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End of CBR10 panic post!!!

December 28, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So my December has been suuuper crazy.  Work is insane, and I’ve been trying to fit in reading with all the extra working I’ve been doing.  I’ve been falling asleep at night without reading, which is not normal for me.  Anyway, even when I have finished books, I haven’t had the time or energy to review them!  I write all day at work (nothing fun or exciting), so sometimes it’s hard to write these reviews after long days of work.  That’s why I’m shoving these […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Dead Even, law, murder, Randall Silvis, secrets, stolen money

kfishgirl's CBR10 Review No:58 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Dead Even, law, murder, Randall Silvis, secrets, stolen money ·
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Don’t read this book under any circumstances. Ever!

July 9, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This book should be called, “Don’t read this book under any circumstances. Ever!”   Is there a rating score lower than one? Sadly, Don’t Tell! by Tom Booth has no story, no action and most importantly has a questionable ending: It is okay to tell a secret someone has asked you to keep. While that is not a black and white issue as, yes, bad secretes should be told but those “good secrets” should be kept. But what kind of secret is a good secret […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: secrets, Tom Booth

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:254 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: secrets, Tom Booth ·
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Where’d You Go, Maria Semple

January 21, 2017 by pluiedenovembre Leave a Comment

The more I think about this book the less I like it. Today Will Be Different is the story of a single day in the life of Eleanor Flood. Eleanor is trying to be the best version of herself. She has plans to make this day perfect. She is going to be present. She is going to be a better mom, a better wife, a better friend. Eleanor is not a bad person, she’s just a bit of a mess. But her plan begins to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: family, humor, Illustration, Maria Semple, Marriage, midlife crisis, Seattle, secrets, Sisters

pluiedenovembre's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: family, humor, Illustration, Maria Semple, Marriage, midlife crisis, Seattle, secrets, Sisters ·
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We Are Family, I Got All My Sisters With Me

January 18, 2017 by pluiedenovembre 5 Comments

I love Nadiya Hussain. If you are a fan of The Great British Bake Off, you probably love her too. Nadiya was the winner in 2015, and she is, by all accounts the most popular winner in the history of the show. Charming, warm, funny, self-deprecating and gifted with a marvelously expressive face, she made all of us fall in love with her. Since winning TGBBO, Nadiya has published a cookbook (which I received as a surprise present last week from a lovely friend who […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: accident, Bangladesh, England, family, family secrets, Nadiya Hussain, secrets, Sisters, Small town, TGBBO, The Great British Bake Off, The Great British Baking Show, twins, UK, women writers

pluiedenovembre's CBR9 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: accident, Bangladesh, England, family, family secrets, Nadiya Hussain, secrets, Sisters, Small town, TGBBO, The Great British Bake Off, The Great British Baking Show, twins, UK, women writers ·
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Family Dinners Are Killer

July 2, 2015 by Melina Leave a Comment

We begin with an anniversary. A family prepares to mourn the one year loss of a son and brother but there are two problems–the family is so fractured that they don’t even want to be in the same room as each other and two, there’s a madman who plans on killing them all because of the secrets they are keeping from one another.  From the outside the family seems to have everything.  They have a loving dog, a gigantic house with all the fancy amenities, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Fiction, horror, lies, Melina, michaelbrent collings, secrets, slasher

Melina's CBR7 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Fiction, horror, lies, Melina, michaelbrent collings, secrets, slasher ·
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