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Water, water every where you look and everything to see

The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire

March 15, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I missed the morning meeting where my coworker mentioned the book The Underwater Welder as part of her book review, but the in the minutes she mentioned that Jeff Lemire’s book was one that she had reread as it was one of her favorite books. And though I only read the minutes, there was something about those few words, and the fact I know some of her reading style, her passion about books, that made me ask to borrow her copy. I put it aside […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Canada, family, Fathers and sons, Jeff Lemire, life changing events, Nova Scotia, Oil well drilling rigs, Underwater welding and cutting

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:116 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Canada, family, Fathers and sons, Jeff Lemire, life changing events, Nova Scotia, Oil well drilling rigs, Underwater welding and cutting ·
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Crime Spree

Skin Deep by Sung J. Woo

The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth and the Case of Two Missing Girls by Jax Miller

Later by Stephen King

March 14, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I binged a lot of crime fiction (with one non-fictional exception) as there was a lot of traffic on my already long commute this week, allowing me to synergize eyeball reading with audio. Plus I took off the weekend so I had some extra time… Skin Deep 3 stars So rare, entertaining and enjoyable to have a transracial adoptee as a protagonist. While author Sung J. Woo doesn’t lean too hard on Siobhan’s background, he weaves it in to make her a fully realized person. The […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: adoptees, adoptive fiction, Canada, harry bosch, Hell in the Heartland, horror, Inspector Gamache, Jax Miller, Korean-Americans, later, los angeles, Louise Penny, Michael Connelly, mystery, new york, oklahoma, serial killers, Skin Deep, Stephen King, Sung J. Woo, The Concrete Blonde, The Cruelest Month, true crime

Jake's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: adoptees, adoptive fiction, Canada, harry bosch, Hell in the Heartland, horror, Inspector Gamache, Jax Miller, Korean-Americans, later, los angeles, Louise Penny, Michael Connelly, mystery, new york, oklahoma, serial killers, Skin Deep, Stephen King, Sung J. Woo, The Concrete Blonde, The Cruelest Month, true crime ·
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Crime, Punishment, People

Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey

March 2, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I picked this one up in part because it was blurbed by Megan Abbott. That makes sense as it reads like a story Megan Abbott would write. And it helps that it’s a story put in the right hands of a writer such as Rebecca Godfrey, who examines the victim and those involved in her death with a critical but compassionate eye and an evocative writing style. I appreciate true crime that doesn’t wallow in violence or intrigue, but instead paints a full picture of […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Canada, Rebecca Godfrey, Reena Virk, true crime, Under the Bridge

Jake's CBR13 Review No:31 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Canada, Rebecca Godfrey, Reena Virk, true crime, Under the Bridge ·
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Joyeux Noël

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

January 3, 2021 by Jake 7 Comments

There’s 12 days of Christmas, folks. We all have through January 6th to celebrate. So I got my holiday reading in just under the wire. Yay me. Been meaning to return to the Inspector Gamache series after enjoying the first book. The women from my crime fiction class swear to it and I can see why. It’s an engaging mystery series that has the elements of a cozy but is a little more hardened. Three Pines is a charming place and the people all seem […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Fatal Grace, Canada, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery

Jake's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Fatal Grace, Canada, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery ·
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A first impression can often be misleading

Her Pretend Christmas Date by Jackie Lau

December 28, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Disclaimer! I was given an ARC of this book by the author. That has in no way influenced my review. Julie Tam’s sister Charlotte is an engineer and has an outgoing and charming boyfriend, the guy who lived next door when they were young. She is everything their parents could want. Meanwhile, Julie works as a waitress in a Cider Bar and designs her own jewelry. She goes on a blind date with Tom Yeung, which starts out badly and ends even worse. Tom is a […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, Canada, cbr12, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, Her Pretend Christmas Date, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella, small town life

Malin's CBR12 Review No:89 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, Canada, cbr12, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, Her Pretend Christmas Date, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella, small town life ·
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