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Late to the Party

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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I’m literally years late to “The Handmaid’s Tale”, as I’ve avoided this book on principle for a long time. Not because of its content, but more to its hype and the fact that I’m usually not a huge fan of capital “L” literature. But it was selected by the members of the book club I’m proctoring, and after finishing it, I’m of two minds. On one hand I loved it and can totally get behind the hype. On the other, it left me wanting, and slightly disappointed. Being so late to the party, everyone pretty much knows the basic premise […]

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3/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:6 |

Continuing on past the end of the world, after the end of the world

Deacon - Gideon's Riders #2 by Kit Rocha

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Kit Rocha’s Beyond series deals in the lives and loves of a bisexual love army fighting back against capitalist oppressors after the fall of our current civilization. The Gideon’s Riders series is a successor series to the Beyond Series. They are fun, quick reads and they are reliable (Which is actually really important in romance readership.) I enjoyed the Beyond books, so I started in on Gideon’s. This is the second book about Gideon’s Riders, a fighting force of people who have committed to give their lives in service of the head of their religion. Which is already off putting […]

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1/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

Left wanting more more more

Planetfall by Emma Newman

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Holy shit, this book was good. It started slow and then just kept building and building until the breathtaking ending. It was recommended to me by an extended family member and I’m so glad I didn’t just blow them off and actually picked it up. I hope Newman’s other books are as good, because I plan on reading them stat. Renata “Ren” Ghali lives in a colony on a far away world, working as the settlement’s engineer. She’s a respected member of the community, but keeps herself somewhat isolated. When a humanoid figure approaches the colony and takes up residence, […]

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1/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:6 |

My Big Ol’ Spoiler-Filled Review

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Never Let Me Go is one of the strangest books I have read this year and in order to try to make sense of it, I’m afraid I’m going to be engaging in some plot spoiling. Actually, this may not be overly spoiler-y, as the reader figures out most of what I’m going to reveal early on in the novel. Ishiguro wants it that way, I think, because his characters experience the same thing. They know what is going to happen to them, and yet…. Reviews have described it as science fiction and as dystopian, but I would say that […]

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9/12/2017 's CBR9 Review No:40 |

I’m finally reading The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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I liked all of these covers, so I added them all. For some reason, I had no idea that this book was published in 1986.  It feels so so current.  I wanted to read it before watching any of the Hulu series, which looks great.  This will officially be my fifth Margaret Atwood book.  I think I like her 🙂 This book just tosses you right into the everday slog of being a Handmaiden.  You wake up in a blank, meaningless room, put on your red clothes, and walk downstairs.  You’re not supposed to look at yourself.  In fact, you […]

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7/17/2017 's CBR9 Review No:37 |

Stepford Town, but not as clever.

Wayward by Blake Crouch

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I recently got off work a bit early (one of the many down sides of being a Fry Minion, you get sent home because of “labor costs.”) and having nothing to do but surf my phone, downloaded a reader (how did I live without one?) and started perusing my to-be-read pile, which is quite large.  Wayward was one of the first books in the stack, (it was ahead of its prequel, even, which I have not read.)  I’m used to starting series in the middle – I actually do it as something of a litmus test for new writers I’m […]

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6/24/2017 's CBR9 Review No:8 |

Ruined Cities of the Future

Ruined Cities by James Tallett

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Ruined Cities edited by James Tallett (2013) – I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed this anthology before.  I like beginning writers and original stories, so independent publications’ short story collections are right up my alley.  I’m not wild about dystopian or post-apocalyptic stories, but this one is large and meaty (420 pages) and has some exceptional writing.  I’ll talk about a few of my favorites. “The City Over Hell” by Jennifer Povey – A young illiterate girl discovers her city is actually a dying space station orbiting a fiery planet called Hell.  She and everyone are doomed until an old […]

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6/20/2017 's CBR9 Review No:25 |

What I feel is relief. It wasn’t me.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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Welp, I just picked up The Handmaid’s Tale this afternoon, and finished it in one sitting. Not because I couldn’t put it down, but because I absolutely refused to stop, let it percolate, and dare to wonder at what could be coming. Honestly, it’s too believable. I knew that it would be; you can’t avoid talk of the story these days. But it’s strikingly real, and for that reason, downright horrifying. I never caught myself picking apart the believability, or the potential. This is dystopian fiction at its most stripped-down. There are no remarkable flights of fancy, no absurdist guesses at […]

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4/29/2017 's CBR9 Review No:19 |


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