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“Even small actions have consequences. And while we can often choose our actions, we rarely get to choose our consequences.”

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

April 3, 2023 by narfna 2 Comments

Backing Brandon Sanderson’s Secret Project Kickstarter is one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. Tress of the Emerald Sea is the first of those four secret novels Sanderson wrote during the pandemic when he wasn’t touring and had some “free time” on his hands. Of course what Brando Sando does on his free time is write more books, because he famously takes a break from writing to recharge by writing something else. The guy is a straight up nerd and I’m so glad […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, #secret projects, adventure, audiobooks, brandon sanderson, cosmere, gentle satire, Howard Lyon, illustrated, michael kramer, Romance, Tress of the Emerald Sea

narfna's CBR15 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, #secret projects, adventure, audiobooks, brandon sanderson, cosmere, gentle satire, Howard Lyon, illustrated, michael kramer, Romance, Tress of the Emerald Sea ·
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Little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Well, not this one.

The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Isabelle Folath

July 4, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

Ebenezer Tweezer is 511 years old, but you’d never know it to look at him. He lives in a great big house, surrounded by exciting treasures and artifacts and all of this is possible because of the hideous beast he keep in his attic. In return for Ebenezer feading it interesting things, the Beast gives him potions once a year that keep Ebenezer young and beautiful. It’s also given him all the special things in his house. However, the Beast is greedy and grows more […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14, illustrated, Isabelle Folath, Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Isabelle Folath, Malin, middle grade, monsters, orphans, The Beast and the Bethany

Malin's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14, illustrated, Isabelle Folath, Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Isabelle Folath, Malin, middle grade, monsters, orphans, The Beast and the Bethany ·
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Ladies loving ladies and sucking blood in 1872.

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

May 26, 2022 by narfna 3 Comments

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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