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“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth”

The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries by Mike Ashley

January 19, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries, edited by Mike Ashley, is fun on a bun. I always buy these “Mammoth Book of….” books and never read them. I love mystery anthologies, so a yooge one should be right up my alley. Instead I whine about it being too big I can’t do it *sob*. But I am starting out this Cannonball having completed two mammoth books o’crime, and dang it, I’m proud of myself. The best thing about this book is how […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Mike Ashley, nanobots

esmemoria's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Mike Ashley, nanobots ·
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Have you ever wondered what post-apocalyptic Ohio would be like? Yeah, me neither.

Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan

February 11, 2021 by Bothari43 6 Comments

Once I’ve hit my CBR goal, I often skip reviewing the “meh” books, because there’s just not that much to say. But since this is only #4 for the year, here I go! I made my family watch Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves on a questionably regular basis when I was a teen (Christian Slater, swoon! We also watched Kuffs and Heathers a LOT.). My dad used to scoff whenever Kevin Costner tried to do a big speech. “They’re supposed to follow that man into […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: bonus Christian Slater, boring protagonists, Cincinnati, Kathleen Ann Goonan, nanobots, post-apocolyptic

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: bonus Christian Slater, boring protagonists, Cincinnati, Kathleen Ann Goonan, nanobots, post-apocolyptic ·
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