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Another Ilona Andrews series has stolen my heart

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

White Hot by Ilona Andrews

Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews

December 28, 2021 by teresaelectro 6 Comments

I discovered Ilona Andrews through Felicia Day’s book club. We read the first Kate Daniels book, Magic Bites. I didn’t quite get hooked, but Cannonball Read made me want to read more. Thanks to Malin, Emmalita, and Jen K for convincing me. I know you didn’t have to twist my arm! I had always planned to read their Hidden Legacy series. I even bought the most recent book last year. It wasn’t until Malin gifted me the first two books for the CBR12 book exchange that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: book series, Hidden Legacy, Hidden Legacy Series, Houston, ilona andrews, magic, novella, Texas, Urban Fantasy

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: book series, Hidden Legacy, Hidden Legacy Series, Houston, ilona andrews, magic, novella, Texas, Urban Fantasy ·
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Branching out for my final CBR13 review, and a brief summary of my CBR year

In Too Deep by Daryl Banner

December 25, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 1 Comment

Jonah works a job that is sucking the life out of him in Houston. He works with his best friend Rico and roommate, but that isn’t enough to make his life enjoyable. Jonah and Rico plan a weekend getaway to a fictional Texas beach town to escape the monotony of their lives by having a weekend that would make Dionysus blanche. Their plan is to drink too much, soak up the sun, and find multiple boys to have some fun with for just the weekend. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Daryl Banner, gay, lgbt, LGBTQIA, Texas

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:77 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Daryl Banner, gay, lgbt, LGBTQIA, Texas ·
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Red or Dead

The Pledge by Kathleen Kent

December 1, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

This one followed the same pattern as the Hunger Games trilogy: interesting first book followed by an excellent second and a concluding one that basically made me say “Eh, ok, I guess that’s an ending.” Part of why I loved (indeed loved) The Burn, the second book in the Betty Rhyzyk trilogy, is because I thought Kathleen Kent did an excellent job covering Betty’s PTSD from the end of the events of the first book. Too often, series writers put their characters through hell only to have them […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Betty Rhyzyk, Dallas, Kathleen Kent, LGBTQIA, mystery, Texas, The Pledge

Jake's CBR13 Review No:183 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Betty Rhyzyk, Dallas, Kathleen Kent, LGBTQIA, mystery, Texas, The Pledge ·
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“When it seems like brown lives don’t matter “

Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Barely Missing Everything has a few bumps and bruises in the writing style and subject matter. Matt Mendez has a “this a not an easy read” story for several reasons. First, the points of view can be a little off putting, though they are usually from Juan’s and the subject is how the town Juan, his family, and friends lives in treats people with Mexican backgrounds. Clichés and stereotypes come up often with what happens to the characters (Juan mother is a teenage mom, Juan’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: basketball, family, friendship, gangs, Matt Mendez, Mexican Americans, Prejudice & Racism, prison & prisoners, Social Themes, Texas, United States - Hispanic & Latino

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:312 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: basketball, family, friendship, gangs, Matt Mendez, Mexican Americans, Prejudice & Racism, prison & prisoners, Social Themes, Texas, United States - Hispanic & Latino ·
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When the Friday Night Lights Go Out

The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurty

May 31, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

But my God, how Larry McMurty can write. Lonesome Dove, while certainly problematic in spots, is such an excellent book. I think I had it as my best read of 2015 or 2016. It was so good, it made me never want to read another McMurty again. How could he possibly top it? Well he may not have topped it, per se, he certainly showed he’s an all around excellent writer, one whose catalog I need to tear through asap. In many ways, this is kind […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Larry McMurty, Texas, the last picture show

Jake's CBR13 Review No:77 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Larry McMurty, Texas, the last picture show ·
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The Pokes, The City

The Dallas Cowboys: The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America by Joe Nick Patoski

March 22, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Back in February 2020 (aka The Before Times), I visited my in-laws who had moved to the Dallas metro area the previous summer. I had never been to Texas, much less Dallas, so I was excited to see the city. It was…something. Not good or bad, just different. The vibes there were really strange. The weather was weird (somehow hot and cold simultaneously). It felt like someone used hundred dollar bills to paper over cardboard boxes and sterile, charmless buildings. But it still had a […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Dallas, Dallas Cowboys, football, Joe Nick Patoski, Texas, The Dallas Cowboys

Jake's CBR13 Review No:42 · Genres: Sports · Tags: Dallas, Dallas Cowboys, football, Joe Nick Patoski, Texas, The Dallas Cowboys ·
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