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Anyway, here’s Wonderwall

The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman

The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman

January 5, 2025 by NatalieH 5 Comments

After reading the first three books in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman while traveling between Christmas and New Years, I was excited to continue with the series. In the short time since, I’ve flown through the next three books: The Gate of the Feral Gods, The Butcher’s Masquerade, and The Eye of the Bedlam Bride. These books continue the story of Carl and Princess Donut, his ex-girlfriend’s cat, as they compete in the galactic gameshow, Dungeon Crawler World after the collapse of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, funny, Matt Dinniman

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, funny, Matt Dinniman ·
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Are you not entertained?

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman

January 3, 2025 by NatalieH 4 Comments

I was travelling visiting family over the holidays and found that I didn’t bring enough physical books to occupy myself with while away from home. I ended up searching through my Kindle for something new to read, and quickly devoured the first three books in Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series, consisting of Dungeon Crawler Carl, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, and The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook. The plot is sort of a mix of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Hunger Games. One evening in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Cats, funny, Matt Dinniman, SciFi

NatalieH's CBR17 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Cats, funny, Matt Dinniman, SciFi ·
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“She might be less than what she had once been, but she was still worth a hell of a lot.”

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

October 7, 2024 by NTE 2 Comments

The older I get, the more out of touch I feel with the twenty-something heroines in certain books. The romance genre especially has a lot of really young heroines, and my 45-yr-old self has a hard time, sometimes, not rolling her eyes at just how young they actually are/act, or how implausibly far away 27 feels at this point. Which is not to say that I am ready to read only the quiet, cozy mysteries that seem most populated by people older  – and still […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: assassins, Deanna Raybourn, funny, killers of a certain age, mystery, spies, women

NTE's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: assassins, Deanna Raybourn, funny, killers of a certain age, mystery, spies, women ·
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Highly intelligent cats and smack-talking dolphins. What’s not to love?

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

September 1, 2024 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

Many people fantasize about an estranged relative dying and leaving them a fortune or a thriving business. Few people would indulge in this fantasy if the estranged relative’s business were villainy, and if, in addition to the job, they inherited a long list of enemies. This is the situation Charlie Fitzer finds himself in when his Uncle Jake dies and he’s visited by his uncle’s second-in-command, Mathilda Morrison. Even before Morrison shows up, Charlie has problems. Once a successful journalist, he’s now an underemployed substitute […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Cats, CBR16, comedy thriller, funny, john scalzi, KimMiE"

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Cats, CBR16, comedy thriller, funny, john scalzi, KimMiE" ·
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A charming and amusing romp that greatly entertained me, even though I couldn’t care less about birds, and actually sort of fear them

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton

August 18, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Only one bed (and horse) CBR16 Bingo: And also… (Repeat of the Bananas square, because this book fits the bill) Beth Pickering is the youngest professor of ornithology at Oxford, and she needs to really impress the faculty if she is to get tenure. She works with wealthy widow Hippolyta Quirm to try to locate and capture rare (and usually dangerous) birds. Just as they are about to capture the coveted deathwhistler, a rival ornithologist, the dashing young Professor Devon Lockley […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: acadeemia, adventure, and also, Bananas, birds, CBR16, cbr16bingo, funny, historical fantasy, India Holton, Love's Academic, Malin, neuro diversity, road trip, Romance, romp, Smart Bitches, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love, Victorian

Malin's CBR16 Review No:50 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: acadeemia, adventure, and also, Bananas, birds, CBR16, cbr16bingo, funny, historical fantasy, India Holton, Love's Academic, Malin, neuro diversity, road trip, Romance, romp, Smart Bitches, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love, Victorian ·
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Confusing, but fun

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

August 10, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo: Award Winner (Won the Hugo and Locus awards in 1998, plus a bunch of others) Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Scene on a boat or body of water (there’s a lot of rowing on the river) CBR16 Bingo: Tech (time travel requires pretty specific technology) This is the second book in the Oxford Time Travel series, but you really don’t need to have read the first one, Doomsday Book, to understand and enjoy this one. In the universe these books are set in, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, adventure, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Connie Willis, funny, historical fiction, literary classic, Malin, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Outland book club, Oxford Time Travel, Romance, Smart Bitches, tech, To Say Nothing of the Dog

Malin's CBR16 Review No:42 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, adventure, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Connie Willis, funny, historical fiction, literary classic, Malin, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Outland book club, Oxford Time Travel, Romance, Smart Bitches, tech, To Say Nothing of the Dog ·
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