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Cosplay jerk needs to get over herself

Dust and Grim by Chuck Wendig

January 29, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’ve had Dust & Grim on my TBR for a little while, and when I was in the bookstore for one thing online said they had but they didn’t, I didn’t want to leave sans book, so I picked up this. Overall, it’s a decent spooky middle grade/YA tale about newly discovered siblings and the family business, a funeral home for the supernatural; don’t say “monster”, that’s offensive. The only real problem was that I did not ever really take a liking to the main […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, chuck wendig, Dust & Grim, monsters, spooky, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, chuck wendig, Dust & Grim, monsters, spooky, YA ·
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Turns out Tropes Can be Saved if Self Aware

Mission Yozakura Family vol. 1 by Hitsuji Gondaira

January 8, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

So I read a preview chapter of this new mange last year, and later when I wanted some kind of mindless entertainment I went and got the published first volume of Mission: Yozakura Family. The premise is almost as goofy as the story: painfully shy and traumatized Taiyo can hardly function in school except with his childhood friend the pretty and popular Mutsumi Yozakura. It turns out she’s part of a family of spies and they end up “married” to save both of them from […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: adventure, high school, Hitsuji Gondaira, manga, Mission Yozakura Family, spy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: adventure, high school, Hitsuji Gondaira, manga, Mission Yozakura Family, spy ·
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“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”

The Three Musketeers (The d'Artagnan Romances, #1) by Alexandre Dumas

December 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Nobody told me this book would be funny! Well, in case you didn’t know it, this book is funny! I did know it would be ridiculously long, but I did the audiobook, and Bill Homewood was a very fun narrator, and it didn’t feel as long as it could have. For some reason, I’ve always thought this book would be boring, but it’s a swashbuckling adventure Romance, so in hindsight that was a weird opinion to have. Maybe because the cover looks boring, or I’m […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, alexandre dumas, audiobooks, classics, French fiction, historical fiction, read harder challenge 2022, serialized novel, swashbuckling, translated

narfna's CBR14 Review No:232 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: adventure, alexandre dumas, audiobooks, classics, French fiction, historical fiction, read harder challenge 2022, serialized novel, swashbuckling, translated ·
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“He kissed for his enjoyment and mine, and we staggered and stumbled our way to the ground, still kissing for the sheer glory of being alive, the wonder of finding a congenial soul in the world, and the very real prospect of being dead before the weekend.”

The Henchmen of Zenda by K.J. Charles

November 21, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This honestly might be five stars on re-read, but I’ve been handing out five star ratings like they’re candy, and I’ve come off my book high now. This is a strong 4.5 stars for now. Firstly, this is a retelling of The Prisoner of Zenda, a Ruritanian Romance/Adventure/Swashbuckler from the late 1800s, written by Anthony Hope. I’ve never read the original, but before diving into this I did read the detailed summary of the book and I’m really glad I did that, because it was […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: adventure, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m-m, narfna, retellings, Romance, Ruritanian romance, swashbucklers, the henchmen of zenda, the prisoner of zenda

narfna's CBR14 Review No:192 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fiction, Romance · Tags: adventure, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, m-m, narfna, retellings, Romance, Ruritanian romance, swashbucklers, the henchmen of zenda, the prisoner of zenda ·
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They sure did smoke all the time back in the day, didn’t they? (double bingo)

Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart

November 13, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo: Question (the book’s title is a question and there is a central murder mystery where the identity of the murderer is in question) Young widow Charity Selborne is on holiday in the south of France with her friend Louise and they really have little planned except to enjoy the good food, nice drinks, beautiful scenery, and long drives. In Avignon, Charity befriends a young English boy who is also staying at the hotel, offering to take him with her on tours of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 1950s, adventure, cbr14, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, Madam Will You Talk, Malin, Mary Stewart, mystery, question, Romance

Malin's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 1950s, adventure, cbr14, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, Madam Will You Talk, Malin, Mary Stewart, mystery, question, Romance ·
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You should all drop whatever you are doing and join me in my current obsession (double bingo)

Lore Olympus, vol 2 by Rachel Smythe

Lore Olympus, vol 3 by Rachel Smythe

November 11, 2022 by Malin 4 Comments

4.5 stars CBR14 Bingo: Adapted (Rachel Smythe’s modern take on the Greek myths – and obviously especially Hades and Persephone is so cleverly done) So, searching my blog and Goodreads to see what I wrote about Lore Olympus, my current web-comic obsession, I discovered that after finishing volume one in November last year, all I did was leave a two-sentence comment on Goodreads. If I recall correctly, I was pretty solidly burned out last winter, so I’m amazed I posted any reviews in the final months […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, adapted, adventure, cbr14, cbr14bingo, family, gods, Graphic Novel, greek mythology, Lore Olympus, Malin, Rachel Smythe, retelling, Romance, web comic

Malin's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, adapted, adventure, cbr14, cbr14bingo, family, gods, Graphic Novel, greek mythology, Lore Olympus, Malin, Rachel Smythe, retelling, Romance, web comic ·
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