Lee

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

I think I am in the minority in liking the first book in this series better. I just liked Monty as a narrator so much, whereas everyone else (even several people who didn’t like the first book at all) have really liked this one, and Felicity, better. And she is awesome, no doubt. This series overall is really fun, but I had the same problems with this one that I did the first one, but times about a thousand. It’s about a year after the events of Gentleman’s Guide, and Felicity is living in Edinburgh, trying to get admitted to […]

11/29/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:143 |

Science fiction I actually enjoyed!

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

November 8, 2018 by Malin 3 Comments

#CBR10Bingo: Cannonballer Recommends (this was a CBR Book Exchange gift from Yesknopemaybe (my paperback copy), it has also been favourably reviewed by MathildeHoeg, ingres77, dAvid, badkittyuno, belphebe, emmalita, narfna and faintingviolet, among others) Rosemary Harper is trying to escape her old life and doesn’t want anyone tracking her down. She pays a lot of money to get a new identity and gets a job on a run-down and patched up spaceship, where no one from her old life would ever think to look for her. Aboard the Wayfarer, with its eclectic, but mostly affectionate crew, she finds a sense of community and […]

11/8/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:95 |

This Chicken is no chicken!

The Hen Who Sailed Around the World by Guirec Soudee

October 15, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Hen Who Sailed Around the World by Guirec Soudee is the true story of Soudee’s 3,400-mile sea voyage with his pet hen, Monique. That pretty much sums up the story. There are lots of wonderful photographs of Soudee with Monique. And lots of wonderful photographs of Monique by herself. Not to mention lots of wonderful photographs of some of the friends they meet along the way. And we cannot forget the lots and lots of photographs of ice. Lots and lots of ice. The best description of Monique comes from a publisher description: “she surfs, she skateboards, and she […]

10/15/2018 BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:387 |

Sugary sweetness and a lot of fur, claws and cuteness

Fuzzy's Great Escape (Class Pets #1) by Bruce Hale

August 23, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is my Brain Candy (mmm candy…) Kids will love Fuzzy’s Great Escape (Class Pets #1) by Bruce Hale. Me? I enjoyed it, even with the fact that there were a few holes in the story line for me. The story seems to start in the middle of a series. Perhaps there was another series that introduced Fuzzy and friends? There will be others in the Class Pets series, so perhaps he plans flashbacks. (There is a character mentioned that you have never meet as it “went to the farm” and Fuzzy knows what that means. Of course, the adult […]

8/23/2018 BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:316 |

The Memoirs of a Chatty African Grey Parrot

Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin

August 20, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Cannonballer Says! I saw lumenatrix’s review of this one, and was immediately intrigued. Jewish pirates during the Spanish Inquisition and Columbus? A five-hundred-year old parrot narrator? A gorgeous cover? Yes, please! Or to quote the narrator, a story about, “Pirates. Parrots. Jews. Jewels. The Inquisition. Gefilte fish. Gold. A Girl.” While I quite enjoyed this one, I also feel like I approached it in the wrong way. I was so excited about the whole Jewish pirate thing that I may have raced through the earlier parts of the book to get to the pirating – Moishe doesn’t become […]

8/20/2018 Jen K's CBR10 Review No:151 |

Gourmet Dining on a Pirate Ship

Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown

August 6, 2018 by Jen K 2 Comments

Bingo Square: Delicious! This was going to be my “Cannonballer Says!” square until I remembered that cinnamon is kind of a food (spices count, right? I mean you eat them, just not in large portions) and the novel’s whole premise is that a chef has to impress a pirate captain with a weekly gourmet food menu, so the novel promptly got moved to “Delicious!” (and replaced by another pirate themed novel for “Cannonballer Says!”). I definitely understand why ElCicco gave this one 3 stars while also calling it a great beach read. It is fun but it also takes a […]

8/6/2018 Jen K's CBR10 Review No:145 |

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