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Mexican Gods in Wonderland

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

February 12, 2021 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Maybe she was not a hero with a shield and a divine provenance, but it’s the symbolism that matters. Casiopea Tun and her mother work as servants in her grandfather’s house in a small town in the Yucatan Peninsula after Casiopea’s father died. 18-year-old Casiopea dreams of escape and is captivated by the wonders of the world outside of her small town. But in 1927 her avenues to freedom are limited and so Casiopea and her mother serve her wealthier family members with the hope […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, gods of jade and shadow, mayan mythology, silvia moreno-garcia, thriller, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: adventure, gods of jade and shadow, mayan mythology, silvia moreno-garcia, thriller, TylerDFC ·
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Not that much to talk about

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

February 8, 2021 by kimberleybear 3 Comments

[Read as an audiobook from the public library] I don’t know what I was expecting in this book, but whatever it was, I didn’t get it. This book left me cold, more than anything. I don’t think it was supposed to – I was probably supposed to be shocked. But I was just left with a feeling of, “Huh. Okay. Well then.” Very unlike my recent reaction to, of all things, And Then There Were None, an 80 year old book that I’d never read […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Alex Michaelides, Psychology, thriller

kimberleybear's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Alex Michaelides, Psychology, thriller ·
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Reading, Reading, Reading, RAWHIDE!

The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

The Dame by Richard Stark

Tricky by Josh Stallings

Quarry's Deal by Max Alan Collins

The Plea by Steve Cavanagh

February 1, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I read a lot last week but also had a busy week at work (a good busy). Every time I tried to write a review on one of these books, all of them good, I just didn’t have the time or energy. So here’s a big update dump of the stuff I read in the last week and I’d be glad to tease them out more in the comments if anyone is curious… “The True History of the Kelly Gang” I enjoyed large parts of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Alan Grofield, Australia, crime, Delaware, Donald Westlake, Eddie Flynn, historical fiction, hitman, Irish, Josh Stallings, legal, los angeles, Max Alan Collins, movies, mystery, Ned Kelly, neurodiversity, New York City, Peter Carey, Pretty As A Picture, Quarry, Quarry's Deal, Richard Stark, Steve Cavanagh, The Dame, The Plea, the true history of the kelly gang, thriller, Tricky

Jake's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Alan Grofield, Australia, crime, Delaware, Donald Westlake, Eddie Flynn, historical fiction, hitman, Irish, Josh Stallings, legal, los angeles, Max Alan Collins, movies, mystery, Ned Kelly, neurodiversity, New York City, Peter Carey, Pretty As A Picture, Quarry, Quarry's Deal, Richard Stark, Steve Cavanagh, The Dame, The Plea, the true history of the kelly gang, thriller, Tricky ·
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…but the past ain’t through with you.

Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4) by Tana French

January 27, 2021 by TylerDFC 10 Comments

Broken Harbor, by Tana French, is not a book. It is a jagged ball of glass that dazzles the eyes but draws blood as deftly as a razor blade. Detectives Mike “Scorcher” Kennedy, lead investigator of the Dublin Murder Squad, and his rookie partner Richie Curran are assigned a high profile murder case. A family of four, including two young children, have been brutally attacked in their home in the housing estate of Brianstown. Swift justice is called for and Kennedy’s close rate is the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: broken harbor, dublin murder squad, mystery, Tana French, thriller, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: broken harbor, dublin murder squad, mystery, Tana French, thriller, TylerDFC ·
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Lawyer Stuff

The Defense by Steve Cavanagh

January 25, 2021 by Jake 1 Comment

I saw this laughable image/tweet in the time I was reading the book and since it’s close to the plot summary, I figured I’d bless y’all with it. There’s a certain condescension amongst book readers as to how seriously they should take page-turning novels. I often hear the phrase “Turn off your brain for this one!” While there may be some truth to it, most fiction requires elaborations and expansions of the truth. You could read something like The Defense and grouse about how something like that […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Eddie Flynn, legal, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, The Defense, thriller

Jake's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Eddie Flynn, legal, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, The Defense, thriller ·
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