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Starting off on the Wrong Spring Heeled Foot

The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder

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 In theory, this book had all the elements that are right up my alley. There’s speculative fiction/alternative history, there’s steam punk aesthetics, there’s camp! In spite of all of the things it had going for it, it was an uninspired mess. It read more as some weird fan fiction of the Victorian era found in some dark corner of the internet than a book that people were expected to pay money for. (Sadly, I did pay money for this disappointment.) Sir Richard Francis Burton (of exploration fame) becomes a special agent for King Albert (Victoria ends up being assassinated). He’s […]

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1/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:1 |

Did she say yes to the dress?

My Real Children by Jo Walton

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This is the first Jo Walton book that I have read and only heard about her through  reading Cannonball Read reviews (thanks, guys!).  Although this isn’t the Walton title that I was looking for at the library (Among Others),   it sounded interesting and landed in my TBR pile. I was truly captivated by the first 2/3. The last 1/3? Not so much. A woman suffering from dementia, and now confined to a nursing home, reflects on her life. Pretty straight forward, BUT, she “remembers” two separate lives with different partners,  children and world history.  Everything hinges on one moment where […]

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1/25/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:8 |

When Utopia Goes Pear-Shaped

The Will To Battle by Ada Palmer

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Well, my first review of the year, and I have picked a bit of a doozy! Not only is this book series quite unlike anything else I have read, I’m starting my review with book three of four. (But, this is the first book I’ve finished reading this year, so I went with it.) I’m going to have to try to do my best to tiptoe around the spoilers while still giving some kind of picture as to what this series is about. Let’s see how that goes: I first came across Ala Palmer’s Terra Ignota series when I was […]

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1/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:1 |

Extraordinary Mathmatics

What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky: Stories by Lesley Nneki Arimah

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If you aren’t listening to the Levar Burton Reads podcast, you are denying yourself so much joy and comfort. Following the advice of Keh_squared on Twitter, I listened to episode 5 of Levar Burton Reads. Lavar Burton read Lesley Nneka Arimah’s award winning short story “What It Means When a Man Falls From The Sky.” And then I listened again, and again for a third time. I found a PDF of the short story and read it. It might be one of my favorite books this year. At some time in the future, the geography of the world has changed. […]

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10/13/2017 's CBR9 Review No:98 |

Humans Are Monsters

The Power by Naomi Alderman

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  Public figures like Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein and our (not my) president make the news for being men who use their positions of power and privilege to abuse women; to demean them, to call them sluts and whores, to make them feel weak. The sad state of things though is this isn’t a privilege reserved for men of wealth and power.  All men can wield this power, if they choose to (in some circumstances).   I think most women can think of a time where a man who wasn’t rich and famous made us feel powerless in some way it […]

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10/12/2017 's CBR9 Review No:21 |

Clones in Space

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

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In Six Wakes, The Dormire, a generational ship travelling to colonize the planet Athena, is manned by six clones and an AI. It is the responsibility of the clones, with the help of the AI, to fly the ship, make any needed repairs and keep the cargo of humans, clones and homesteading materials safe. Clones are chosen to man the ship due to the fact that the journey to Athena will take hundreds of years.  And, unlike a human crew, when the clones die, the rest of the crew members recycle their bodies and use their mindmaps to create new […]

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7/7/2017 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

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The Circle by Dave Eggers

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Anyone remember this gem (for the link-wary, it’s the trailer to the 2001 film Antitrust)? This book is basically that movie, 10-15 years later. They’re both entertaining, just not incredibly sophisticated. It’s amusing that a film based on this book is now set to be released in April 2017, because though The Circle is technically an original property, it reads like a watered-down reboot of a great many superior predecessors. I’ve gotta think that made it really attractive to Hollywood: it’s digestible and familiar, but isn’t obviously a remake or franchise installment. The axes of technology, totalitarianism, human impressionability, and […]

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3/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

Secrets are lies. [Also, pizza gif within]

The Circle by Dave Eggers

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“Secrets are lies” Holy mother of Jesus. I can’t even with this book. I’d been hearing about this book for ages, mostly praise, but I was unsure that I could handle ANOTHER book about “social media = bad” and technology is super duper dangerous. To be fair, the book did not immediately quell my fears. The first part was slow going and had me rolling my eyes slightly at the obvious parody of facegooglespacehoo. Then I burnt my bread. That’s not a euphemism. I’d put a couple of buns in the oven for breakfast and figured I’d just read a […]

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2/27/2017 's CBR9 Review No:6 |


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