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> Tag: Sea of Tranquility

Review Dump 2: My Favorites of the Year. CBR14 Reviews 5-8.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

December 29, 2022 by scootsa1000 4 Comments

In case I don’t get around to finishing all the reviews I was hoping to before the deadline…I wanted to make sure to share my thoughts on my four favorite books of the year: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow; This Time Tomorrow; The Candy House; and Sea of Tranquility. 2022 was an amazing year for books. I preordered Sea of Tranquility and received in on release day. I finished it on release day too. I was a little nervous that I wouldn’t love it quite […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Emily St. John Mandel, Emma Straub, Gabrielle Zevin, Jennifer Egan, Scootsa1000, Sea of Tranquility, the candy house, this time tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

scootsa1000's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Emily St. John Mandel, Emma Straub, Gabrielle Zevin, Jennifer Egan, Scootsa1000, Sea of Tranquility, the candy house, this time tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow ·
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“This is the strange lesson of living in a pandemic: life can be tranquil in the face of death.”

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

August 11, 2022 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

Cannonball Read Book Square: Funky In one word: Tether Reading St. John Mandel I’m reminded of the scene in the AMAZING movie Booksmart, wherein two college-bound BFFs are determined to make up for lost time and live it up the night before their high school graduation. In one of my favorite scenes, best friends Molly and Amy are getting ready to go out and hyping each other up for their respective outfits, aggressively hurling positive affirmations at each other. “Who gave you permission to take […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Emily St. John Mandel, pandemic, Sea of Tranquility, time travel

ardaigle's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Emily St. John Mandel, pandemic, Sea of Tranquility, time travel ·
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I don’t want to review this, f*** you.

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

July 2, 2022 by narfna 4 Comments

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 28/30 It’s too good! I loved it too much! This is like how I put off watching The Falcon and the Winter Soldier because I love Bucky too much. My feelings, THEY CANNOT BE CONTAINED WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME CONTAIN THEM. I was going to try and re-read this before I reviewed it to try and make some thoughts more thoughtful and coherent, but I just don’t have the time right now, even though […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Emily St. John Mandel, genrebending, lit-fic, literary, narfna, pandemics, sci-fi, Sea of Tranquility, sff, time travel

narfna's CBR14 Review No:96 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Emily St. John Mandel, genrebending, lit-fic, literary, narfna, pandemics, sci-fi, Sea of Tranquility, sff, time travel ·
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May 2022 Leftovers

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob by Gianni Russo

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost

Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara

American Tabloid by James Ellroy

Hot Springs by Stephen Hunter

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Dead Soon Enough by Steph Cha

Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

June 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Here are the books I read in May 2022 that I didn’t get to give a full review for whatever reason. I read a lot of authors of AAPI descent; their books were all wonderful in their own respective ways… Sea of Tranquility **** Unquestionably a metacommentary on the author’s Station Eleven success in the shadow of Covid-19, it’s a beautifully written reflection on finding peace and contentment in the uncertainties of life. I don’t know that I enjoyed it as much as others did given […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #memoir, #Science Fiction, American Tabloid, Arkansas, Bullet Train, Chicago, Clark and Division, covid, Dead Soon Enough, Emily St. John Mandel, Gianni Russo, historical fiction, Hollywood Godfather, Hot Springs, James Ellroy, Japan, Japanese-American, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Jennifer Hillier, JFK assassination, Juniper Song, Kōtarō Isaka, LGBTQIA, Little Secrets, los angeles, mafia, Mark Frost, mystery, Naomi Hirahara, pandemic, Pizza Girl, Sea of Tranquility, Seattle, Steph Cha, Stephen Hunter, the godfather, thriller, tv, twin peaks

Jake's CBR14 Review No:95 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #memoir, #Science Fiction, American Tabloid, Arkansas, Bullet Train, Chicago, Clark and Division, covid, Dead Soon Enough, Emily St. John Mandel, Gianni Russo, historical fiction, Hollywood Godfather, Hot Springs, James Ellroy, Japan, Japanese-American, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Jennifer Hillier, JFK assassination, Juniper Song, Kōtarō Isaka, LGBTQIA, Little Secrets, los angeles, mafia, Mark Frost, mystery, Naomi Hirahara, pandemic, Pizza Girl, Sea of Tranquility, Seattle, Steph Cha, Stephen Hunter, the godfather, thriller, tv, twin peaks ·
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A quietly thrilling side-quel to The Glass Hotel in the key of Cloud Atlas

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

May 9, 2022 by TylerDFC 1 Comment

I would list the HBO Max adaptation of Station Eleven as one of the few adaptations better than the book it came from. I loved that mini-series and thought it both illuminated and improved the source material. I do not feel it is a slight to Emily St. John Mandel to say that, as she was heavily involved in the adaptation. Mandel is one of the most interesting authors working right now. She is enormously talented at world-building and tight, beautiful prose. However, her characters […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, time travel

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, time travel ·
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Is life really just an AI simulation?

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

April 21, 2022 by jomidi 2 Comments

I have been reading Emily St. John Mandel since her much praised Station Eleven, (I know there are many Station Eleven fans on Cannonball as it was a book group selection.)  I was eagerly looking forward to her latest novel, Sea of Tranquility, and it did not disappoint. Sea of Tranquility is told in a non-linear fashion, like Cloud Atlas and Cloud Cuckoo Land, but since this novel is about time travel, it makes perfect sense to be told that way.  I saw St. John Mandel being interviewed […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Emily St. John Mandel, Emily St. John Mandel; time travel, Sea of Tranquility

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Emily St. John Mandel, Emily St. John Mandel; time travel, Sea of Tranquility ·
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