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A Surprise, to Be Sure, but a Welcome One

The Sandman Act II (Audio Production) by Neil Gaiman; Dick Maggs

The Sandman Act III (Audio Production) by Neil Gaiman; Dick Maggs

November 8, 2022 by LittlePlat 6 Comments

As I admitted during my review of The Sandman Act I, I am aware that these productions are really pushing the limits of what an audiobook is. But since they are such close adaptions of the original graphic novels, and are tied together with heavy use of a narrator (Gaiman himself), I think it is fair to say that they still count.  I loved Act I very much, but I really didn’t get around to listening to Act II until earlier this year, as part […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: a game of you, audio drama, brief lives, cbr14bingo, Fables and Reflections, Neil Gaiman; Dick Maggs, snake, The Sandman, The Season of Mist, The Song of Orpheus, world's end

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: a game of you, audio drama, brief lives, cbr14bingo, Fables and Reflections, Neil Gaiman; Dick Maggs, snake, The Sandman, The Season of Mist, The Song of Orpheus, world's end ·
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Drama Queen

Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

November 6, 2022 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Ah, Shakespeare- takes me right back to high school English class! (Truthfully though: I hadn’t read this play nor seen it performed, but the general strokes of the story were familiar.) Ready? Here goes: Marc Antony, the great Roman general, is uneasily sharing power with Octavius, Julius Ceaser’s nephew, and a third general, Lepidius. Antony has come to Egypt as part of the triumvirate’s previous battles against outside enemies and fallen in love with the seductive Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. Now that the outside enemies have […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Antony & Cleopatra, cbr14bingo, drama, Play, Shakespeare, snake, william shakespeare

Wanderlustful's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Antony & Cleopatra, cbr14bingo, drama, Play, Shakespeare, snake, william shakespeare ·
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First Bingo!!!!

The Book of Night by Holly Black

September 30, 2022 by Ale 5 Comments

I saw The Book of Night sitting in the “New This Month!” display at the library when I went to pick up something else. And I love Holly Black, so I took it out on a whim. The Book of Night follows Charlie, a woman who’s spent her whole life making all the wrong decisions. In Charlie’s world, shadows are magic and with the right formulas, can be manipulated, stolen, reattached, or end up as sentient beings. At a young age, Charlie got into the world of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Holly Black, magic, mystery, new book, shadows, snake, theft

Ale's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Holly Black, magic, mystery, new book, shadows, snake, theft ·
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Grumpy/Sunshine Double Header (and Bingo!)

His Grumpy Childhood Friend (Cider Bar Sisters #2) by Jackie Lau

Her Pretend Christmas Date (Cider Bar Sisters #2.5) by Jackie Lau

September 8, 2022 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I was simply delighted by this one. His Grumpy Childhood Friend hit a couple different trope happy places for me – second chance romance, friends to lovers – but it also did something I love more and more as I consume a good amount of Romance books: it released its third act tension without a break-up or fight.  The tension point of the story isn’t a misunderstanding or one of the pair freaking out and walking away, instead we get characters dealing with traumatic experiences […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, grumpy sunshine, Her Pretend Christmas Date, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, snake

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, grumpy sunshine, Her Pretend Christmas Date, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, snake ·
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“My dear chap, this is a bookshop. There’s never anywhere better to be.”

Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles

July 29, 2022 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR14 Bingo: Snake (SPOILER: being a thoroughly disreputable sort, Kim also turns out to betray Will at least once during the story) Will Darling has inherited his late uncle’s bookshop and is grateful for the fact. After serving in World War I, most of his skills involve killing swiftly and efficiently, not really a commodity on the post-war job markets back in England. Now he just needs to get some idea of all the books actually in the shop and get on with being a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: 1920s, cbr14, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, kidnapping, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, romantic, Slippery Creatures, snake, spies, The Will Darling Adventures

Malin's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: 1920s, cbr14, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, kidnapping, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, romantic, Slippery Creatures, snake, spies, The Will Darling Adventures ·
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