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Epic bravery and sensible fears

Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

March 21, 2023 by Emmalita 8 Comments

There was a point several years ago when I got frustrated with YA and all the teenagers saving the world/saving the universe. Part of my frustration was that I don’t want kids to have to save the world. I got over that fairly quickly, but I remembered that feeling towards the end of Promises Stronger Than Darkness. Now I am so grateful that teens have a whole body of literature about fighting oppression and fascism. I might get a bit esoteric, because I don’t want to […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: advance reader copy, charlie jane anders, NetGalley, Promises Stronger Than Darkness, TransRightsReadathon, Unstoppable, Women's History Month

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: advance reader copy, charlie jane anders, NetGalley, Promises Stronger Than Darkness, TransRightsReadathon, Unstoppable, Women's History Month ·
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Honor is a personal choice, and one which humans will admire—up to a point.

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

March 19, 2023 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

This book is grim, well written, but grim and I didn’t enjoy reading it. I know plenty of other people will like it, because some people enjoy grim. I nearly abandoned it several times. Emily Tesh’s main character, Valkyr, starts off Some Desperate Glory as a joyless, intolerant fanatic who thinks she is better than almost everyone else. To be fair, she has been raised to be so, in what we come to realize is an extremist death cult. Earth has been destroyed and a […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, Emily Tesh, NetGalley, Some Desperate Glory, Women's History Month

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:22 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, Emily Tesh, NetGalley, Some Desperate Glory, Women's History Month ·
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Sinister Shores

Murder By the Sea by Robin Jarossi, David Howard

March 14, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Based on the CBS reality show Murder By the Sea, ten murders that took place in various seaside towns and resorts of Britain are recounted in this book. I like true crime, but my medium of choice is podcasts – I very rarely watch it on TV. As such, I have never heard of this show, but the central theme of murder informed by location was one that sounded interesting to me. That the chapters had been derived from episodes of a show was evident […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: ARC, England, murder, NetGalley, Robin Jarossi, David Howard, seashore, true crime, vacation

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:18 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ARC, England, murder, NetGalley, Robin Jarossi, David Howard, seashore, true crime, vacation ·
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What Is to Come Has Already Been Decided

The Angel Maker by Alex North

March 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Katie and her brother Chris have had a strained relationship ever since the brutal attack on Chris that changed their lives forever. Decades later, it might be too late to fix things when Chris goes missing. In this book, we are introduced to two separate mysteries that inevitably wind together – the disappearance of Chris Shaw, and the murder of Alan Hobbs – and the way that they come together made me exercise my brain and sometimes stretched my incredulity. I would hesitate to call […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: alex north, ARC, audiobook, England, murder, NetGalley, Suspense

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: alex north, ARC, audiobook, England, murder, NetGalley, Suspense ·
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The Long Road to Brighton

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

March 8, 2023 by Pooja 3 Comments

In 1984, the IRA killed five people and came dangerously close to assassinating then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – and yet this disaster has gone mostly undiscussed in recent years. In this book, Carroll brings together the long chain of events which led up to the bombing, and unravels the complicated investigation that followed. Having been to school in both the United States and India, I like to think that I have gained a wider perspective on world history than I would have otherwise, but there […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, ARC, assassination, NetGalley, politics, Rory Carroll, terrorism, The Troubles

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, ARC, assassination, NetGalley, politics, Rory Carroll, terrorism, The Troubles ·
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She had sex before pizza, which didn’t surprise her in the least.

Identity by Nora Roberts

February 28, 2023 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I have an occasional argument with a friend who is certain that Nora Roberts has a stable of ghost writers and I am certain that she writes every word of her own books because the author voice is so consistent. I haven’t actually read a new Nora Roberts book in a few years, but Identity was like putting on an old familiar sweater. Of course Nora Roberts has evolved as an author over her 40+ year career, but I still know a Nora Roberts book […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, identity, NetGalley, Nora Roberts, romantic suspense

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:18 · Genres: Mystery, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, identity, NetGalley, Nora Roberts, romantic suspense ·
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  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Good choices! I feel like I don't see Emma Thompson in enough stuff these days.
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  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Agree, a movie would be great. Who are we casting? :)
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