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February 2023 Leftovers

Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two Goats, and the Era That Remade the World's Game by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg

The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz

The Title: The Story of the First Division by Scott Murray

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

The Fiancée by Kate White

The Guns of Heaven by Pete Hamill

February 28, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Hey on the last day of the month, it finally snowed in New York! Huzzah! Dead Wind**** I can’t talk about why I like this book without even the mildest of spoilers if you’ve been following the series. So I’ll talk about what I appreciate. I’ve been in an on-and-off reading slump the last two months. It’s been hard to finish stuff. Tessa Wegert’s Shana Merchant series really feels like the exception to the rule. I like her writing, her pacing, her protagonist. All good. One […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #IRA, agatha christie, Anthony Horowitz, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dead Wind, England, English football, evil under the sun, FC Barcelona, hard case crime, Hawthorne and Horowitz, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Montalbano, Ireland, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg, karen m mcmanus, kate white, Lionel Messi, maureen johnson, Messi vs. Ronaldo, mystery, New York (State), New York City, one of us is lying, Pete Hamill, Real Madrid, Scott Murray, Shana Merchant, Sicily, Soccer, sports, Tessa Wegert, The Fiancée, The Guns of Heaven, The Sentence is Death, the shape of water, The Title, the vanishing stair, thriller, truly devious, Vermont, Young Adult

Jake's CBR15 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #IRA, agatha christie, Anthony Horowitz, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dead Wind, England, English football, evil under the sun, FC Barcelona, hard case crime, Hawthorne and Horowitz, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Montalbano, Ireland, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg, karen m mcmanus, kate white, Lionel Messi, maureen johnson, Messi vs. Ronaldo, mystery, New York (State), New York City, one of us is lying, Pete Hamill, Real Madrid, Scott Murray, Shana Merchant, Sicily, Soccer, sports, Tessa Wegert, The Fiancée, The Guns of Heaven, The Sentence is Death, the shape of water, The Title, the vanishing stair, thriller, truly devious, Vermont, Young Adult ·
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Love Island

Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

January 6, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

There are two things going on with this book, one I loved, the other I just found meh. The good thing is the main case. It’s a Knives Out esque Rich People Being Bad tale playing out on a storm swept island. I liked the way our heroine, Det. Shana Merchant navigated between the good, bad, and ugly of this family, while Tessa Wegert impressively for a rookie effort did a good job peeling back the layers to get to the conclusion. 99% of the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Death in the Family, mystery, New York (State), Shana Merchant, Tessa Wegert

Jake's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Death in the Family, mystery, New York (State), Shana Merchant, Tessa Wegert ·
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Forevermore

The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard

October 4, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of cbr14bingo: gaslight. This book took place in gaslight era New York state. There’s even a gaslight on the book cover!  Most of the time, I ditch the vaunted 5th star from an otherwise excellent book due to the ending. I’m usually disappointed by endings and even if I try to be graceful, I still can sometimes get disappointed by one. I can’t recall ever bumping a book from four stars to five due to the ending, yet here we are. I’m not […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Army, cbr14bingo, Edgar Allan Poe, historical fiction, Louis Bayard, mystery, New York (State), The Pale Blue Eye, West Point

Jake's CBR14 Review No:178 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Army, cbr14bingo, Edgar Allan Poe, historical fiction, Louis Bayard, mystery, New York (State), The Pale Blue Eye, West Point ·
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I mean, Bicycle TUSH I get, but Bicycle Face?

Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face by Larissa Theule

December 28, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

On the surface, Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face is a book about a girl being taught to ride a bicycle by her brother. Looking deeper, Larissa Theule made a piece of history that shows a slice of what women did to gain many rights we take for granted today. The illustrations perfectly complement Theule’s text with the bold use of color and details (which there are a lot), showing multiple events all at once. This dual story by illustrations allow us to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Sports Tagged With: 1851-1899, Bicycle Face, Brothers and sisters, Girls & Women, Kelsey Garrity-Riley, Larissa Theule, New York (State), United States/19th Century

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:435 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Sports · Tags: 1851-1899, Bicycle Face, Brothers and sisters, Girls & Women, Kelsey Garrity-Riley, Larissa Theule, New York (State), United States/19th Century ·
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