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Lost in the future by Damain, illustrated by Àlex Fuentes

Down the future rabbit hole

Lost in the Future Vol 1: The Storm by Damian

December 25, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Lost in the Future by Damian was beautifully illustrated by Àlex Fuentes. I discovered this at Forbidden Planet during a London trip this year. I unintentionally plan book crawls, sometimes with too ambitious goals, whenever I travel. I had about 5 minutes until they closed to pick something, and this is what I chose. During a field trip, a group of kids wanders off and falls down a hole. It’s giving Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole meets Adventure Time vibes. They discover it’s a portal and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: Damian, Graphic Novel, middle grade, sci-fi, time travel

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction · Tags: Damian, Graphic Novel, middle grade, sci-fi, time travel ·
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“I have just drawn my weapon and killed a Coke machine, sir.” CBRBINGO – Green (BINGO!)

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

November 10, 2025 by narfna 2 Comments

According to many Constant Readers, this is Uncle Stevie’s worst book, but I don’t agree! It is extremely flawed, but I also found it very readable (it probably helped that Edward Herrmann narrates the audiobook, and he is a wonderful audiobook narrator). This is sci-fi horror. A woman named Bobbie, a writer of western novels, finds a buried object in the ground and becomes obsessed with unearthing it. Doing so changes her and the town she lives in forever, and in really really creepy ways. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Featured, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, cbr17bingo, edward herrmann, horror, narfna, sci-fi, sci-fi horror, sff, speculative, Stephen King, the tommyknockers

narfna's CBR17 Review No:34 · Genres: Audiobooks, Featured, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, cbr17bingo, edward herrmann, horror, narfna, sci-fi, sci-fi horror, sff, speculative, Stephen King, the tommyknockers ·
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A German shepherd dog curled around the book, "When the Moon Hits Your Eye" by John Scalzi.

A swing and a miss from Scalzi

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

August 12, 2025 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

Bingo: Black I’ve been a longtime Scalzi fan since a friend insisted I read Old Man’s War.  However, his last trilogy, The Collapsing Empire, didn’t do it for me.  Then along came The Kaiju Preservation Society, 5 star read, followed by Starter Villain, 5 star read.  Scalzi was on a roll!  After seeing him at an event for Starter Villain, I was so geeked for the final book in this triptych, When the Moon Hits Your Eye.  Scalzi explained this at the event and here is a concise description […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr17, cbr17bingo, cheese, Dome'Loki, Fiction, john scalzi, moon, sci-fi, Speculative Fiction

Dome'Loki's CBR17 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr17, cbr17bingo, cheese, Dome'Loki, Fiction, john scalzi, moon, sci-fi, Speculative Fiction ·
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“My passengers. I decide, then and there, to love them. I’ve never loved before. Love is not a standard component of my programming. ” CBRBINGO – ‘O’

Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

July 31, 2025 by narfna 1 Comment

Thanks to NetGalley, Dreamscape Media & Dreamscape Lore, Bindery Books, and Ezeekat Press for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I had a great time with this weird little genre-bender. I love books where the author was like, should I do mystery? Romance? Paranormal? Horror? Sci-fi? Why not all?? Indeed. Why not all. Our two main characters are ship’s AI’s, the navigator, and the ship’s doctor. Demeter is the ship’s name, and when the book starts she’s just a normal ship, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, Barbara Truelove, cbr17bingo, genrebenders, LGBTQIA, narfna, Of Monsters and Mainframes, paranormal, sci-fi

narfna's CBR17 Review No:24 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, Barbara Truelove, cbr17bingo, genrebenders, LGBTQIA, narfna, Of Monsters and Mainframes, paranormal, sci-fi ·
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Animorphs Rebooted

The Invasion by Chris Grine

The Visitor by Chris Grine

The Encounter by Chris Grine

The Message by Chris Grine

The Invasion by Chris Grine

July 25, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

I read all six of the Animorphs Graphic novels by Chris Grine! I read the first book with my tween book group at the library, and it was so fun to talk to them about it. They generally really liked it. Only one kid was skeeved out by the morphing. Most of them didn’t really get the main conflict, though. I’m not sure if this is because they are too young (many are third graders) or if the portrayal of the Yeerks isn’t very clear. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: animorphs, Chris Grine, graphic novels, k.a. applegate, katherine applegate, Michael Grant, middle grade, sci-fi

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:46 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: animorphs, Chris Grine, graphic novels, k.a. applegate, katherine applegate, Michael Grant, middle grade, sci-fi ·
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Possible Death By Lunar Cheese Volcano

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

May 7, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

When the Moon Hits Your Eye is not really a straightforward story. The premise is basically “What if the moon actually turned to cheese, suddenly and unexplicably? How would people react?” Each chapter is a mini-episode of a couple of people trying to figure out what is going on, and what they think and how they feel about it.  These episodes range from a group of retirees in a diner, to a couple of young adults working at rival cheese shops, to NASA scientists, to […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cheese, humor, john scalzi, moon, sci-fi, speculative, When the Moon Hits Your Eye

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cheese, humor, john scalzi, moon, sci-fi, speculative, When the Moon Hits Your Eye ·
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