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The Latter Day Wild West

The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Denton

January 26, 2026 by Pooja 2 Comments

When a caravan of women and children were ambushed by masked gunmen on a remote Mexican road, it sent political ripples through both Mexico and the United States. But this is not the first time the LeBaron and La Mora communities have been in the headlines. Though this book uses the 2019 killings as the entry point into the story, it more broadly chronicles the history of this particular branch of the fundamentalist Mormon LeBaron family, which is well known for its polygamous practices and […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, cults, mexico, Mormonism, Non-Fiction, Religion, Sally Denton, true crime

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, cults, mexico, Mormonism, Non-Fiction, Religion, Sally Denton, true crime ·
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Learn the Lingo, Break Its Power

Cultish: The Language of Fanatacism by Amanda Montell

December 18, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

Over the past year I felt that two books in particular were relevant at such a fraught time for our country and the world. The first was Suzanne Collins’ latest installment in the Hunger Games series, Sunrise on the Reaping, which examined propaganda and its place in authoritarianism. The second is Cultish, by Amanda Montell, which is a nonfiction book that looks at cults and their nonstandard use of language to draw in followers and exclude outsiders. Informative, troubling, often very funny, Cultish looks at […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amanda Montell, cbr17, cults

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:29 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Amanda Montell, cbr17, cults ·
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The boy who needed to be God

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

November 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming can sometimes be a bit slow in the pacing, sometimes a smidgen romantically written, sometimes sad, sometimes scary, sometimes heart pounding, but always interesting. For me, the “small details” (such as it wasn’t Kool-Aid, the ingreediants used for the mixture were less than $9 then, Jones’ “rainbow family,”) were in some ways more interesting than the overall picture and that was fascinating.  The “human” side of things (even with Jones […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:516 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Religion, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Candace Fleming, cults, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, November 1978, People's Temple, Social Topics, United States - 20th Century ·
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Fluffy lamby and blood

Cult of the Lamb Vol. 1: The First Verse by Alex Paknadel

October 11, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Possible triggers (including, but not limited to violence, cults, magic) I have no clue what the publisher description means: In partnership with Devolver Digital and Massive Monster, Oni Press proudly presents Cult of the Lamb: The First Verse-the hugely anticipated first graphic novel exploration into the sprawling cosmology of the millions-selling, multiple BAFTA Award-nominated video game phenomenon that has Polygon begging players to “smash that worship button”! That’s good….. Right? There is more with: ANIMAL CROSSING MEETS HADES: This is Animal Crossing with sex and […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Alex Paknadel, Crank!, cults, friendship, Media Tie-In, Nick Filardi, Power, Social Themes, Troy Little

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:477 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Alex Paknadel, Crank!, cults, friendship, Media Tie-In, Nick Filardi, Power, Social Themes, Troy Little ·
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Moving Distractions. Or, When Ronnie got Salty

Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia by Steve Cannane

September 28, 2024 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

I’ve been moving around a lot in the last few years, and I’ve developed some little rituals over the process. My last move was only a month ago, and  like so many of my moves, it involved extended amounts of time dicking around with Ikea furniture and getting rather frustrated. I have an audiobook especially for that task. It must have been eight or nine years ago now, but I had spend the best part of an afternoon trying to put a damned bed together […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Australia, cbr16bingo, cults, Fair Game, Murdoch, scandal, scientology, Steve Cannane, wikileaks

LittlePlat's CBR16 Review No:15 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: Australia, cbr16bingo, cults, Fair Game, Murdoch, scandal, scientology, Steve Cannane, wikileaks ·
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April 2024 Leftovers

X = : Poems by Stephen Berg

Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley

A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh

The Hurricane Blonde by Halley Sutton

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon

L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais

Watch It Burn by Kristen Bird

Sleep With Strangers by Dolores Hitchens

The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn by Josh Young

One of Us Is Wrong by Sam Holt

The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker

The Second Murderer by Denise Mina

Blackmailer by George Axelrod

The Darkest Glare: A Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles by Chip Jacobs

Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith

May 6, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy April, y’all! X = : Poems**** This is why library book bingos are necessary. I only checked this one out because I needed to read a book of poems and I wanted to check the nettlesome “X” off the A-Z reading list. A convoluted reason to begin with and this wasn’t even the book I thought I was getting! I thought I’d get a different X by a different author. I’m glad I got this one. Some of these really spoke to me, including […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a game of Lies, Blackmailer, california, charcoal joe, Chip Jacobs, Clare Mackintosh, crime, cults, denise mina, Dolores Hitchens, Easy Rawlins, ed brubaker, Elvis Cole, europe, Ffion Morgan, France, Freddie Otash, George Axelrod, Graphic Novel, Halley Sutton, hard case crime, historical fiction, Joe Pike, Josh Young, Kristen Bird, L.A. Requiem, LGBTQIA, long beach, los angeles, Marilyn Monroe, movies, mystery, New York City, Noir, One of Us Is Wrong, Patricia Highsmith, Philip Marlowe, poems, postmodern, real estate, reality television, red scare, Ripley's Game, Robert Crais, Sam Holt, Sleep with Strangers, Stephen Berg, Texas, The Darkest Glare, the fade out, The Fixer, The Hurricane Blonde, The Second Murderer, Thomas Pynchon, Tom Ripley, true crime, Vineland, wales, walter mosley, Watch it Burn, X

Jake's CBR16 Review No:66 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a game of Lies, Blackmailer, california, charcoal joe, Chip Jacobs, Clare Mackintosh, crime, cults, denise mina, Dolores Hitchens, Easy Rawlins, ed brubaker, Elvis Cole, europe, Ffion Morgan, France, Freddie Otash, George Axelrod, Graphic Novel, Halley Sutton, hard case crime, historical fiction, Joe Pike, Josh Young, Kristen Bird, L.A. Requiem, LGBTQIA, long beach, los angeles, Marilyn Monroe, movies, mystery, New York City, Noir, One of Us Is Wrong, Patricia Highsmith, Philip Marlowe, poems, postmodern, real estate, reality television, red scare, Ripley's Game, Robert Crais, Sam Holt, Sleep with Strangers, Stephen Berg, Texas, The Darkest Glare, the fade out, The Fixer, The Hurricane Blonde, The Second Murderer, Thomas Pynchon, Tom Ripley, true crime, Vineland, wales, walter mosley, Watch it Burn, X ·
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