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Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

“Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands: Book 2 of the Emily Wilde Series: A Novel by Heather Fawcett

November 26, 2025 by bjornsnipe 2 Comments

To be honest, it took me three weeks to get through this book. Not that it was overly long (at 341 pages, I don’t consider it a long book), and not that I hated it (though to be honest, I would probably have to work up an emotion to it past “meh” to get towards something like hate), but because my reading of it was completely overshadowed by the fact that Gallifrey, my 17 year old Calico cat, died in the middle of reading it, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: faeries, footnotes, Heather Fawcett, housekeeping, the grim

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:149 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: faeries, footnotes, Heather Fawcett, housekeeping, the grim ·
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That is the hardest I have ever had to work to read fiction

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

January 16, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 10 Comments

Do not start this book if you are looking for a light, fun read. Do not start this book if all you want to do while reading is scan a page and flip the page. Do not start this book if you are uncomfortable with feelings of unexplainable dread. House of Leaves is not an easy read. It took me a full two weeks to finish reading. Not only are there footnotes and footnotes that have footnotes, but the way the words are typed on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: footnotes, House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski, postmodern

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: footnotes, House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski, postmodern ·
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She’s a brick house. She’s mighty mighty and letting it all hang out to frighten you.

December 8, 2014 by cheerbrarian 1 Comment

Oh. My. Gosh. This novel has been my albatross. I came across this book many years ago, borrowed from a friend. I tried to read it, but stalled out. I had my mother buy it for me for Christmas a few years ago and still was never able to conquer it. Yesterday, I was victorious. This is the most mesmerizing, confusing, terrifying, frustrating, wonderful novel that I have ever read. It is a literal and figurative labyrinth and the fact that a human brain could […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: creative, footnotes, horror, layout

cheerbrarian's CBR6 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: creative, footnotes, horror, layout ·
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