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January 2022 Leftovers

Hit Parade by Lawrence Block

Sex Criminals, Volume 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Devils In Exile by Chuck Hogan

Ex Machina, The Deluxe Edition: Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Munich by Robert Harris

Shella by Andrew Vachss

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler

The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz

No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfeld

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

The Second Sleep by Robert Harris

February 2, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

My resolution for Cannonball Read in 2022 is to only write reviews where I feel like I have much to say and then dump the others in a singular post at the end of the month to track how much I’ve read. This’ll spare me from writing 250+ words about books that I can’t even think of a hundred for. So… Hit Parade **** I enjoy these books and while this is the one I maybe enjoyed the least (did EVERY story need cutaway conversations with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: #history, A Trick of the Light, Africa, agatha christie, Andrew Vachss, Blitzed Drugs in the Third Reich, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Canada, Chuck Hogan, crime, Devils In Exile, drugs, espionage, Ex Machina, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, Hit Parade, hitmen, Inspector Gamache, Kat Rosenfeld, Keller, lawrence block, Lisa Lutz, Louise Penny, Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, Munich, Nazi Germany, New York City, No One Will Miss Her, Norman Ohler, politics, Robert Harris, sex, sex criminals, Shella, superheroes, The Accomplice, The Man in the Brown Suit, The Second Sleep, vol. 2, World War II

Jake's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: #history, A Trick of the Light, Africa, agatha christie, Andrew Vachss, Blitzed Drugs in the Third Reich, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Canada, Chuck Hogan, crime, Devils In Exile, drugs, espionage, Ex Machina, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, Hit Parade, hitmen, Inspector Gamache, Kat Rosenfeld, Keller, lawrence block, Lisa Lutz, Louise Penny, Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, Munich, Nazi Germany, New York City, No One Will Miss Her, Norman Ohler, politics, Robert Harris, sex, sex criminals, Shella, superheroes, The Accomplice, The Man in the Brown Suit, The Second Sleep, vol. 2, World War II ·
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Not your great-great-grandfather’s War of the Worlds.

March 2, 2016 by ingres77 4 Comments

Throughout the entirety of this book’s length, I was thinking of how best to frame it to you guys. Because I think it’s really good, and I want more people to read it. I have a soft spot for end-of-the-world/invasion/post-apocalyptic fiction, and Fear the Sky offered me something wholly different and unexpected: a rich story that isn’t just a vehicle for the decimation of society. Imagine Independence Day, only the aliens are smart enough to send (ten years in advance of their invasion fleet) a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Afghanistan, alien invasion, Independence Day, Munich, nuclear war, War of the Worlds, WWII

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Afghanistan, alien invasion, Independence Day, Munich, nuclear war, War of the Worlds, WWII ·
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