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cover of Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian featuring two men on a television set looking as though they are about to kiss

“Simon tries to remember where he’s supposed to put his hands, what a normal facial expression feels like, how to cosplay as a functional person.”

Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian

July 17, 2026 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

It has been literal years since I have read a Cat Sebastian romance novel, and that’s a damn shame for me, because I love her writing. I’ve had books of hers out from the library, but the timing just hasn’t been right, I suppose. But her debut into contemporary romance, Star Shipped, (you, like me, will be forgiven if the cover art made you think this was mid 20th century like the Cabots series) was available as an ARC and an Aardvark book and I scooped it up as fast as possible – and then […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: ARC, Cat Sebastian, cbr18bingo, Contemporary Romance, or), queer romance, Star Shipped

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Romance · Tags: ARC, Cat Sebastian, cbr18bingo, Contemporary Romance, or), queer romance, Star Shipped ·
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“Amon Goeth and Oskar Schindler, they both had power. One used it to kill, the other to save lives. Their example shows that everyone has a choice.”

March 31, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Yesknopemaybe reviewed Jennifer Teege’s My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me a few weeks ago and was right when she said the premise would be hard to resist. I checked my local library and found the audiobook available for immediate check out. While this was a big change from cheery Patton Oswalt and the Harry Potter series the narration was beautiful and powerful (with added correct pronunciation of German and Polish words!) Jennifer Teege is a mixed race German woman, her birth mother was German and her father was […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: jennifer teege, my grandfather would have shot me, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past, nikola sellmair, or)

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: jennifer teege, my grandfather would have shot me, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past, nikola sellmair, or) ·
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