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“My dear chap, this is a bookshop. There’s never anywhere better to be.”

Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles

July 29, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR14 Bingo: Snake (SPOILER: being a thoroughly disreputable sort, Kim also turns out to betray Will at least once during the story) Will Darling has inherited his late uncle’s bookshop and is grateful for the fact. After serving in World War I, most of his skills involve killing swiftly and efficiently, not really a commodity on the post-war job markets back in England. Now he just needs to get some idea of all the books actually in the shop and get on with being a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: 1920s, cbr14, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, kidnapping, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, romantic, Slippery Creatures, snake, spies, The Will Darling Adventures

Malin's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: 1920s, cbr14, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, kidnapping, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, romantic, Slippery Creatures, snake, spies, The Will Darling Adventures ·
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Now you know why it’s called His Dark Materials

The Golden Compass Graphic Novel by Stephane Melchior-Durand

June 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you liked the novel, The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, this graphic novel is a nice companion to “flesh out” parts. If you have not read the book, this might be a way to be introduced to it, but it will color your feelings about the pictureless novel. I did not picture the characters the way Clement Oubrerie has. It feels like it might be more authentic to what the author probably wanted, with the darker and bleak imagery. However, colors are used to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Arctic regions, Clement Oubrerie, family, His Dark Materials, kidnapping, Philip Pullman, Social Themes, Stephane Melchior-Durand

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:297 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Arctic regions, Clement Oubrerie, family, His Dark Materials, kidnapping, Philip Pullman, Social Themes, Stephane Melchior-Durand ·
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Like doing Wordle with a serial killer and if you lose someone dies! Fun for all ages!

The Cipher (Nina Guerrera #1) by Isabella Maldonado

March 29, 2022 by kfishgirl 1 Comment

I think this might’ve been a Kindle First Reads book for me?  I legit have no idea how I get to read some of the books I do.  Like the process I mean.  How do I select them?  Why do I have such a backlog on my Kindle when I’m constantly reading?  Who knows? Anyway, I’ve never read anything by Isabella Maldonado before, but I would love to read more in the future!  This is the first book in the “Nina Guerrera” series.  She’s an […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Isabella Maldonado, kidnapping, murder, Nina Guerrera

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Isabella Maldonado, kidnapping, murder, Nina Guerrera ·
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So Your protagonist is a Moron.

No Exit by Taylor Adams

January 14, 2022 by Zirza 2 Comments

Writing a good protagonist is obviously a tricky business. You can have all the plot ideas you want, but if there’s nobody to carry them they won’t go anywhere. The problem is that people disagree about what makes a good protagonist. Take Holden Caulfield, for example. Is he the voice of a generation or just a whiny runt with first world problems? (It’s the latter). Unfortunately, as far as No Exit is concerned, your mileage may vary.  The premise of the novel is enticing if […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: kidnapping, Morons, No exit, Taylor Adams

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: kidnapping, Morons, No exit, Taylor Adams ·
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I honestly would have enjoyed just reading about what it’s like to be an opera singer

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

June 13, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

A group of international businesspeople, government leaders, and ambassadors gather together in the house of the vice president of an unspecified South American country to celebrate the birthday of one Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese businessman. The vice president and the businesspeople of the South American country are trying to impress Mr. Hosokawa and convince him to set up factories and invest in their county. Mr. Hosokawa is only there because he will get to hear Roxanne Coss, world renowned opera soprano, sing. Mr. Hosokawa is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ann patchett, hostage, kidnapping, multinational, opera, south america

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ann patchett, hostage, kidnapping, multinational, opera, south america ·
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Swampy

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

May 11, 2021 by Singsonggirl 2 Comments

I’m not the biggest reader of thrillers, but my mother bought this for herself at a train station once, it looked interesting, so I “borrowed” it. Helena Pelletier is a woman with a dark past, her mother was kidnapped by her father as a child and kept in a cabin somewhere deep in the Michigan Upper Peninsula’s marshes. For the first twelve years of Helena’s life, she has no contact to the outside world, only knows her controlling, sadistic father, her shellshocked mother and a […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: female-centric thrillers, Karen Dionne, kidnapping, Michigan

Singsonggirl's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: female-centric thrillers, Karen Dionne, kidnapping, Michigan ·
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