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Apologies to whoever sat next to me while I read this

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

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The Library at Mount Char is a strange book. Sometimes it’s really interesting and suspenseful; other times, it’s horrific (as in horror literature, not general quality). The thing is, at least for me, is that the two don’t quite mesh together. The general story follows Caroline and Steve, who apparently has some kind of criminal past but now lives a quiet life as a plumber. He meets Caroline who seems a little off but who offers him an unusual amount of money to help her break into somewhere to retrieve something. She’s that specific. The story then shifts back and […]

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4/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:22 |

Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane

The Stopping Place by Marden Dahlstedt

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How many books have you hung on to since childhood? As the daughter of a librarian, my answer is, “not many.” I did hang on to my Scholastic Book Club copy of Marden Dahlstedt’s The Stopping Place, from fifth grade though. I recently came across my slim paperback story of a girl from Brooklyn forced to move to New Jersey’s Pine Barrens when her hippie family relocates. (The horror!) I saved a few books from my childhood, but most of my favorites came from the library. I still remember the thrill when my mother showed me the rest of the Oz series under […]

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4/12/2017 's CBR9 Review No:1 |

Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left?

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel by Haruki Murakami

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I couldn’t tell you the last time I read Murakami, but I now remember that the last time I read him, I swore I would read all of his work, and I’m making that oath again. He is magnificently imaginative, terrifying, mystical, and believable all at once. He throws you into the deep end and patiently waits for you to swim or drown; he doesn’t care which happens. He moves the finish line just as you’re about to reach it, over and over again. You want more. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is two books. Fine, it’s […]

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8/31/2016 's CBR8 Review No:34 |

Another awesome library trip

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

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I’ve known about this book for a while and I finally got around to getting Ink and Bone from my own local library. I’m glad it was on the top of the pile. So in this world, the ancient library of Alexandria was never lost or destroyed. Instead it becomes the entity which rules the world as it controls all knowledge. To this end, personal ownership of books is forbidden. People are allowed access to certain titles via notebooks that function like modern tablets called a ‘codex’; ‘codices’ would be the plural but I don’t remember seeing it. Jess our […]

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8/9/2016 's CBR8 Review No:29 |


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