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Ladies loving ladies and sucking blood in 1872.

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

May 26, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 11/30 This sure was something, I tell you what. Before I get to the actual review, I do want to say that I am specifically referring to the version edited by Carmen Maria Machado, with an introduction and footnotes by her. Both things fundamentally changed the experience of reading this. I am still boggled in the mind that this is a book about lesbian vampires and their young female victims being seduced, and it was written in […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: carmen maria machado, carmilla, horror, illustrated, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, LGBTQIA, narfna, vampires

narfna's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Horror · Tags: carmen maria machado, carmilla, horror, illustrated, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, LGBTQIA, narfna, vampires ·
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Some of Tolkien’s lesser known works.

Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien

January 31, 2022 by narfna 5 Comments

I have owned a copy of this book since before I was on Goodreads, and it’s been on my “TBR” even longer than that. (I no longer remember how I used to keep track of books I wanted to read before Goodreads.) It was also one of the first books I pulled out of my TBR Jar for 2022, and really, it was about time. And it was fun! A little weird, a little nonsensical (and whimsical), but fun. There are two short stories in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, British, Children's stories, farmer giles of ham, illustrated, J.R.R. Tolkien, narfna, novellas, short stories, smith of wootton major

narfna's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, British, Children's stories, farmer giles of ham, illustrated, J.R.R. Tolkien, narfna, novellas, short stories, smith of wootton major ·
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I would like to join the Tea Dragon Society

The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'Neill

December 27, 2021 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

Dome’Loki introduced me to Kay O’Neill’s The Tea Dragon Society through her Cannonball Read review. The adorable cover won me over immediately. I was so taken with it that I impulsively supported the Chamomile plush Kickstarter campaign without ever reading the books. I couldn’t decide which dragon I wanted, so I simply ordered all of them with the first book. After several months, they finally arrived and made my day! This children’s book is the first in a series. It introduces us to Greta who […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: dragons, illustrated, Katie O'Neill, Kay O’Neill, Kids books, oni press, queer, tea, tea dragons

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: dragons, illustrated, Katie O'Neill, Kay O’Neill, Kids books, oni press, queer, tea, tea dragons ·
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“It’s not unlike filtration, a move that blatant, deliberate. “

Sleep Donation by Karen Russell

December 12, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

In the near-future, we lucky Americans are eyeball-deep in a new terror: we can’t sleep. Every day, thousands more become unable to reach REM. They die after days of restlessness. The only thing that can help? Donations of sleep from “healthy” dreamers. Not unlike a blood drive, people like Trish Edgewater are cold-calling sleepers, begging them to give some of their life to the lifeless. Etiquette is a powerful programming, however, and easily exploitable. I sneeze. He sneezes back language at me, reflexive generosity: “Bless […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: creeping dread, empathy, illustrated, Insomnia, Karen Russell, near future, novella, pandemic, sci-fi, sleep, speculative ficiton

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: creeping dread, empathy, illustrated, Insomnia, Karen Russell, near future, novella, pandemic, sci-fi, sleep, speculative ficiton ·
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Black Girl Scientific Joy

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

October 31, 2021 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

There are so many adorable kids’ books available these days. I often catch myself admiring the shelf and smiling when visiting the bookstore. I really love the concept behind the Questioneers series from Andrea Beaty. She does a great job spotlighting children from various cultures. Each book follows a child and their dream career, many of them in STEM. There are also accompanying activity books to introduce these careers and topics beyond the main book. Series Synopsis: The Questioneers series is a celebration of STEM, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Ada Twist Scientist, Andrea Beaty, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, David Roberts, girls in science, girls in STEM, illustrated, questioneers, Questioneers Picture Books

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Ada Twist Scientist, Andrea Beaty, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, David Roberts, girls in science, girls in STEM, illustrated, questioneers, Questioneers Picture Books ·
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In which we have an abundance of evidence that Tolkien *really* had a thing for eagles.

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

June 8, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

This is a book, like The Lord of the Rings, that I think I will appreciate more each time I read it. The only time I’d read it before this was my senior year of high school during the height of my LOTR fervor, and it entirely overwhelmed me. I remember I had to have a notebook near me while reading on which I drew a lot of family trees. I had a need to keep all the elves and endless descendants of Beor straight. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: creation myths, illustrated, J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle Earth, mythology, narfna, ted naismith, the silmarillion

narfna's CBR13 Review No:58 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: creation myths, illustrated, J.R.R. Tolkien, Middle Earth, mythology, narfna, ted naismith, the silmarillion ·
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