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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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“Perhaps the compulsion to fill every inch of space was because it made him feel less alone.”

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

May 13, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a perfectly fine book. I do not regret reading it. Ringing endorsement! It also isn’t really to my tastes anymore (though I think the me of ten plus years ago would have loved it). It feels too pat and constructed, not ‘optimistic,’ that’s not the right word . . . I don’t know how to explain it. Just saying it’s not to my taste really anymore seems easier than trying to figure it out. The premise is pretty high concept. A former artist […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: British, British fiction, Clare Pooley, epistolary, Fiction, the authenticity project

narfna's CBR14 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: British, British fiction, Clare Pooley, epistolary, Fiction, the authenticity project ·
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Delilah and Mr. Selim have some adventures

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (V01) by Tony Cliff

Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling (V02) by Tony Cliff

April 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have wanted to read Delilah Dirk books for some time. A few weeks ago, I went to the library to pick up a book I had on hold and came out with three others. Two were the first two in the series by Tony Cliff, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant (V01) and Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling (V02). I have since learned there is a third book, and I’m contemplating finding a copy. First, this is basically a “Sherlock Holmes meets Indiana […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult Tagged With: 19th century, Action & Adventure, British, Constantinople, historical fiction, Istanbul (Turkey), Robbers and outlaws, Tony Cliff

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:170 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Young Adult · Tags: 19th century, Action & Adventure, British, Constantinople, historical fiction, Istanbul (Turkey), Robbers and outlaws, Tony Cliff ·
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The One Where I Don’t Like What I Think I Will Like

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Perfect Prey by Helen Fields

April 23, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

The Thursday Murder Club (Richard Osman) ** Perfect Prey (Helen Fields) ***½  Somewhere, in a very British and very sedate retirement village, a group of seniors get together in the jigsaw room where they solve unsolved crimes. They’re pushing eighty, they have opinions on which type of cake is better (walnut). They are Ron (former commie rabblerouser, scourge of the Thatcher era), Elizabeth (former detective with a fantabulous past full of the sort of intrigue James Bond could only have dreamed of), Ibrahim (former psychiatrist […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: British, crime fiction, DI Callanach Series, edinburgh, Helen Fields, Perfect Prey, Richard Osman, scottish, the thursday murder club

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: British, crime fiction, DI Callanach Series, edinburgh, Helen Fields, Perfect Prey, Richard Osman, scottish, the thursday murder club ·
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“Some people in life, Sue, are weather forecasters, whereas other people are the weather itself.”

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

April 2, 2022 by ardaigle 4 Comments

In One Word: Satisfying LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK. LOVE IT. The only thing I don’t like about it is that I’m done reading it and I can’t read it again the first time. This is the second book in Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series and I really tried to hold out on reading it, since I just finished the first a month ago, but I could not wait. I saw a review from someone who said they loved the first one and they loved […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: British, octagenarians, Richard Osman, thursday murder club

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: British, octagenarians, Richard Osman, thursday murder club ·
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“After a certain age, you can pretty much do whatever takes your fancy. No one tells you off, except for your doctors and your children.”

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

February 19, 2022 by ardaigle 4 Comments

In one word: Charming Once again, the recommendations of the Cannonball Read community came in with a flawless pick that I absolutely adored. I believe it was at the last CBR Zoom meet-up that this book was mentioned. I know by now if more than two or more cannonballers chime in with YES YES THAT’S A GOOD ONE about a book that I should just go ahead and bump it up to the top of my list. (Three cheers for internet friends who though you […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: British, cozy mystery, crime, humor, murder, Richard Osman, Septuagenarians

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: British, cozy mystery, crime, humor, murder, Richard Osman, Septuagenarians ·
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“The doom has come upon me.”

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #9) by Agatha Christie

February 1, 2022 by narfna 4 Comments

One part of this was uncomfortably dated, but otherwise this was a fun listen. There is somewhat of an epic red herring (I think that’s what we would call it) in this one, and I didn’t see it coming at all. It helps that I really like Emilia Fox as a narrator. The one downside with her is that she flattens out the characters with American accents, but her British characters are superb. An American film star moves into Miss Marple’s neighborhood (in the very […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, audiobooks, British, emilia fox, miss marple, mystery, narfna, The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side

narfna's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, audiobooks, British, emilia fox, miss marple, mystery, narfna, The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side ·
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