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An Effervescent Romance

The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker

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This review is spoiler free. I signed up with NetGalley in hopes that I would be given this book in exchange for an honest review. I was so excited when I got the email from the publisher that my mood did a wild swing from morose despair to OHMYGODREALLY??? I loooooooved it. Grumpy hero – check witty heroine – check sparkling banter – check sexy sexy times – check a brief spot of soulful pining – check meddling families – check shenanigans – check The things I find most romantic are seeing past the other person’s facade into who they […]

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3/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:16 |

The Hairy Ears Return

On the Bright Side: The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 Years Old by Hendrik Groen

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Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley, courtesy of the publisher. The second installment of the later life of Hendrik Groen finds everyone’s favorite Dutch hairy-eared Dutch pensioner returning to his diary after taking some time off. He is now 85. The Old But Not Dead club is still going strong, even after the closing events of the first book. In fact, a new member Leonie, fits right in. She even makes Evert blush. The residents of the home are still a bit of odd bunch. There is still also a slightly merry war between the director of the home and certain residents. […]

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3/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:40 |

Between the Oceans and the Mountains is a Wild Forest.

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel GenderQueer: A Memoir is a beautiful gift to the world, filled with pain and compassion. Maia uses the Spivek pronouns e/em/eir, so I use them consistently through the review.  I hope I am using them correctly. I got this from Netgalley and this is an honest review. GenderQueer: A Memoir is gently vulnerable and revealing. Kobabe was born into a family that didn’t enforce gender roles and seems to be supportive of their children becoming who they are. Maia was assigned female at birth (AFAB), but as e grew up, e ran into more and more questions […]

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3/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 |

You can smell the slop

The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

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Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. The older I get, the more frustrated I get with “events”, at least in terms of movies. Don’t really care which Avengers are going to make out whatever Avengers movie is coming out soon. It’s Marvel; the only character never brought to life is Uncle Ben. I am also the type of person who hears about the guy who jumps off a cruise ship into the ocean to see if he could do and then says “good” when the cruise ship bans him for life. […]

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3/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:29 |

One simply cannot invite people to engage in a spot of justifiable homicide

A Dangerous Collaboration (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn

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I love the Veronica Speedwell Mystery series. I was first attracted by their excellent covers, but it only took me about 1/3 into the way of the first book to be hooked. I did receive this from Netgalley in exchange for a review. Veronica and Stoker start the book in a chilly place. Their relationship had become emotionally intimate to a point where Veronica needed some space to think about what she wanted. Naturally, Stoker is unhappy and refuses to fall into their old patterns. Despite the coolness between them, they end up on an island off Cornwall with Stoker’s […]

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3/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:11 |

The Falling in Love was Lovely

When a Duchess Says I Do by Grace Burrowes

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I have just signed up for Netgalley and this is the first book I’ve received from them. So, standard terms and conditions apply, I received a free copy in exchange for a review. I loved about half the book and was annoyed by about half the book. I loved Duncan and Matilda. I loved them individually. I loved them together. They were lovely and reading as they came to like and trust each other and then fall in love was like sinking into a warm hug. At the end of the book, I completely believed that they will have a […]

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2/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Super hot, but also not?

Passion & Ink (The Sweetest Taboo #2) by Naima Simone

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I had just finished another Naima Simone book a day or two before I spotted this available on Netgalley. I really enjoyed the other book and immediately requested this one. (So, standard disclaimer: I was provided a complimentary copy of this book via NetGalley in order to facilitate a review.) I’m sorry to say I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the other Simone book. Let’s start with what went right. This book is hot! The sex scenes! Simone knows what she is doing with these sex scenes! If you are in the mood for some down and dirty–and […]

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2/17/2019 |

Death and Destruction on the Thames in London by Anthony Galvin

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Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book via Netgalley courtesy of the publisher. Gavin’s book presents the history of the Thames in terms of flooding, shipwrecks, and other issues. At times, one wonders about the use of the phrase “on the Thames”, there is a bit much on the Great Fire of London, some on terrorist attacks, and a bit on Jack the Ripper. Yet, the book is good. There is a ton of detail here. Galvin includes a list and brief history of the bridges of London as well as a detailed look at the history of the […]

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2/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:23 |


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