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Not a book for me.

Memorial by Bryan Washington

February 22, 2021 by narfna 1 Comment

I really need to stop ordering the lit-fic option from Book of the Month. It so very rarely ends well. The premise here is that Mike and Benson are a couple. Mike is a chef and Benson is a daycare worker. Mike’s father is dying of cancer, and so he decides one day to go to Japan to mend their relationship, leaving Benson alone in their one bedroom apartment with his visiting mother, who only arrived that morning, also from Japan. Also, their relationship is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: BIPOC, Bryan washington, Japan, LGBTQIA, lit-fic, literary, memorial, narfna, Texas

narfna's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: BIPOC, Bryan washington, Japan, LGBTQIA, lit-fic, literary, memorial, narfna, Texas ·
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Before Lucy stepped into the wardrobe

Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia by Lina Maslo

February 5, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is always funny, nice, or exciting (depending on your view) to learn the history behind a favorite book series. Or, even if you are not a fan, to learn about a popular reading series. And you get that in Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia by Lina Maslo. This picture book biography of C. S. Lewis hits the highlights of his life, disappointments, inspirations and his family/personal life and his writing process. There is also mention about his Christian upbringing, questing […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, British, Christianity, Lina Maslo, literary, Narnia (Imaginary place)

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:69 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, British, Christianity, Lina Maslo, literary, Narnia (Imaginary place) ·
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“Cal feels like he ought to stand on a street corner handing out warnings, little pieces of paper that just say: Anyone can do anything.”

The Searcher by Tana French

December 17, 2020 by narfna 6 Comments

This was slower paced and less twisty-turny than her other books but I loved that about it. I liked her last book, The Witch Elm, but I loved this one. This is also a character study as well as a mystery/crime novel (that isn’t part of her Dublin Murder series), but here the protagonist is a former cop from Chicago who retired and decided to try and find peace in the Irish countryside. He bought a beaten down farmhouse and has spent a lot of […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: crime fiction, irish fiction, literary, mystery, narfna, psychological suspense, Tana French, The Searcher

narfna's CBR12 Review No:181 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: crime fiction, irish fiction, literary, mystery, narfna, psychological suspense, Tana French, The Searcher ·
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Red like the Blood that is all over the place

The Handmaid’s Tale: Graphic Novel by Renee Nault

November 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I admit, while I knew a smidgen of theme of The Handmaid’s Tale, I really did not know the “whole story.” The other thing was, I had (and still have) no interest in reading the over 300-page novel. And I really have no interest in watching the show based on it. Therefore, I figured I would just know about this modern classic and that was that. It was not until I saw that there was a graphic novel version that I figured, “Why not?” I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Religion, Science Fiction Tagged With: literary, Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault, social issues, women

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:368 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Religion, Science Fiction · Tags: literary, Margaret Atwood, Renee Nault, social issues, women ·
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The last Jonathan Safran Foer book I will ever read. #CBRBingo – Nostalgia

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

October 26, 2020 by narfna 5 Comments

I picked this book up because a) I’ve owned it forever and pandemic reading has meant trying hard to find books off my own shelves. I’ve owned this for oh, about thirteen years? Back when I still thought I had to read books other people thought were “good” and “important.” And b) because of CBR Bingo, in which the Nostalgia square meant finding a book set during the time in which I was in high school. I had a surprisingly hard time finding books to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, extremely loud and incredibly close, Jonathan Safran Foer, lit-fic, literary, narfna

narfna's CBR12 Review No:151 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, extremely loud and incredibly close, Jonathan Safran Foer, lit-fic, literary, narfna ·
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