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“She accepted the visit and lived in anticipation, wondering what was to come. It was November 19, 1950. She would be dead in ten days.”

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

January 17, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’m not going to compare this to The Sun-Down Motel, which is the only other book of hers I’ve read, because they are very different books, which I wasn’t expecting because of their seeming similarities (dual timelines, ghosts, murder). And on its own, I enjoyed listening to this book very much. (Rebecca Lowman does a good job with the narration, although her male performances sometimes slip into silliness.) The two timelines are: Vermont, 1950, at the boarding school of Idlewind, a school for girls who […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: audiobooks, dual timeline, ghosts, historical fiction, murder, murder mystery, paranormal, Rebecca Lowman, Simone St. James, supernatural, the broken girls

narfna's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: audiobooks, dual timeline, ghosts, historical fiction, murder, murder mystery, paranormal, Rebecca Lowman, Simone St. James, supernatural, the broken girls ·
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when I hold you like I hold that bakelite in my hands

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

February 28, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

Can you really like a book while still strongly disliking nearly everyone in it? I found Landline to be compelling and affecting, but I was driven to states of near agony by the overall behavior of the protagonist and almost everyone else in her orbit. The setup: Georgie McCool (a name that could be very silly, but as a person with a seemingly “fake name” I am on board) is a writer on a cheesy TV sitcom. She and her writing partner, Seth, have been working […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: 1990's, audio, do-over, Love, magical realism, Marriage, Motherhood, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Relationships, second chance, What If?

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: 1990's, audio, do-over, Love, magical realism, Marriage, Motherhood, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Relationships, second chance, What If? ·
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This girl needs some serious therapy…

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

October 9, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

We picked this book to be our February Teen Book Club pick, stealing our Cannonball book club format for a Facebook discussion.  We picked it without anyone having read it ahead of time, which may not have been a completely great decision, but oh well! The first thing that struck me was “Wow, there’s a lot of foul language in this!”  I mean, it’s nothing that kids today haven’t heard constantly, but it’s still a little surprising coming right out of the gate.  And it’s […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Sunil Malhotra, Teen Angst

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman, Sunil Malhotra, Teen Angst ·
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What if you mixed Hogwarts and nerds in Nebraska?

April 9, 2018 by Halbs 6 Comments

Author Rainbow Rowell and audiobook reader Rebecca Lowman knocked another one out of the park with Fangirl. The two have also worked together on the audiobooks for Attachments and Eleanor & Park, both of which I’ve five-starred on this site. Rowell again finds the dramedy sweet spot. Real-world problems and triumphs abound. You root for these characters. Rowell is great, and so is the narration. At this point, three audiobooks in for me, Lowman’s voice is like a warm, cozy blanket by the fire. Max Caulfield, aka […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman

Halbs's CBR10 Review No:28 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Rainbow Rowell, Rebecca Lowman ·
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