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A Few Squirts of a Turkey Baster

Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings by Chrysta Bilton

January 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR15 Passport Challenge: New to you authors #1 Chrysta and her sister are the daughters of a dynamic and damaged woman, a single lesbian who yearned for a child in the rather unaccepting 1980s – and found her ideal sperm donor in a hair salon. But both Debra and Jeffrey hid many secrets from their children. There’s that oft-quoted opening sentence of Anna Karenina – “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I thought of that quote, and how […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, ARC, CBR15Passport, Chrysta Bilton, coming-of-age, family, lgbt, NetGalley, non fiction

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, ARC, CBR15Passport, Chrysta Bilton, coming-of-age, family, lgbt, NetGalley, non fiction ·
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Cherry Covered Apron

Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters

December 21, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

When business consultant Rose is hired to help frazzled director Ash make her return in Hollywood, a romance begins to bloom between the pair – now if only they can manage not to get in their own ways! I was in the mood for a cute sapphic romance this winter season, and Behind the Scenes delivers in spades. Rose and Ash have excellent chemistry, and there are a pair of adorable, ever-hungry pugs, but what really sold me on this book was the humor. There’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, Fiction, Karelia Stetz-Waters, lgbt, NetGalley, Romance, sapphic

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:121 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, Fiction, Karelia Stetz-Waters, lgbt, NetGalley, Romance, sapphic ·
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“You know the problem with heroes and saints, Nikolai?” I asked as I closed the book’s cover and headed for the door. “They always end up dead.”

Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone Trilogy #2) by Leigh Bardugo

November 6, 2022 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

In one word: Middling Cannonball Read Bingo: Monster In book two of the Shadow and Bone series, The Darkling (or, as we refer to him in my house The Darkling Duck) is maaaaad having been thwarted in his attempt to wield Alina’s power… for the time being. Alina and Mal are now on the run, hopeful that by tracking the second amplifier they might be able to give Alina the edge she needs to fight The Darkling (Duck) and be victorious. Full disclosure,  the action […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Leigh Bardugo, lgbt, magic

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14bingo, Leigh Bardugo, lgbt, magic ·
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And she was never ours to claim.

Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

August 15, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

CBR 14 Bingo: Rec’d Katee Robert is probably not an author I would have gotten into without all the hearty recommendations of her that I have read! Helen Kasios wants to be more than a pawn, and competing in the trials to become Ares seems to be her way out. But her family has other plans for her, and her brother offers her hand in marriage to whoever wins. Of course, I love Katee Robert’s books, and I really enjoy her more plot-heavy Olympus books. […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, Katee Robert, lgbt, mythology, Polyamory, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:104 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, Katee Robert, lgbt, mythology, Polyamory, Romance ·
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They Drown Our Daughters

They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe

May 15, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  Well this was a solid Gothic/horror read. The main reason why I couldn’t give it more than 3 stars though is the last 1/3 of the book dragged, didn’t make a lot of sense, and then I think the ending may tick off some readers. No spoilers, but was very surprised that Katrina Monroe went there. I also got a little lost in the chronology along the way. […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: gothic, Katrina Monroe, lgbt

Classic's CBR14 Review No:104 · Genres: Horror · Tags: gothic, Katrina Monroe, lgbt ·
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I’m sorry, Cannonballers, but I did not buy a ticket for the hype-train

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

April 26, 2022 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

Let’s just jump right in. My biggest issue that I had with Gideon the Ninth is that I frequently did not know entirely what was going on. And not in a “Ohh, there’s a mystery afoot, and people are being secretive” nor in a “The narrator and I are both doubting reality” a la Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I just kept feeling like I was missing things. Missing lines of dialogue, missing transitions, missing some exposition. Gideon Nav is a member of the Ninth House (as an indentured […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: bone magic, lgbt, necromancer, tamsyn muir

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: bone magic, lgbt, necromancer, tamsyn muir ·
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