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hide all you want, but nothing stays buried

Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller

May 24, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Jeanie and Julius have spent their entire lives together. Over half a century of life together has passed, and they have never spent an entire night separate from each other. Jeanie tends the garden with their mother, Dot, and Julius works odd jobs in the village. Jeanie, Julius, and Dot depend fiercely on one another. They accept nothing from the outside world- at least, Jeanie and Julius spent the last 51 years believing that they were accepting nothing and indebted to no one but each […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: ARC, Britain, claire fuller, family, family secrets, farm life, galley club, poverty, rural life, secrets, survival, tin house, tin house galley club, tragedy

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: ARC, Britain, claire fuller, family, family secrets, farm life, galley club, poverty, rural life, secrets, survival, tin house, tin house galley club, tragedy ·
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The journey we take to get where we are going

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

October 15, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My journey to Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel was, to say was odd, but normal for me. I knew of Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out for series. I have the collection on my TBR list. And I knew that they had this book when it came out. The store I work at hosted an event. (July 2018 to be exact) I was interested in but forgot (long story why) to attend. Flash forward to about two months ago when I was speaking […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Alison Bechdel, Cartoonists, family, fathers and daughters, Lesbians, lgbt, secrets, sexuallity

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:324 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Alison Bechdel, Cartoonists, family, fathers and daughters, Lesbians, lgbt, secrets, sexuallity ·
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Sugar, Spice, and Things that go Bump in the Night

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

December 30, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Helen Oyeyemi is an expert in pulling back the cobwebs from the old trunk in the attic, shaking out the goods within, and daring you to take a good strong look. She weaves familiar fairly tales with Yoruba folktales, inter-generational family strife, and good old fashioned 21st century anxiety. In her most recent novel, Gingerbread, she leaves spicy breadcrumbs of Hansel and Gretel, the Gingerbread Man, and many other traditional tales. I was also strongly reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Orsinian Tales. Oyeyemi’s characters present […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: coming-of-age, fable, fairy tale retelling, family, folktale, gingerbread man, hansel and gretl, Helen Oyeyemi, magical realism, secrets

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: coming-of-age, fable, fairy tale retelling, family, folktale, gingerbread man, hansel and gretl, Helen Oyeyemi, magical realism, secrets ·
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It was a fun trip!

Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer

October 30, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Not gonna lie, I picked this up for the title first.  I’m an unashamed reader of fanfiction, so when I saw the clever title, I wanted to know more.  Then I read the back, and immediately knew this was for me!  (Fanfiction doesn’t actually play a huge role in this, though!) This is kind of in the same realm as Geekarella.  There’s a show that’s kind of geeky but has a strong cult following, and they both have conventions!  There are stars that love working […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Chris Colfer, friendship, LGBTQ, Rainbow Flag, road trip, secrets

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:68 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Chris Colfer, friendship, LGBTQ, Rainbow Flag, road trip, secrets ·
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Her husband’s secret could destroy multiple families AND This one will be their last anniversary

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty

March 17, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So my sister has been reading and recommending to me Liane Moriarty books for a few years.  I have sooo many books on my TBR list, so it took me a while to get started.  I found this one on my library’s audiobook loan list.  Not only was it an awesome book, it was read by an Australian, so it sounded even more awesome.  I was listening to this book in my car and while I walked my dog at night around the park.  I’m […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Liane Moriarty, lies, secret children, secret murder, secrets

kfishgirl's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Liane Moriarty, lies, secret children, secret murder, secrets ·
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Creepy People Gonna Creep…and a Girl is Gonna Disappear

I am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll

February 26, 2019 by Melina Leave a Comment

Sarah and Anna are best friends, excited to be done school, ready to blow off some steam in the city before they take their A Levels later that summer.  Full of verve and vivacity, they catch the eye of Ella Longfield, a middle aged mom headed off to attend a florist’s convention.  They also catch the eye of two handsome young men that seem very taken by the ladies, buying them beer, flirting and to the horror of Ella, sharing honestly that they had both […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr11, I am watching you, Melina, mystery, obsession, secrets, Suspense, Teresa Driscoll

Melina's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr11, I am watching you, Melina, mystery, obsession, secrets, Suspense, Teresa Driscoll ·
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