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Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit in, and I don’t want to fit in.

Knot Mine (The Oakley-Verse #1) by Alice La Roux

August 4, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Book Bingo: Middle – Zale stays in the middle, never causing problems but ignoring what he wants for the sake of popularity and fitting in. Shiloh is whatever the opposite is of “the life of the party.” He snaps at people before they can tear him down. It doesn’t help that his endlessly-lovable twin sister, Milly, is an omega who has the alphas at their small college eating out of her hand while Shiloh is the antisocial beta sibling. Milly’s boyfriend Zale – the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alice La Roux, betrayal, bullying, cbr18bingo, Classism, college life, enemies to lovers, fated mates, forbidden love, gay romance, m/m romance, omegaverse, opposites attract, Outcast, pariah, secret identity, sibling rivalry, siblings & twins

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alice La Roux, betrayal, bullying, cbr18bingo, Classism, college life, enemies to lovers, fated mates, forbidden love, gay romance, m/m romance, omegaverse, opposites attract, Outcast, pariah, secret identity, sibling rivalry, siblings & twins ·
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A Pride and Prejudice retelling that works best when it follows the inspiration less strictly

The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi

February 22, 2026 by Jen K Leave a Comment

While I think this novel started a little bit rough for me, I ultimately ended up liking it. This novel is a contemporary take on Pride and Prejudice, set at a New England liberal college, focused on the women of Bennet House. While I am sure I originally picked this novel up because it was a Pride and Prejudice retelling, while reading it, I realized that I don’t actually love the plotline of Pride and Prejudice enough to want to go through all of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: college life, Eden Appiah-Kubi, Pride and Prejudice variations

Jen K's CBR18 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: college life, Eden Appiah-Kubi, Pride and Prejudice variations ·
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What can I say that hasn’t already been said?

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

September 27, 2024 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

The Story: the narrator (Richard, although his name is used so rarely that I kept forgetting what it was) leaves an unhappy existence in California to attend the small, private Hampden College in Vermont. There, he decides to study Greek under an enigmatic professor, Julian, alongside a small, elitist group of other Classics students: cold and intellectual Henry, anxious hypochondriac Francis, twins Charles and Camilla (I wish I could find descriptors for these other than “twin,” but unfortunately they’re both very thinly drawn), and Bunny, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history

Ellesfena's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history ·
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Full Cannonball, Total Banger

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

December 8, 2022 by Zirza 4 Comments

Alright, maybe not a total banger – more like a satisfyingly slow burn – but I wanted to finish my Cannonball Read with something I’ve wanted to read for a while and it ended up being this. I was planning on reading it someday, so when I came across a copy in at a thrift store (cost me about three bucks in conjunction with The Little Friend) I figured fate was trying to tell me something.  I was working as a lowly book shop employee […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: college life, crime, Crimebags, Donna Tartt, the secret history

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: college life, crime, Crimebags, Donna Tartt, the secret history ·
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Rainbow Rowell is my spirit animal.

August 22, 2016 by ingres77 10 Comments

I am iridescent with joy. I am pregnant with wonder. Gestating within me is the belief that regardless of how much I love the book, if Rainbow Rowell is writing it, I will absolutely love the people she fills it with. When my egg hatches, I will be gifted with the certainty that Rainbow Rowell is my new favorite author. Part of my effervescence, no doubt, is due to the long string of unhappiness in which I’ve enshrouded myself. The Girl on the Train, Cujo, The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: college life, Cujo, fanfiction, Fangirl, Gone Girl, happiness, Rainbow Rowell, The Girl On The Train, The Kite Runner, Young Adult

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: college life, Cujo, fanfiction, Fangirl, Gone Girl, happiness, Rainbow Rowell, The Girl On The Train, The Kite Runner, Young Adult ·
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