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I read this book twice

To Be Taught, if Fortunate by Becky Chambers

March 30, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I downloaded this audiobook from my library.  I remember thinking “Ooh, I wanted to read this book.”  I think I made it through the first sentence before I said to myself “Ooh, I already read this book.”  I really didn’t remember most of it though.  Thankfully it was just as good the second time around!  It’s also a short book, so it was nice to read after Dune, which took me almost two weeks to finish.  I think this audiobook was around 4 or 5 […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Becky Chambers, despair, Joy, new life, space

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Becky Chambers, despair, Joy, new life, space ·
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Another book with an interesting concept that meandered aimlessly and ran full steam ahead into despair

Anthem by Noah Hawley

March 29, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

The summary of this book may sound morbid, and it may be odd that it drew me in, but here we are.  I like a mystery. Here is what my library’s audiobook / ebook app had as a synopsis: Suddenly and without precedent or explanation, something awful has been happening to teenagers across the globe, forcing parents to face a lonely future without their children.  At the site of each loss, there lies a cryptic message, A11, which may be the clue to solving the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: despair, Noah Hawley, politics, Religion, Sexual Assault, suicide

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: despair, Noah Hawley, politics, Religion, Sexual Assault, suicide ·
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Bunnatine, Immy, Demon Lover, and Ghost Boyfriend walk into a bar…

Get In Trouble by Kelly Link

June 9, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Well, sometimes it’s a bar filled with men raised by wolves. Sometimes it’s a space ship. A warehouse full of mysterious sleeping people. A magical house full of “summer people”. A haunted house on a space ship. A lake where a few dozen nudists disappeared in the seventies. The penthouse party at a hotel full of dentists and super heroes. The crumbling remains of a Wizard of Oz theme park. A pocket universe that opened above Florida. Kelly Link writes things that are fantastic and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Appalachia, coming-of-age, despair, Kelly Link, Love, magical realism, melancholy, pulitzer noms, super heroes

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Appalachia, coming-of-age, despair, Kelly Link, Love, magical realism, melancholy, pulitzer noms, super heroes ·
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