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A magical love letter to NYC

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

June 3, 2022 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

New York City has been born as a great city of the world and she has chosen her avatar. This happens from time to time as enough people and ideas coalesce in one spot. It happened to Rio de Janerio, to Hong Kong, to London, and many more. And now it’s happening to New York. Except this time, one single person is not embodying the entire city like has always been the case. Instead there is an additional avatar for each of the five boroughs […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, n.k. jemisin, New York City, queens, Staten Island

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, n.k. jemisin, New York City, queens, Staten Island ·
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Mary Dixie Carter’s The Photographer

The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter

July 13, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

Another scary, psychological thriller with an unwell woman at the center (and a person on the cover #cbr13bingo). Delta Dawn is a photographer in New York City, and she spends most of her time taking photos of children’s birthday parties having discovered her knack for making children look happy and healthy and like their parents’ dreams.  She routinely photoshops images that are less than perfect to fulfill the fantasy these wealthy families pay her to portray. When she meets the Straub family, Delta feels she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Brooklyn, cbr13bingo, Manhattan, Mary Dixie Carter, NYC, people-bingosquare, photography, stalker, thriller

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Brooklyn, cbr13bingo, Manhattan, Mary Dixie Carter, NYC, people-bingosquare, photography, stalker, thriller ·
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Reading Days

In the Cut by Susanna Moore

The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney

Angel's Tip by Alafair Burke

The Devil in Her Way by Bill Loehfelm

April 26, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

In sleep debt and haven’t had time to write reviews like I’ve wanted to the last few weeks so here are a few things I’ve read lately… In the Cut **** It’s tough to talk about this one. The writing is superb, bordering brilliant. The scenes are rich. The ending…good but not good? I don’t know. I liked it a lot but I can’t really say why except to say it’s well-written and thrilling. Erotic in a messy way. It addresses the way physical attraction […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Alafair Burke, Angel's Tip, Bill Loehfelm, Ellie Hatcher, erotic, Glasgow, In the cut, Laidlaw, Manhattan, Maureen Coughlin, mystery, New Orleans, scotland, Susanna Moore, The Devil In Her Way, The Papers of Tony Veitch, William McIlvanney

Jake's CBR13 Review No:64 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Alafair Burke, Angel's Tip, Bill Loehfelm, Ellie Hatcher, erotic, Glasgow, In the cut, Laidlaw, Manhattan, Maureen Coughlin, mystery, New Orleans, scotland, Susanna Moore, The Devil In Her Way, The Papers of Tony Veitch, William McIlvanney ·
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Time to Ketchup

Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

The Revelators by Ace Atkins

The Last Flight by Julie Clark

March 27, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Because I read two behemoth 660+ page books back-to-back, I went on a little reading binge this week to “ketchup.” I liked most of these, two more so than the two others. Black Cherry Blues *** I want to go through the David Robicheaux series for two reasons: 1. I love Louisiana and 2. I want to see how Burke develops this story. After enjoying Heaven’s Prisoners, I found this a step back for multiple reasons… 1. Burke pads an already thin story with a lot […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ace Atkins, Black Cherry Blues, David Robicheaux, Elon Green, James Lee Burke, Julie Clark, Last Call, LGBTQIA, Manhattan, mississippi, Montana, mystery, New York City, Quinn Colson, serial killers, the last flight, The Revelators, thriller, true crime

Jake's CBR13 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ace Atkins, Black Cherry Blues, David Robicheaux, Elon Green, James Lee Burke, Julie Clark, Last Call, LGBTQIA, Manhattan, mississippi, Montana, mystery, New York City, Quinn Colson, serial killers, the last flight, The Revelators, thriller, true crime ·
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She Used to Meet Me on the (Lower) East Side

The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe

Lush Life by Richard Price

December 3, 2020 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read two consecutive books whose geographies bumped up against each other; one set in Manhattan’s Chinatown, the other set partially in it, as well as the adjacent East Village. Both were excellent in their own respective ways. The Snakehead How is Patrick Radden Keefe so damn good at writing non-fiction? This doesn’t reach the heights of Say Nothing (really what can?) but it’s a fascinating story in its own right and Keefe tells it well and thoroughly, providing enough detail without larding the narrative. He also takes […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Chinese-Americans, crime, Human Smuggling, Immigration, lower East Side, Lush Life, Manhattan, mystery, Patrick Radden Keefe, Richard Price, Sister Ping, The Snakehead, true crime

Jake's CBR12 Review No:180 · Genres: Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: Chinese-Americans, crime, Human Smuggling, Immigration, lower East Side, Lush Life, Manhattan, mystery, Patrick Radden Keefe, Richard Price, Sister Ping, The Snakehead, true crime ·
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cbr12bingo – Music!

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

July 9, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

The House of Jealous Lovers! Yes, it’s an excellent track by The Rapture. It could also be the title of this oral history (the actual title, Meet Me in the Bathroom, is a song by another prominently featured band, but we’ll get to that). This collection covers the movers, shakers, and hangers-on of NYC’s rock “revival” in the early hours of the 21st century- and man oh man are they a petty, catty, and jealous bunch! The “speakers” of this history are a collection of musicians, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: "when I was your age", 9/11, Brooklyn, cbr12bingo, dotcom bubble, Drug Abuse, garage rock revival, gentrification, giuliani's NY, hipsters, Interpol, James Murphy, Jonathan Fire Eater, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lizzy Goodman, Manhattan, Moby, music, music industry, music snobs, New York City, oral history, partying, post-punk, rock critics, Ryan Adams, The Rapture, The Strokes, vampire weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:73 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: "when I was your age", 9/11, Brooklyn, cbr12bingo, dotcom bubble, Drug Abuse, garage rock revival, gentrification, giuliani's NY, hipsters, Interpol, James Murphy, Jonathan Fire Eater, Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lizzy Goodman, Manhattan, Moby, music, music industry, music snobs, New York City, oral history, partying, post-punk, rock critics, Ryan Adams, The Rapture, The Strokes, vampire weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs ·
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