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Posh Historical English Boys In Love

Maurice by E. M. Forster

January 14, 2021 by Singsonggirl 3 Comments

First review! I hope I’ve figured it all out and this doesn’t look completely terrible. Also, I’m not fully sure yet how I’ll use the rating system, so there might be adjustments in the future. To the book: A friend has recommended this to me, I’ve seen bits of the movie on TV, but I mostly only remember how ridiculously beautiful young Hugh Grant was. I’m definitely planning on seeing the whole film now, because the book is something else. While reading it, I quickly […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1910s, E.M. Forster, Fiction, gay fiction, historical, Love Stories, maurice

Singsonggirl's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1910s, E.M. Forster, Fiction, gay fiction, historical, Love Stories, maurice ·
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The Book That Didn’t (The Duke Who Didn’t, Courtney Milan)

The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan

January 6, 2021 by wicherwill 2 Comments

I just don’t think that I get Ms. Milan. I previously tried The Duchess War and filed it as abandoned–I recall being on the subway platform and starting it, and just feeling sort of removed from the characters and not particularly invested. I felt similarly for most of this novel, sort of uninvested in the tensions and drama faced by both Chloe and Jeremy. I appreciated that in the author’s note a lot of the history of Wedgeford was described and pinned back to actual […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Courtney Milan, courtneymilan, historical, Romance

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Courtney Milan, courtneymilan, historical, Romance ·
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That one could time travel within his own lifetime…..

Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom

March 6, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Big Papa and the Time Machine had an odd journey to my reading stack. Daniel Bernstrom’s story was not in play (yet) it was that cover by Shane W. Evans. It looked surreal, awkward, ironically a combination of extremely young and a lot of text. It actually did no look “fun” or that I would “like” it. Then, the other night, it found its way back on the stack. I still was unsure but decided to give it a shot. And as the old say […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Science Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, African-American, Daniel Bernstrom, historical, Multigenerational

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:114 · Genres: Children's, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Science Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, African-American, Daniel Bernstrom, historical, Multigenerational ·
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Terrible True Crime Book That Focuses on Everything but the Subject of the Book

The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer by Roseanne Montillo

September 30, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Not too much to say except I echo the other readers who complained about this book being about everything except Jesse Pomeroy. Montillo seems to want to show her research into everything but him and we focus on the history of Boston, the Boston Great Fire, Herman freaking Melville, and honestly I think left a big question mark about whether Pomeroy was the person who murdered Katie Curran. “The Wilderness of Ruin” is a true crime book focusing on the United States youngest serial killer, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: historical, non fiction, Roseanne Montillo, The Wilderness of Ruin, true crime

Classic's CBR11 Review No:235 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: historical, non fiction, Roseanne Montillo, The Wilderness of Ruin, true crime ·
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Four-Girl sees the other side of The Boxer Rebellion

Boxer & Saints V02 Saints by Gene Luen Yang

April 15, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A couple of spoilers are below. Saints is the second book in the two book graphic series, Boxer & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang. While it is shorter than Boxers, it still packs a lot of story. However, I would have liked to have seen more of back story of Four-Girl (or Vibiana as she will become known). We see how she is the unwanted fourth-girl of her family and how she defies the odds by living and having to deal with a strict, old-school […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Young Adult Tagged With: Asia, boxer rebellion, China, Gene Luen Yang, historical

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:124 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Young Adult · Tags: Asia, boxer rebellion, China, Gene Luen Yang, historical ·
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