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“…we never stopped longing for time to pass, to release us back into our families – or what remained of them.”

Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life by Rose Tremain

October 24, 2022 by GentleRain 1 Comment

This is a very good but very sad memoir about Rose Tremain’s emotionally neglectful childhood growing up in post-war England. After her mother and father get divorced, she is sent off at age ten to a boarding school, compounding the neglect she had already faced. Her mother Jane also went through a traumatic abandonment at boarding school and seems to have been incapable of connecting to Tremain and her siblings. Jane is focused on only her own pleasure, as she gets remarried to a wealthy […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, boarding school, emotional neglect, mother daughter relationships, Rose Tremain

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:120 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, boarding school, emotional neglect, mother daughter relationships, Rose Tremain ·
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Two Well-Regarded Children’s Time Travel Novels

Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer

October 23, 2022 by GentleRain 1 Comment

I was surprised when I visited England at what a popular genre historical children’s time travel novels were, but it’s one I enjoy so I got a couple. Both are apparently much beloved classics that must have missed me when I was a child, and this was a good chance to fill in some gaps of my children’s novel knowledge. Tom’s Midnight Garden has an intimidatingly positive pull quote by Philip Pullman on the cover: “a perfect book.” This made me internally querulous and I […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Mystery, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: boarding school, childhood illnesses, children's fiction, Edwardian England, historical ficiton, Penelope Farmer, Philippa Pearce, time travel, WWI

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:117 · Genres: Children's Books, Mystery, Speculative Fiction · Tags: boarding school, childhood illnesses, children's fiction, Edwardian England, historical ficiton, Penelope Farmer, Philippa Pearce, time travel, WWI ·
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July 2022 Leftovers

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipies from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen by Snoop Dogg

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge

Stunt: A Mythical Reimagining of Nellie Jackson, Madame of Natchez by Saida Agostini

The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook Files of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block

Voluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragic Romance by Adam Bertocci

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

A Night to Remember by Walter Lord

Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

My Summer Darlings by May Cobb

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

Firestarter by Stephen King

The Editor by Steven Rowley

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins

Lucky by Jackie Collins

August 5, 2022 by Jake 2 Comments

Here are reviews for the books I read in July that I didn’t have time or energy to do a full review on. Note: I was out of work in July so I read a lot. The Woman in Cabin 10 *** Read this while on a cruise ship and it definitely gave me some interesting feelings! A relatively entertaining thriller. I’d read another Ruth Ware book but wouldn’t rush out to do so From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen**** […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: a clockwork orange, A Night to Remember, Ace Atkins, Adam Bertocci, Anthony Burgess, Blues (Music), boarding school, Books about books, Brighton, Brighton Rock, Cats, Colombia, cookbooks, Crossroad Blues, Cruise Ship, cults, Daniel Barban Levin, David Dodge, Defender of the Innocent, dystopia, England, erotica, Firestarter, From Crook to Cook, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, gangsters, Graham Greene, hard case crime, Ireland, island, Jackie Collins, jackie kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Japan, Key West, Larry Ray, lawrence block, legal thriller, Loki, Louisiana, lucky, Lucy Foley, maureen johnson, May Cobb, mississippi, My Summer Darlings, mystery, mythology, Neil Gaiman, Nellie Jackson, New York City, Nick Travers, norse mythology, Odin, piracy, Plunder of the Sun, poetry, reread, Rich Cohen, Ruth Ware, Saida Agostini, Sara Lawrence College, search for treasure, shipwreck, short stories, Slonim Woods 9, Snoop Dogg, Sōsuke Natsukawa, Stephen King, Steven Rowley, Stunt, Texas, The Big Lebowski, The Cat Who Saved Books, the editor, the guest list, The Last Pirate of New York, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, The Woman in Cabin 10, Thor, Titanic, true crime, truly devious, Two Gentlemen of Lebowski. Shakespeare, Vermont, Vicki Hendricks, Voluntary Madness, Walter Lord

Jake's CBR14 Review No:145 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: a clockwork orange, A Night to Remember, Ace Atkins, Adam Bertocci, Anthony Burgess, Blues (Music), boarding school, Books about books, Brighton, Brighton Rock, Cats, Colombia, cookbooks, Crossroad Blues, Cruise Ship, cults, Daniel Barban Levin, David Dodge, Defender of the Innocent, dystopia, England, erotica, Firestarter, From Crook to Cook, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, gangsters, Graham Greene, hard case crime, Ireland, island, Jackie Collins, jackie kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Japan, Key West, Larry Ray, lawrence block, legal thriller, Loki, Louisiana, lucky, Lucy Foley, maureen johnson, May Cobb, mississippi, My Summer Darlings, mystery, mythology, Neil Gaiman, Nellie Jackson, New York City, Nick Travers, norse mythology, Odin, piracy, Plunder of the Sun, poetry, reread, Rich Cohen, Ruth Ware, Saida Agostini, Sara Lawrence College, search for treasure, shipwreck, short stories, Slonim Woods 9, Snoop Dogg, Sōsuke Natsukawa, Stephen King, Steven Rowley, Stunt, Texas, The Big Lebowski, The Cat Who Saved Books, the editor, the guest list, The Last Pirate of New York, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor, The Woman in Cabin 10, Thor, Titanic, true crime, truly devious, Two Gentlemen of Lebowski. Shakespeare, Vermont, Vicki Hendricks, Voluntary Madness, Walter Lord ·
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Life in Africa, But Probably Not at All What You Are Thinking Of

A Girl Is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

November 2, 2021 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

There was something about the writing of this account of growing up female in 1970s – 80s Uganda that struck me as different but I couldn’t quite place it.  And then I read an interview with the author wherein she explained that as an African writer writing in English, you have a choice.  Are you writing for an English-speaking audience, for whom explanations may be needed, or are you writing for your people?  Makumbi chose the latter, and the book becomes all the much richer […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: 1970s, boarding school, Female Coming of Age, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Searching for Mother, Uganda

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: 1970s, boarding school, Female Coming of Age, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Searching for Mother, Uganda ·
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Siblings to die for

The Blood Between Us by Z Brewer

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Had I been myself as a teenager (and I was) this book would have been a huge hit. The Blood Between Us is a thriller filled with distrust, explosions, and family secrets. Until you get to the end. And this was when my adult-self kicked in and the teenager who forgave a lot to just enjoy the story, came into play. The buildup was strong, but slow. All evidence points to an obvious ending (but honestly would be a satisfying one). That is, until the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: accidents, boarding school, family, friendship, glbtq, murder, school, secrets, siblings, Z Brewer

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:330 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: accidents, boarding school, family, friendship, glbtq, murder, school, secrets, siblings, Z Brewer ·
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If you found a long-lost hidden diary, how long would it take you to devour the entire thing?

Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman

January 31, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

If you found a long-lost private diary written by a woman who died under mysterious circumstances, would you read it? What if that woman was one of the founders of the school where you are currently employed? What if you are living in that woman’s former home? What if you are writing your thesis on this woman and her work? What if, less than two pages into the diary- webs of secrets start to untangle? OF COURSE you would read it. Our narrator, Meg Rosenthal […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: academia, art, art colony, audio, boarding school, Carol Goodman, early 20th Century, fairy tale, grief, Jen Taylor, Motherhood, Upstate New York

Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: academia, art, art colony, audio, boarding school, Carol Goodman, early 20th Century, fairy tale, grief, Jen Taylor, Motherhood, Upstate New York ·
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