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Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Yay for Pajibans that write!

Lucky Town by Peter Vonder Haar

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I read this book through my Kindle Unlimited membership. Peter Vonder Haar’s Lucky Town is the first book in the Clarke and Clarke Mysteries. He is a Pajaiban, and awesome. I really liked this book a lot. I used to play spot the CIA agent in my work at the National Archives because you have to protect people’s identities while they still might be alive, so one of the side characters made me smile. I liked the main brother and sister duo of Charlie and Cy a lot, although I liked Charlie more. She’s fun. Charlie and Cy’s older brother […]

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8/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

A lady detective in the Windy City

Breakdown by Sara Paretsky

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Breakdown is a somewhat recent (2012) addition to Sara Paretsky’s Chicago-based V.I. Warshawski detective series (started in 1982, Breakdown is the 15th out of 20 V.I. novels).  This outing kicks off with V.I. leaving a fancy awards gala to help her cousin track down a group of missing teenage girls who  have snuck out to re-enact scenes from the latest teen novel sensation, a vampire thriller.  V.I. finds the girls in a rainy graveyard, right next to the still-warm corpse of a small-time Chicago private detective, who has been stabbed through the heart with a steel stake.  Less than 24 […]

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4/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:18 |

A Joyous Reintroduction to My True Love

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

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Long ago, I accepted my own propensity for being terrible at doing certain things “on time.” Especially if it has to do with sending mail or letters, holidays, birthdays, cards, and actually writing things down… I will probably drag my feet, get wrapped up in emotions, focus too much on perfectionism, and fail at accomplishing my postal-related goals. Six Wakes was one of my beautiful, shiny, inspiring Xmas exchange gifts from MsWas. Guess who didn’t write a post when she got her box? Me. Shameful, terrible me. BUT, now that I am somewhat past my holiday-related block, I can say […]

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1/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

The Forgotten is Not One to Remember

The Forgotten by Faye Kellerman

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This was the first Faye Kellerman novel that I’ve read, and my reasons for starting off the 2019 CBR challenge with it were two-fold: 1) I love a good mystery/ detective fiction novel; and 2) this was on my bookshelf one of my 2019 goals is to read through the books I already own.  Unfortunately, this novel never quite gelled for me.  It wasn’t horrible- I was invested enough to finish and find out ‘who done it’- but I also won’t be seeking out any more Kellerman novels going forward.  My main criticisms were four-fold: Lack of connection to its […]

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1/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

Where are my Lady Sherlock fans?

The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

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I got a little thrill this year when I told Sherry Thomas on Twitter I was so excited for this book, and she liked my status. The Hollow of Fear is the third book in the Sherry Thomas series. For those who are fans of the slow burn romance between Lord Ingram and Charlotte Holmes, there are heartbreaking and breathtaking moments between those two. If that’s all we got, I would have been satisfied. There’s also a mystery involving Lady Ingram, who suddenly turns up dead. Charlotte has to go under disguise to find out who killed her. I really […]

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12/3/2018 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

Dead Man Upright: An Elegy for Derek Raymond

Dead Man Upright by Derek Raymond

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I read this one for the Cannonball Run Bingo, category: “This is the End.” It is the last book in the Factory Series. I first came across Derek Raymond’s work on a list of unheralded dystopias. He had written his A State of Denmark in the late-60s in response to British politics of that time. I liked his voice as a write but couldn’t connect with the main character and so I set the book aside. A few months later, I discovered the “Backlisted” podcast, where a few British gents go through old books and give their thoughts on the work and […]

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8/3/2018 's CBR10 Review No:1 |

“Thank you.” I smiled sweetly at him. “Your trousers are on fire.”

The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn

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Oh well. Now I don’t have to feel bad about finishing up Deanna Raybourn’s Lady Julia Grey series. This one was kind of a bust.  I’m a big fan of Raybourn and had more love for the Lady Julia books than the majority of her fans, but this final (?) book in the series was a huge disappointment. A lot of Cannonballers have read and reviewed her books. I reviewed two of them this year, here , so I’m not going to get into too much detail about the background. The series is set in Victorian England. Lady Julia Gray discovers that her […]

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4/21/2018 's CBR10 Review No:22 |

Same Song; Different Tune

Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke

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  This is the first book I’ve read by Attica Locke and it definitely won’t be my last. Bluebird Bluebird is a complex and gripping mystery with social commentary that never feels ham-handed or preachy. I enjoyed it so much I may even check out Empire on Hulu (Ms. Locke writes for the show). Darren Matthews has a lot going on. He is a black Texas Ranger is East Texas. His career is in jeopardy after sticking his neck out for a family friend. His marriage is in jeopardy for the same reason. He might also be a high functioning […]

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3/19/2018 's CBR10 Review No:5 |


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