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You Never Know What You’ll Find in an Old Indie Bookstore

Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

December 15, 2019 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” was an interesting read. It went quickly and was an enjoyable experience. It’s set in modern day San Francisco, where the narrator is a graphic designer who is let go from an internet startup. He’s needing work and happens by a bookstore that announces it’s open 24-hours. He goes inside and meets the enigmatic and mysterious Mr. Penumbra. After getting the job at the bookstore, he notices that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Robin Sloan

The Chancellor's CBR11 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Robin Sloan ·
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I Have Always Imagined that Paradise Will Be a Kind of Library

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

August 19, 2019 by allisonata 2 Comments

Have you ever felt that a book was written just for you? Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is my Platonic ideal: a novel by an Elder Millennial, set in an alternate San Francisco Bay Area populated by talented, curious people, weird-but-plausible technologies, and endless shelves of books. By the time I discovered the in-story trilogy of fantasy novels and the credible centuries-old secret society, I committed to becoming a Sloan completist. Our initially hapless first-person hero Clay Jannon is looking for a job, any job. His […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: bibliophile, bookseller, cbr11, Robin Sloan, San Francisco, secret society

allisonata's CBR11 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: bibliophile, bookseller, cbr11, Robin Sloan, San Francisco, secret society ·
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Episode 1-29: What the F–k Did I Just Read?

A Highly Unlikely Scenario, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, The Fold, High-Rise, Turbulence by Rachel Cantor, Robin Sloan, Peter Clines, JG Ballard, Stuart Woods

August 8, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/08/08/episode-1-29-what-the-fuck-did-i-just-read/ Wherein I review: 111. A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World by Rachel Cantor 112. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 113. The Fold by Peter Clines 114. High-Rise by J.G. Ballard 115. Turbulence (Stone Barrington #46) by Stuart Woods Sometimes your little brain needs to get fried.  This was a combo platter of what the f–kery.  I enjoyed Robin Sloan’s wonderous cult of personality, and Peter Clines’ Lost-esque pseudo-sequel to 14.  Didn’t so much love […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: a highly unlikely scenario, High-Rise, JG Ballard, killing my kindle, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Peter Clines, podcast, rachel cantor, Robin Sloan, stone barrington, stuart woods, The Fold, Turbulence

prisco's CBR10 Review No:115 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: a highly unlikely scenario, High-Rise, JG Ballard, killing my kindle, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Peter Clines, podcast, rachel cantor, Robin Sloan, stone barrington, stuart woods, The Fold, Turbulence ·
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Have some actual sourdough ready before you start. #CBRBingo

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

August 2, 2018 by narfna 4 Comments

I read and enjoyed Robin Sloan’s debut novel, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, when it first came out a couple of years ago. I thought it was a fun concept that didn’t quite hit all the right notes, but was so short and fast to read that I forgave it a lot. This one was also a fast, short read, but it hit me emotionally in a way that Sloan’s first novel didn’t. Some of the storylines and themes didn’t come together perfectly, which is why […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Fiction, magical realism, narfna, Robin Sloan, sourdough

narfna's CBR10 Review No:86 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, Fiction, magical realism, narfna, Robin Sloan, sourdough ·
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I relate to this food

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

March 6, 2018 by lowercasesee Leave a Comment

I never expected to personally relate to food. Not to a person eating. Not even to anthropomorphized food a la Sausage Party (why oh why is that my first example .. ). Just to, you know, food. And not even finished food. To a sourdough starter. I came to this realization in a very roundabout way because as I finished this book, gave it its all-too-necessary Goodreads 5 stars, and moved to this review, my first thought was: “This is why I read. This is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Robin Sloan

lowercasesee's CBR10 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Robin Sloan ·
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Is there anything more San Francisco than sourdough bread and tech start ups? 

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

February 17, 2018 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

I wasn’t crazy about Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore when I read it along with what seemed like half of CBR6. My biggest complaint was the magical realism but the longer I stay in the Cannonball community the more open to new genres I become. Plus Yesknopemaybe read and reviewed Sourdough at the start of CBR10 and prefaced her review by stating she despised Penumbra so if I haven’t stretched my tastes as much as I thought what could it hurt? Sourdough is a quirky story about a software engineer named Lois […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Robin Sloan, sourdough

Caitlin_D's CBR10 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Robin Sloan, sourdough ·
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