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This book will consume you.

August 10, 2015 by narfna 4 Comments

Oh, lordy. This book chewed me up and spat me out. This isn’t going to be one of those reviews where I say a lot. The book was too good, and too overwhelming. I could do it, but it might break me to try. And I’d rather not be broken. So instead, in this review, you will probably get a bunch of nonsense strung together in some stream-of-consciousness excuse for review writing. I DON’T EVEN FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. The Likeness is the second book […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: character study, dublin murder squad, identity, mystery, narfna, psychological suspense, psychological thriller, ptsd, Tana French, The Likeness

narfna's CBR7 Review No:115 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: character study, dublin murder squad, identity, mystery, narfna, psychological suspense, psychological thriller, ptsd, Tana French, The Likeness ·
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Book Cover: Ghost Ship

No one will ever know

August 6, 2015 by sistercoyote 7 Comments

I have, for whatever reason, a deep fascination with disasters and mysteries at sea. To the point that I’ve even watched several Really Bad™ ocean salvage movies (Ghost Ship [No relation] and Lost Voyage, I’m looking at you). And yes, I also saw Titanic. But that’s not my point. I do not spend a lot of time on the ocean, haven’t been on a boat in years (and haven’t been out of the breakwater on a boat or ship even longer ago than that), and […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, history, mystery, Non-Fiction, sistercoyote, true story

sistercoyote's CBR7 Review No:17 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR7, history, mystery, Non-Fiction, sistercoyote, true story ·
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This could have turned out very, very badly, but it didn’t! It was so much fun!

August 5, 2015 by narfna 4 Comments

I had so much fun reading this, and it was much better than I thought it was going to be. It totally charmed me. It’s a good thing Laurie King is such a good writer, and is so good at creating atmosphere and characters you can love, because she was in real danger of stepping in that quicksand trap some writers get stuck and die in, where they take something truly beloved and either try to insert themselves, or completely mangle the original thing that […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: mary russell, mystery, narfna, Sherlock Holmes, the beekeeper's apprentice

narfna's CBR7 Review No:114 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: mary russell, mystery, narfna, Sherlock Holmes, the beekeeper's apprentice ·
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An exorcist, a vampire and a mermaid walk into a bar…

August 4, 2015 by Kinoumenthe Leave a Comment

The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross ! Sure, the end is nigh… but first, meet Superman !! (read the rest of the review on my blog.)  

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: CBR7, Fiction, magic, mystery, paranormal fantasy, sci-fi, Suspense, thriller, Urban Fantasy

Kinoumenthe's CBR7 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: CBR7, Fiction, magic, mystery, paranormal fantasy, sci-fi, Suspense, thriller, Urban Fantasy ·
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If you go into the woods today…but really, this isn’t a teddy bear picnic.

August 4, 2015 by genericwhitegirl 5 Comments

I birthed a little person recently. So reading is about as much a priority as wearing a shirt right now. However, I have a lot of “down” time in the form of rocking and feeding said little person. So a free book on my Kindle was in order. Enter Follow You Home. It was on my Kindle. It was free. I didn’t have to wear a shirt. Done. I got through this book in two days, which is record time for me. I don’t know […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Fiction, Follow You Home, genericwhitegirl, Mark Edwards, mystery, thriller

genericwhitegirl's CBR7 Review No:16 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Fiction, Follow You Home, genericwhitegirl, Mark Edwards, mystery, thriller ·
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I can’t stop thinking the title of this book is also a reference to penises.

July 10, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

I love Lord John Grey. I kind of want to be best friends with him. Or, at least take him out for drinks and commiserate about how he has absolute shit luck with romance. He seems okay with his life, but I just feel so bad for him, like, all the time. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade is the second novel in the Lord John spin-off series which takes place during the twenty year timespan of Voyager. You don’t need to have […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: Diana Gabaldon, historical fiction, lgbt, lord john and the brotherhood of the blade, murder, mystery, narfna

narfna's CBR7 Review No:99 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: Diana Gabaldon, historical fiction, lgbt, lord john and the brotherhood of the blade, murder, mystery, narfna ·
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