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There’s No End Like a Sanderson End

The Hero of Ages by Bandon Sanderson

April 8, 2022 by Ale 1 Comment

The more Sanderson I read, the more I feel like his books are really just love letters to his fans. His author notes are always so personal, and its clear that he takes his fans seriously and thinks about them as he’s writing. In this last installment of the Mistborn trilogy, Sanderson’s goal was to write an ending of a series that both satisfied and concluded without rushing or shoehorning. He took all the things he hated about series that ended disappointedly and made sure he […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Bandon Sanderson, brandon sanderson, high fantasy, Mistborn, politics, trilogy, war

Ale's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Bandon Sanderson, brandon sanderson, high fantasy, Mistborn, politics, trilogy, war ·
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Baby’s First Fantasy Court Intrigue

Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian

April 5, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Daphne understands, suddenly, exactly what she is – not a girl, not a princess, not a spy or a saboteur. She is a poison, brewed and distilled and fermented over sixteen years, crafted by her mother to bring ruination to whomever she touches. Beatriz, Daphne, and Sophronia have been raised since birth to wed into the royal families of their neighboring countries – and then sow discord to bring them under their mother’s control. But the triplets find that when their loyalties are tested, it […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, Fiction, Laura Sebastian, NetGalley, politics, Romance, YA

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, Fiction, Laura Sebastian, NetGalley, politics, Romance, YA ·
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Another book with an interesting concept that meandered aimlessly and ran full steam ahead into despair

Anthem by Noah Hawley

March 29, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

The summary of this book may sound morbid, and it may be odd that it drew me in, but here we are.  I like a mystery. Here is what my library’s audiobook / ebook app had as a synopsis: Suddenly and without precedent or explanation, something awful has been happening to teenagers across the globe, forcing parents to face a lonely future without their children.  At the site of each loss, there lies a cryptic message, A11, which may be the clue to solving the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: despair, Noah Hawley, politics, Religion, Sexual Assault, suicide

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: despair, Noah Hawley, politics, Religion, Sexual Assault, suicide ·
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Melania In Paris

Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak

March 26, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

There’s been a trend these last few years of taking popular female historical characters and putting them in espionage situations. Queen Elizabeth. Jackie O. I’ve never read any of these books but I suppose there’s something to be mined from the genre. There’s really no interesting way to do the same with Melania Trump, given her complicity in her husband’s regime. So Anna Pitoniak decides to tweak just a few things (very few things) and write a story that covers both ends of the Cold War, […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Anna Pitoniak, espionage, historical fiction, Melania Trump, Our American Friend, politics

Jake's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Anna Pitoniak, espionage, historical fiction, Melania Trump, Our American Friend, politics ·
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I Need A Hefty Historical Saga About This Woman, ASAP

The Mistress From Chandernagore by A. B. de M. Hunter

March 18, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

When Catherine, born to a French family in India, wed an Englishman from down the river, she thought she would settle down and have lots of children. But instead her life becomes a whirl of travel, scandal, spies, and romance that eventually leads her to the highest echelons of Napoleonic society. Poor student of history that I am, I do know who Talleyrand is. But I had never even considered the existence of a Mme de Talleyrand, and so was quite delighted to learn all […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: A. B. de M. Hunter, ARC, England, France, India, napoleon, narrative nonfiction, NetGalley, politics

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:45 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: A. B. de M. Hunter, ARC, England, France, India, napoleon, narrative nonfiction, NetGalley, politics ·
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January 2022 Leftovers

Hit Parade by Lawrence Block

Sex Criminals, Volume 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Devils In Exile by Chuck Hogan

Ex Machina, The Deluxe Edition: Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny

Munich by Robert Harris

Shella by Andrew Vachss

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler

The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz

No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfeld

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

The Second Sleep by Robert Harris

February 2, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

My resolution for Cannonball Read in 2022 is to only write reviews where I feel like I have much to say and then dump the others in a singular post at the end of the month to track how much I’ve read. This’ll spare me from writing 250+ words about books that I can’t even think of a hundred for. So… Hit Parade **** I enjoy these books and while this is the one I maybe enjoyed the least (did EVERY story need cutaway conversations with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: #history, A Trick of the Light, Africa, agatha christie, Andrew Vachss, Blitzed Drugs in the Third Reich, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Canada, Chuck Hogan, crime, Devils In Exile, drugs, espionage, Ex Machina, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, Hit Parade, hitmen, Inspector Gamache, Kat Rosenfeld, Keller, lawrence block, Lisa Lutz, Louise Penny, Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, Munich, Nazi Germany, New York City, No One Will Miss Her, Norman Ohler, politics, Robert Harris, sex, sex criminals, Shella, superheroes, The Accomplice, The Man in the Brown Suit, The Second Sleep, vol. 2, World War II

Jake's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: #history, A Trick of the Light, Africa, agatha christie, Andrew Vachss, Blitzed Drugs in the Third Reich, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Canada, Chuck Hogan, crime, Devils In Exile, drugs, espionage, Ex Machina, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, Hit Parade, hitmen, Inspector Gamache, Kat Rosenfeld, Keller, lawrence block, Lisa Lutz, Louise Penny, Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky, Munich, Nazi Germany, New York City, No One Will Miss Her, Norman Ohler, politics, Robert Harris, sex, sex criminals, Shella, superheroes, The Accomplice, The Man in the Brown Suit, The Second Sleep, vol. 2, World War II ·
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