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Messy, grief-filled story

The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon

January 20, 2023 by LB Leave a Comment

Oof, this book is messy and emotional. At it’s center The Minus-One Club is a story of grief and finding your way forward after the death of a loved one, but it is also a story of friendship and identity. Kermit just lost his sister after a drunk driver hit her car head-on, and now he has to go back to school and try getting back to “normal.” But he finds an anonymous note in his locker inviting him to a secret meeting, where other […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Biracial, bullying, emotional, gay, grief, Kekla Magoon, queer, Romance, suicide attempt (not mc), the minus-one club, Young Adult

LB's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Biracial, bullying, emotional, gay, grief, Kekla Magoon, queer, Romance, suicide attempt (not mc), the minus-one club, Young Adult ·
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The book, "Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murder" by Aliette de Bodard standing next to an almost complete book bingo card.

Tasty bite of fantasy with fallen angels and shifters with a setting drawing from Vietnamese culture. Bingo #7!

Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murder by Aliette de Bodard

November 11, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

CBR14 Bingo: “Elephant” – There’s a metaphorical elephant in the room, no one seems willing to discuss how the system of repressing people’s freedoms is causing the rot at the heart of the dragon empire. First of all, thank you, Emmalita, for bringing this to my attention.  You were right, I did enjoy it and it’s the perfect length for this stage of the bingo game!  Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murder is a novella set after the events of de Bodard’s “Dominion of the Fallen” […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: aliette de bodard, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, dragons, fallen angel, gay, LGBTQ, shapeshifters

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: aliette de bodard, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, dragons, fallen angel, gay, LGBTQ, shapeshifters ·
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“The world changed faster than I could”

Don't Cry For Me by Daniel Black

August 20, 2022 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – Minds (the narrator reflects at the end of his life in the various ways that he has changed his mind on certain truths he once believed) Jacob is dying. He knows that his time is almost up, but he has some things to resolve, namely with his son Isaac. In a series of letters to his son Isaac, Jacob tries to go back to the very beginning of his life and explain where he comes from, where their family has roots, how his […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Daniel Black, epistolary fiction, gay, LGBTQ, South

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Daniel Black, epistolary fiction, gay, LGBTQ, South ·
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An emotional story of family and love

This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed

July 7, 2022 by LB 1 Comment

This Way Out is beautiful, emotional, and such a great story of Amar figuring out how to reconcile being gay with being Muslim, being Bangladeshi while loving a white Englishman. This Way Out opens with Amar telling his family via WhatsApp that he’s engaged and his fiancée is a man, but then he hides from the responses from his siblings because he doesn’t actually feel ready for what their response will be. His family’s reaction is complicated and because he’s still coping with grief of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: gay, gay Muslim, LGBTQIA, litfic, Muslim, queer, religion and sexuality, This way out, tufayel Ahmed

LB's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: gay, gay Muslim, LGBTQIA, litfic, Muslim, queer, religion and sexuality, This way out, tufayel Ahmed ·
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An arrangement of volumes one through five of the Japanese manga "Hana Kimi" by Hisaya Nakajo.

Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom Vol. 1 – 5

Hana-Kimi: vol. 1 by Hisaya Nakajo

Hana-Kimi: vol. 2 by Hisaya Nakajo

Hana-Kimi: vol. 3 by Hisaya Nakajo

Hana-Kimi: vol. 4 by Hisaya Nakajo

Hana-Kimi: vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

July 6, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (花ざかりの君たちへ “For You in Full Blossom”), in America shortened to Hana Kimi, is a manga series by writer and artist Hisaya Nakajo.  I fell head over heels for this manga when it was  starting to be released in the US in 2004,  eagerly waiting for translations to be done and the next volume released.  I haven’t read it in over a decade.  My ten year old has read it at least twice and is on a third read through. So I’m reading […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14, Dome'Loki, gay, gay character, HanaKimi, Hisaya Nakajo, manga

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, gay, gay character, HanaKimi, Hisaya Nakajo, manga ·
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The book "A Marvellous Light" by Freya Marske standing next to a pot of daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips.

Elegantly written Edwardian fantasy, murder mystery, gay romance

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

March 29, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

First of all, Thank you, again, llamareadbooks for gifting me this book in the Cannonball Book Exchange!  A book that combines several genres I enjoy was almost guaranteed to be a hit but it is the beautiful writing that makes this such a wonderful read. You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips.  You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house.  I’d like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you to stop talking about […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr14, Dome'Loki, Freya Marske, gay, gay romance, historical fiction

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, Freya Marske, gay, gay romance, historical fiction ·
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