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“To save the world with music and love, obviously”: cbr12bingo – “Music”, 3rd Bingo!

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

October 23, 2020 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

The Sound of Stars was initially chosen as a candidate for the “Debut” bingo square (it was released February 2020) but another book was chosen.  Fortunately, it also fits the “Music” square to complete my 3rd bingo! This is a book I wish I had read in my teen years for a variety of reasons.  Accurate representation of anxiety disorder would have been helpful when trying to figure out my own mental health.   For it’s depiction of sexual identity, gender identity, and first time sexual […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Alechia Dow, book lover, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Dome'Loki, Fiction, librarian, music, Romance, sci-fi, YA

Dome'Loki's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Alechia Dow, book lover, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Dome'Loki, Fiction, librarian, music, Romance, sci-fi, YA ·
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Smudge, the spider I wouldn’t want to squish

Lirbiomancer by Jim Hines

August 2, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 10 (Listicle) I have seen Libriomancer suggested in a few places, but I decided to go ahead and actually acquire and read it when I noticed its presence on “Seanan McGuire’s Personal Top Ten Urban Fantasy Books For Adults” on Tor.com. I have not read any of this author’s work, although I do have their Middlegame on my TBR shelf (on the floor near the shelf actually since the book wouldn’t fit). Anyways, this list provided me with the perfect excuse to pick up […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr11bingo, dryad, Jim Hines, librarian, Libriomancer, magic, magic ex libris, spider, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr11bingo, dryad, Jim Hines, librarian, Libriomancer, magic, magic ex libris, spider, vampires ·
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A fantasy romance with a librarian heroine

June 25, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars From Goodreads: Magic has broken free all over the Twelve Kingdoms. The population is beset by shapeshifters and portents, landscapes that migrate, uncanny allies who are not quite human…and enemies eager to take advantage of the chaos.  Dafne Maillouix is no adventurer – she’s a librarian. But the High Queen trusts Dafne’s ability with languages, her way of winnowing useful facts from a dusty scroll, and even more important, the subtlety and guile that three decades under the thumb of a tyrant taught […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, dragons, historical fantasy, Jeffe Kennedy, librarian, magic, Malin, RITA, romance, Uncharted Realms

Malin's CBR9 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr9, dragons, historical fantasy, Jeffe Kennedy, librarian, magic, Malin, RITA, romance, Uncharted Realms ·
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Its essence is a mathematical construct, a self-referencing tautology, consecrated in the plane of regret.

September 3, 2016 by borisanne 2 Comments

A salute to the Cannonball Read and the Readers, for bringing this book into my brain. Holy crap, you guys. So good. Honestly, I had been expecting (and bracing myself for) something super duper effed up, based on the reviews that I had skimmed (to avoid spoilers). And yeah, it’s dark and horrifying and confusing and complex, but still really fricking readable. Here’s what I texted about 20 of my closest friends when I was halfway through and couldn’t stop reading last night: “It’s as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: america, CBR8, fantasy, Fiction, gods, Hawkins, history, horror, librarian, magic, monsters, scott hawkins, studying, universe

borisanne's CBR8 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: america, CBR8, fantasy, Fiction, gods, Hawkins, history, horror, librarian, magic, monsters, scott hawkins, studying, universe ·
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