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Obviously You Should Shoot the Intruder in Your Hidden Pool

The Proud Breed by Celeste de Blasis

February 2, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

After an unexpected encounter by a hidden pool, Tessa and Gavin fall in love, but their lives together in a rapidly developing California will not be easy. Before this book I’d only read de Blasis’s Wild Swan trilogy, and it was glad to see that we see some of the same hallmarks here – strong, complex characters with an undeniable connection, no matter how many times they might fall away from each other for a time. In fact, I might argue that Tessa was a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: American Civil War, california, Celeste de Blasis, family saga, historical, Romance

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: American Civil War, california, Celeste de Blasis, family saga, historical, Romance ·
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“Her mom carefully selected her memories to reflect her established opinions, and it turned her mind into a bowl of lettuce she believed was a salad.”

The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

January 24, 2023 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In the past, I’ve started my reviews with “in one word” and offered one word that sums up my feelings on a book, but over time, that has gotten stale. Instead, I’m going to give myself ten words or less to try to sum up a book, because why not. (My reviews, my rules). In Ten Words or Less: Complex female characters uncover their potential and discover family destiny. This little book charmed me and was exactly the kind of light read I needed at […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: beer brewing, family saga, j ryan stradal, midwest, Minnesota, Sisters, The Lager Queen of Minnesota

ardaigle's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: beer brewing, family saga, j ryan stradal, midwest, Minnesota, Sisters, The Lager Queen of Minnesota ·
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“The earth has turned. The time is here. I am dying. Come and collect your inheritance.”

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

September 1, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I tell you what, I’ve really been putting off writing this review. I just don’t want to try and put words to the subconscious magic this book can work upon a reader. And also the literal magic that is in the book. (An old woman turns into a tree! Flowers grow out of people’s bodies!) I’m really not going to talk much about the plot here because it’s way better to be surprised, but I will say that the book starts out with all of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ecuador, family saga, historical fiction, latinx author, magical realism, narfna, Zoraida Cordova

narfna's CBR14 Review No:145 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ecuador, family saga, historical fiction, latinx author, magical realism, narfna, Zoraida Cordova ·
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A Disappointing and Weirdly Removed Second Book in the Trilogy

Early Warning by Jane Smiley

June 16, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I’ve read the first book in this trilogy (Some Luck) two or three times and really enjoy its structure and descriptions of farm and internal life. I therefore read this second book with interest, but I don’t think it was as good as the first one and I don’t think I would reread it. I’m still going to read the third one because these are transporting and feel like you’re watching a soap opera, so it’s good train commute reading. Not bad enough to stop […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: American Fiction, family saga, family secrets, historical fiction, jane smiley

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: American Fiction, family saga, family secrets, historical fiction, jane smiley ·
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is it too late to change your ways?

L.A. Weather by Maria Amparo Escandon

April 27, 2022 by tiny_bookbot Leave a Comment

I’ve got high expectations for novels set in Southern California. If very little besides, say, the beaches and Hollywood register for the writer in question, maybe also some smog and traffic, I judge that hard. If you can’t say “I’d take the 101 to the 10 to the 405 for you” and understand that as an expression of love, write about somewhere else, please. So one thing I liked very immediately about Maria Amparo Escandon’s L.A. Weather was the real sense of place. This isn’t just LA, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: family saga, latinx author, Maria Amparo Escandon, Marriage

tiny_bookbot's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: family saga, latinx author, Maria Amparo Escandon, Marriage ·
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Finally caught up! #CBRBingo

Written In My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) by Diana Gabaldon

November 27, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

I liked this one as much as I liked Dragonfly in Amber and Drums of Autumn. A definite improvement over the last several books, although I did enjoy #7 as well, if not quite as much. I’m officially caught up on this series now, and that feels weird! These books are so long, and they’re still not done! Not even going to try and sum up what happened in this book. It was a lot. There was a lot of drama, but unlike in past […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Diana Gabaldon, family saga, historical fiction, narfna, Outlander, the revolutionary war, time travel, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

narfna's CBR10 Review No:138 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, Diana Gabaldon, family saga, historical fiction, narfna, Outlander, the revolutionary war, time travel, Written in My Own Heart's Blood ·
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