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“It’s really most remarkable how the human race is so seldom satisfied with what it’s got. Give a man the world and he’s still pining for the moon.”

Penmarric by Susan Howatch

September 23, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR15 Bingo – Relation”ships”: The many overlapping relationships between the Castallacks and Roslyns, both familial and romantic, drive much of the action of the book forward. When Mark Castallack takes gloomy Penmarric as his home and Janna Roslyn as his wife, he sets a massive family drama into motion. This is one of those sprawling family sagas in which there are a lot of beautiful, dramatic, maladjusted people. The fun of Penmarric though is that it’s also a transposition of the story of Henry II, Eleanor […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: cbr15bingo, drama, family saga, historical, Romance, Susan Howatch

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:67 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: cbr15bingo, drama, family saga, historical, Romance, Susan Howatch ·
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Where the Animals Have Better Manners

Riders by Jilly Cooper

August 18, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR15 Bingo – Sex: What would a bonkbuster be without sex? And here it drives much of the action and drama of the book as well. Jake Lovell and Rupert Campbell-Black were born to very different circumstances which have made them very different men, but they both have the same goal – to rise to the top of the spectacular, high-octane world of… show jumping. As I was embarking on an international trip with limited internet access, I thought it would be prudent to stock up […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bonkbuster, cbr15bingo, drama, Fiction, horses, Jilly Cooper, Romance

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bonkbuster, cbr15bingo, drama, Fiction, horses, Jilly Cooper, Romance ·
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Parent Trap meets Freaky Friday without the magic but lots of music

Mirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca

April 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Awhile back I found a reader copy by Rajani LaRocca called Mirror to Mirror. I was interested in it due to the diverse characters and the prose poetry format.  However, as I started reading (at lunch) it was going slowly, and I put it aside. I picked it up months later and was able to finish it finally. It was mostly worth the wait. I say mostly, as for me, there were a few bumps. I was not a fan of some characters, and a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, brothers, drama, Emotions & Feelings, family, mental illness, music, Performing Arts, Rajani LaRocca, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, stage, twins

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:268 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, brothers, drama, Emotions & Feelings, family, mental illness, music, Performing Arts, Rajani LaRocca, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, stage, twins ·
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Drama Queen

Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

November 6, 2022 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Ah, Shakespeare- takes me right back to high school English class! (Truthfully though: I hadn’t read this play nor seen it performed, but the general strokes of the story were familiar.) Ready? Here goes: Marc Antony, the great Roman general, is uneasily sharing power with Octavius, Julius Ceaser’s nephew, and a third general, Lepidius. Antony has come to Egypt as part of the triumvirate’s previous battles against outside enemies and fallen in love with the seductive Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. Now that the outside enemies have […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Antony & Cleopatra, cbr14bingo, drama, Play, Shakespeare, snake, william shakespeare

Wanderlustful's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Antony & Cleopatra, cbr14bingo, drama, Play, Shakespeare, snake, william shakespeare ·
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No more Tomorrow and I’m ok with that

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

November 6, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Probably unpopular, or at least in the minority, review ahead; I did not especially enjoy Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. The narrative style made it a little hard to tell the difference between Said and Sam’s perspectives, and given that the novel switches back and forth, giving them more distinctive voices would have been nice. They also have really similar personalities in a lot of ways; both have traumas in their pasts which the other sort of knows about but doesn’t seem to want to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: drama, Gabrielle Zevin, historical fiction, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, video games

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: drama, Gabrielle Zevin, historical fiction, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, video games ·
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“Olive’s not a hundred dollar bill. There are going to be people in her life who don’t like her.”

Act by Kayla Miller

Clash by Kayla Miller

November 4, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I continue my slow acquisition of this series through random bookstore visits with Act and Clash. The series follows Olive as she learns various important lessons in middle school about friendship and standing up for what’s right. In Act, Olive finds out that some kids are unable to go on field trips because their parents can’t afford the extra cost. She decides to run for student council and this causes some turmoil in her friendships and requires her to learn how to get her message […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: drama, economic injustice, friendships, graphic novels, Kayla Miller, middle grade

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: drama, economic injustice, friendships, graphic novels, Kayla Miller, middle grade ·
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