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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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[got me] to a nunnery!

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Heloise & Abelard: A New Biography by James Burge

The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici by Elizabeth Lev

Letters of a Portuguese Nun: Uncovering the Mystery Behind a 17th Century Forbidden Love by Myriam Cyr

July 5, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 1 Comment

I thought I was going to need some time to recover from the exquisite The Everlasting, but really it flung me head-first into a literal rabbit-hole. A warren. An abbey. A nunnery, if you will. Also- The Atlantic just posted a list of books that were done dirty by pandemic releases, and OF COURE The Everlasting resides within those vaulted halls. I was immediately drawn to Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici after she was mentioned several times in The Everlasting. A distant relative of her spots her likeness in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: 12th century, 15th century, 16th century, 17th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, borgia, Catholicism, cloistered life, Crusades, Dark Ages, eleanor of aquitaine, Elizabeth Lev, England, forbidden love, France, heloise and abelard, hisotry, historical fiction, Italy, James Burge, lauren groff, Love, love letters, Marie de France, medeival europe, Medici, Middle Ages, miramax, monks, my library. audio. ;etters, Myriam Cyr, mysticism, nuns, paris, Philosophy, Portugal, Religion, Renaissance, renaissance europe, Rome, viragoes

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: 12th century, 15th century, 16th century, 17th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, borgia, Catholicism, cloistered life, Crusades, Dark Ages, eleanor of aquitaine, Elizabeth Lev, England, forbidden love, France, heloise and abelard, hisotry, historical fiction, Italy, James Burge, lauren groff, Love, love letters, Marie de France, medeival europe, Medici, Middle Ages, miramax, monks, my library. audio. ;etters, Myriam Cyr, mysticism, nuns, paris, Philosophy, Portugal, Religion, Renaissance, renaissance europe, Rome, viragoes ·
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June 2022 Leftovers

The Cage by Bonnie Kistler

Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg

Gone 'Til November by Wallace Stroby

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

Survivor's Guilt by Robyn Gigl

The Old Man by Thomas Perry

Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy

The Drop by Michael Connelly

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw

Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe

Amateur City by Katherine V. Forrest

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

The Fury of Blacky Jaguar by Angel Luis Colón

He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

June 30, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

I was dealing with work turmoil and on vacation for most of June so I didn’t get the chance to write as many in depth reviews as I’d have liked to. Which is a shame because some of these deserved a longer look; I just didn’t have the time or energy… The Cage **** I went back-and-forth on my review. I’ve been giving out a lot of 4-star reviews lately and considered docking the book for that reason since it’s very borderline. But the more I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Amateur City, Angel Luis Colón, Anna Delvy, Aristophanes, Barbed Wire Heart, Blacky Jaguar, Bonnie Kistler, Booth, Cat Person, CIA, Cover Story, David Nasaw, England, Erin McCabe, espionage, fashion, Florida, gangsterland, Gone Til November, Greece, harry bosch, He Kills Coppers, historical fiction, Ireland, Iron Annie, Jake Arnott, john wilkes booth, Joseph P. Kennedy, Judaism, karen joy fowler, Kate Delafield, Katherine V. Forrest, Las Vegas, legal thriller, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Luke Cassidy, Lysistrata, mafia, Michael Connelly, mystery, new jersey, New York City, Peloponnesian War, Play, Robyn Gigl, Sal Cupertine, Survivors Guilt, Susan Rigetti, Tess Sharpe, The Cage, The Drop, The Fury of Blacky Jaguar, The Old Man, The Patriarch, Thomas Perry, thriller, tod goldberg, trans, trans woman, Wallace Stroby

Jake's CBR14 Review No:115 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Amateur City, Angel Luis Colón, Anna Delvy, Aristophanes, Barbed Wire Heart, Blacky Jaguar, Bonnie Kistler, Booth, Cat Person, CIA, Cover Story, David Nasaw, England, Erin McCabe, espionage, fashion, Florida, gangsterland, Gone Til November, Greece, harry bosch, He Kills Coppers, historical fiction, Ireland, Iron Annie, Jake Arnott, john wilkes booth, Joseph P. Kennedy, Judaism, karen joy fowler, Kate Delafield, Katherine V. Forrest, Las Vegas, legal thriller, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Luke Cassidy, Lysistrata, mafia, Michael Connelly, mystery, new jersey, New York City, Peloponnesian War, Play, Robyn Gigl, Sal Cupertine, Survivors Guilt, Susan Rigetti, Tess Sharpe, The Cage, The Drop, The Fury of Blacky Jaguar, The Old Man, The Patriarch, Thomas Perry, thriller, tod goldberg, trans, trans woman, Wallace Stroby ·
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“The mountain is there to be crossed.”

Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear

June 19, 2022 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

This is third in the Maisie Dobbs series. It was my favorite so far, so I’m looking forward to continuing this series. In Pardonable Lies, Maisie is working on three separate cases: helping 14-year-old Avril Jarvis, who’s been accused of murdering her stepfather, finding out more about her friend Priscilla’s brother, who disappeared during World War I, and working for Sir Cecil Lawton, who promised his wife on her deathbed that he would search for their son, who was also reported dead during WWI. At the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cozy mystery, England, Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs, World War I

Ellesfena's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cozy mystery, England, Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs, World War I ·
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Spinster Meets Beast

Chasing the Earl by Kathleen Ayers

June 15, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Emmagene and Henry attend a house party to support their friends’ wedding, but because they are not very popular people, they are constantly thrown together by the hostess – which turns out to be not a bad thing after all. I picked up this book because I was interested in how the author would convince me to invest in a romance with two quite unlikable leads – truly unlikable, with her cutting sternness and his beastliness, not merely unpopular. Spoiler alert: the author manages it. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: ARC, England, historical romance, Kathleen Ayers, NetGalley, Regency, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: ARC, England, historical romance, Kathleen Ayers, NetGalley, Regency, Romance ·
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Christmas in June

Christmas Romance by Catherine Hart, Betina Krahn, Linda Ladd, Barbara Dawson Smith, Katherine Sutcliffe

June 6, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Because why not kick off the summer with Christmas romances? A Christmas Melodie (Catherine Hart) – 2.5 stars Melodie is a mail order bride on her way out to Colorado, but when she is snowed in with a handsome widower and his four children, she gets rather side-tracked. I found Melodie likable, but the hero David to be rather annoying with how pushy he was. I also didn’t love that a child-free heroine ended up changing her mind merely on a few days acquaintance with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Anthology, Catherine Hart, Betina Krahn, Linda Ladd, Barbara Dawson Smith, Katherine Sutcliffe, christmas, England, historical, novellas, Romance, United States

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:75 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Anthology, Catherine Hart, Betina Krahn, Linda Ladd, Barbara Dawson Smith, Katherine Sutcliffe, christmas, England, historical, novellas, Romance, United States ·
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Faith and Deprivation on the Channel Islands

An Island At War by Deborah Carr

May 27, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Estelle has sent her younger sister Rosie away from their home just in time, for days later the Germans occupy the Channel Islands. Now both sisters must survive their respective environments as best as they can. I picked up this book despite the tiring similarity of many WW2 historicals because it had an unusual setting – the Channel Islands, which were occupied by Germans for much of the war. I had hoped that this unique experience would lend itself to a more memorable tale. Unfortunately, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: ARC, Deborah Carr, England, historical, NetGalley, Romance, ww2

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:71 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: ARC, Deborah Carr, England, historical, NetGalley, Romance, ww2 ·
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  • Emmalita on [got me] to a nunnery!I find surprising but not surprising that you had multiple nun books in your house. Definitely looking up Caterina De Medici and skipping Abelard.
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