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“Suddenly revenge is so close he can actually taste it. It tastes like steak, rare.”

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

December 29, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

I actually really enjoyed this retelling of The Tempest*, particularly since I had just re-read the play as a refresher, so it was a lot easier to catch all the references and parallels. This is actually only my third Margaret Atwood book, which feels weird, since she is everywhere, and also because I’ve read The Handmaid’s Tale three times. About time I branched out! (I’m sorry, Malin, I still haven’t read The Blind Assassin, which is a book I know you love.) *Thanks to andtheIToldYouSos […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: andtheIToldYouSos, Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2020, Hag-Seed, lit-fic, literary, literary fiction, Margaret Atwood, narfna, retellings, The Tempest

narfna's CBR13 Review No:199 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: andtheIToldYouSos, Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2020, Hag-Seed, lit-fic, literary, literary fiction, Margaret Atwood, narfna, retellings, The Tempest ·
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A Cannonball Book Exchange treat courtesy of narfna

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

March 9, 2021 by Bothari43 10 Comments

I don’t know what I can say about this one that y’all haven’t already said! I’m very late to the party, but am enjoying myself immensely anyway. Murderbot is supposed to be a mindless security unit, doing whatever the company or the clients who rented it tell it to do. Murderbot hacked itself so it doesn’t have to follow anybody’s instructions, but cares just enough about its job protecting the humans that it half-heartedly does that job anyway, in between watching all its favorite TV […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: androids with a heart of gold(ish), Book Exchange 2020, Cannonball Book Exchange, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, narfna

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: androids with a heart of gold(ish), Book Exchange 2020, Cannonball Book Exchange, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, narfna ·
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crystalclear read my mind!

The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian

February 7, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Way back in the olden days of 2020, the amazing crystalclear sent some inspired picks my way for CBR Book Exchange. Hooray! I kicked off the new year with one of their thoughtful additions to my TBR pile; I had wanted to read Storm Front for some time thanks to the lovely folks here at CBR. The other book, The Light in the Ruins, was a book with which I was unfamiliar. I was immediately excited and impressed after reading the cover copy, as I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII ·
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Hooray for the Book Exchange, and hooray for narfna!

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

January 26, 2021 by Bothari43 3 Comments

This was a lovely treat from narfna, courtesy of the 2020 Book Exchange. I loved the clever telling of the story-within-a-story, and I almost wanted to know the end of the ‘fictional’ story more than I did the ‘real’ one. Susan Ryeland is an editor. Her company publishes the Atticus Pund series, wildly successful detective books with a Poirot/Gamache-style main character. She introduces herself at the beginning, saying the ninth book in the series would change her life. Then you get to read the manuscript […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Anthony Horowitz, Book Exchange 2020, book within a book, Cannonball Book Exchange, narfna, publishing, the great detective

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Anthony Horowitz, Book Exchange 2020, book within a book, Cannonball Book Exchange, narfna, publishing, the great detective ·
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There’s No Need to Worry, ElCicco, I Got Them Eventually!

January 4, 2021 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

Books, Books Physical Books! Thanks so much, @ElCicco! I don’t have very many actual books here with me as an expatriate right now, so this is all very exciting. I will have to do a Yoon Ha Lee 3 in 1 review, I think. And I love that you added a little history surprise for me there—the photos are lovely!   (So I flicked through and I thought I might find her: Rachel Carson!) Like, last year, unfortunately, I haven’t been able to write up […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Science Fiction Tagged With: Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2020, Do we have a COVID tag I am making one

Genres: Fiction, History, Science Fiction · Tags: Book Exchange, Book Exchange 2020, Do we have a COVID tag I am making one ·
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*Insert Always Sunny Duster Comments Here*

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

January 4, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the middle of the night beneath the stars on the shores of Lake Michigan? Until very recently my answer was a “definitely not”. Now, thanks to crystalclear for sending this book my way during the 2020 Book Exchange, my answer has changed: YES! By proxy, at least. I have been acquainted with the big swordy fella and many other weirds that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Book Exchange 2020, Chicago, crime, detective, Dresden Files, Dresden Files #1, hard-boiled, Jim Butcher, magic, murder, paranormal, Series, the Dresden Files, Urban Fantasy, wizards

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Book Exchange 2020, Chicago, crime, detective, Dresden Files, Dresden Files #1, hard-boiled, Jim Butcher, magic, murder, paranormal, Series, the Dresden Files, Urban Fantasy, wizards ·
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