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I prayed this was not the doctor. “I’m the doctor!” he said, waving to the children.

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

December 11, 2022 by carmelpie 4 Comments

I thought it over. Dollywood. “Islands in the Stream.” That body. She was the best thing that had ever come out of Tennessee. Jesus Christ, it wasn’t even close. ― Kevin Wilson, Nothing to See Here I’ll admit it. I chose this book because of its cover. The combination of the title plus a cartoon wrapped in flames immediately made me curious to see if the author shares the same dark sense of humor as I do. It turns out, they do. Nothing to see […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: american politics, basketball, black humor, Dolly Parton, found family, Kevin Wilson, magical children, magical realism, Queer characters

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: american politics, basketball, black humor, Dolly Parton, found family, Kevin Wilson, magical children, magical realism, Queer characters ·
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“But I can have spiders in my head as long as I don’t let them consume me.” #CBRBingo – Happy

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

September 8, 2020 by narfna 4 Comments

This was very sweet and I was extremely charmed by it. I didn’t end up giving it the fifth star, because shmoopsy mostly doesn’t work for me, and this did get a bit shmoopsy there at the end. (Shmoopsy is a technical term.) But overall, this was witty and so sweet and heartwarming, with a light undercurrent of dark humor. I loved the worldbuilding; the gentle bite of the satire combined so well with the big hearts of the main characters. Briefly (because I think […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, British, cbr12bingo, LGBTQIA, magical children, narfna, Romance, Satire, T.J. Klune, The house in the cerulean sea

narfna's CBR12 Review No:125 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, British, cbr12bingo, LGBTQIA, magical children, narfna, Romance, Satire, T.J. Klune, The house in the cerulean sea ·
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