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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Whyyyy haven’t more people read this???

The Good House by Tananarive Due

November 16, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is my exact perfect kind of horror: Meaty, character-driven, fantastical yet chilling or creepy stories but without the bleak or nihilistic rush some people seem to get when all the characters end up dead—or worse—at the end of a book. No coincidence, methinks, that Tananarive Due namedrops two excellent Stephen King books in here*, because her writing style reminds me a lot of his. Both authors really know how to immerse you in a long story, and give you the payoff at the end […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror Tagged With: audiobooks, black author, Haunted houses, horror, narfna, robin miles, Summerween, tananarive due, the good house

narfna's CBR15 Review No:124 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: audiobooks, black author, Haunted houses, horror, narfna, robin miles, Summerween, tananarive due, the good house ·
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A city that comes alive

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

December 26, 2021 by teresaelectro 2 Comments

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin is a unique science fiction novel that brings cities to life. When a city becomes “great” a human inhabitant becomes its avatar. Except at the start of this novel, the homeless Black boy is chased into hiding. Enter the awakening of the human avatars of each of the five boroughs. The book follows each avatar as they discover their connection to the city. There is a mysterious entity that doesn’t want the city to fully become a great […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Aliens, audie award, gentrification, n.k. jemisin, N.K. Jemison, New York City, robin miles

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Aliens, audie award, gentrification, n.k. jemisin, N.K. Jemison, New York City, robin miles ·
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I can see why she won the Pulitzer for this, but it wasn’t completely to my tastes.

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

April 6, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’m really glad I did the audio version for this one, because I’m not sure my raccoon brain (shiny things only!) would have had the patience to sit through it otherwise, and it’s worth sitting through. Robin Miles is, as always, a great narrator. This book wasn’t quite what I was expecting, either. I had actually never learned about the Great Migration in all my many (many) years of school, which is not really surprising, but is disheartening, so I was excited to get into […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, african american history, American History, isabel wilkerson, narfna, non fiction, Pulitzer Prize winner, robin miles, the epic story of america's great migration, the great migration, the warmth of other suns

narfna's CBR13 Review No:28 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, african american history, American History, isabel wilkerson, narfna, non fiction, Pulitzer Prize winner, robin miles, the epic story of america's great migration, the great migration, the warmth of other suns ·
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