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A charming and amusing romp that greatly entertained me, even though I couldn’t care less about birds, and actually sort of fear them

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton

August 18, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Only one bed (and horse) CBR16 Bingo: And also… (Repeat of the Bananas square, because this book fits the bill) Beth Pickering is the youngest professor of ornithology at Oxford, and she needs to really impress the faculty if she is to get tenure. She works with wealthy widow Hippolyta Quirm to try to locate and capture rare (and usually dangerous) birds. Just as they are about to capture the coveted deathwhistler, a rival ornithologist, the dashing young Professor Devon Lockley […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: acadeemia, adventure, and also, Bananas, birds, CBR16, cbr16bingo, funny, historical fantasy, India Holton, Love's Academic, Malin, neuro diversity, road trip, Romance, romp, Smart Bitches, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love, Victorian

Malin's CBR16 Review No:50 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: acadeemia, adventure, and also, Bananas, birds, CBR16, cbr16bingo, funny, historical fantasy, India Holton, Love's Academic, Malin, neuro diversity, road trip, Romance, romp, Smart Bitches, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love, Victorian ·
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Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love.

The Princess Bride, S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman

August 18, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR16 BINGO: Rings, because “Mawidge is a dweam wiffin a dweam.” The Princess Bride has been on my TBR list for a long time, mostly to satisfy my curiosity about the source material that led to the creation of one of the most beloved movies of the 1980s, not to mention one of my personal top 5. I was surprised to discover that many of the most memorable lines of dialogue come directly from the book (“You keep using that word. I don’t think it […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: adventure, CBR16, cbr16bingo, classic movies, comedy, KimMiE", metafiction, Romance, William Goldman

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:24 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance · Tags: adventure, CBR16, cbr16bingo, classic movies, comedy, KimMiE", metafiction, Romance, William Goldman ·
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What if Reylo, but musicians?

Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto

August 18, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Rock star or musician (this one has both) Gwen Jackson started playing the violin at eleven and now, over a decade later, she is part of a popular ensemble orchestra and dreams of one day being famous enough to play solos and tour on her own. To pay the bills, she occasionally plays weddings on weekends with her roommate. Being told by the wedding planner that the bride wanted cello and piano, rather than violin, Gwen is forced to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR16, Contemporary Romance, fan fiction, Julie Soto, Malin, music, Not Another Love Song, rock stars, Smart Bitches

Malin's CBR16 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR16, Contemporary Romance, fan fiction, Julie Soto, Malin, music, Not Another Love Song, rock stars, Smart Bitches ·
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Charlotte Holmes is accused of murder

A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas

August 18, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: the latest or last book in a series CBR16 Bingo: fan fiction This is book 8 in the series, and really not a good place to begin. Start with A Study in Scarlet Women. Charlotte Holmes, more used to solving murder mysteries, now finds herself questioned by the police, the main suspect in the murder of Lord Bancroft Ashburton. Inspector Threadles is concerned for her, but needn’t have worried, Ms Holmes isn’t going to let something as tiresome as […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Ruse of Shadows, audiobook, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fan fiction, historical fiction, Kate Reading, Lady Sherlock, Malin, murder, mystery, romantic, Sherry Thomas, Smart Bitches, Victorian

Malin's CBR16 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Ruse of Shadows, audiobook, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fan fiction, historical fiction, Kate Reading, Lady Sherlock, Malin, murder, mystery, romantic, Sherry Thomas, Smart Bitches, Victorian ·
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“And now, born from the ashes, she’s a warrior in bloodied black.”

Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

August 18, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR16 Sweet Books: Binge Nowhere Book Bingo: A YA novel Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Epistolary romance CBR16 Bingo: Part 1 and Part 2 (the book has more than 600 pages) This is the second book in a series, and starting with this one means a lot of stuff won’t make much sense. I also don’t think it’s possible for me to review this book without spoiling the previous one, so if you’re not up to date, start with Illuminae. After the disastrous events, first on […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adventure, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Binge, CBR16, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, Disability, family, gemina, grief, horror, Malin, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Part 1, Part 2, Romance, Smart Bitches, Suspense, the illuminae files

Malin's CBR16 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, adventure, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Binge, CBR16, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, Disability, family, gemina, grief, horror, Malin, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Part 1, Part 2, Romance, Smart Bitches, Suspense, the illuminae files ·
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Covers of Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, and Carpe Jugulum

“Comedy is laughter in the face of death”

Wyrd Sisters (1988) by Terry Pratchett

Witches Abroad (1991) by Terry Pratchett

Lords and Ladies (1992) by Terry Pratchett

Carpe Jugulum (1998) by Terry Pratchett

August 16, 2024 by drmllz 2 Comments

These are re-reads, these are beloved, these are–I suggest–suitable for the fanfic square because they are riotous and revelrous games with Shakespeare plays and fairy stories and Dracula and witch traditions, even while they question the logics behind them. For example, as Pratchett points out, witches would probably not be dancing around nude during their eldritch rites because it would get quite chilly. Wyrd Sisters (1988) Autocorrect keeps trying to make wyrd into ‘word’, which is fitting, because this is a book partly about the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, British humour, CBR16, cbr16bingo, discworld, drmllz, fanfic square, Fiction, humor, rereads, Terry Pratchett, witches

drmllz's CBR16 Review No:12 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, British humour, CBR16, cbr16bingo, discworld, drmllz, fanfic square, Fiction, humor, rereads, Terry Pratchett, witches ·
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