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“There are many skills I hoped to master in my professional career. Scrubbing chamber pots was not one of them, and yet here we are.”

The Posioners Ring by Kelley Armstrong

February 12, 2025 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

This is the second book in the A Rip Through Time series, so the review ahead contains some minor spoilers for book one.   Having established how Mallory ended up in Victorian Scotland in the first book, and starting a crime-solving career in that era, this book is about her settling into her new life and dealing with yet more murder.  The story is a self-contained mystery that manages to resolve itself while filling in some characters’ backstories and introducing some new characters. Also, the slow-burn […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical Victorian mystery, Kelley Armstrong, The Posioners Ring, time travel

dreadpiratekel's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical Victorian mystery, Kelley Armstrong, The Posioners Ring, time travel ·
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“You try fighting crime as a nineteen-year-old Victorian housemaid.”

A Rip Through Time (A Rip Through Time #1) by Kelley Armstrong

January 26, 2025 by dreadpiratekel 4 Comments

To be clear this (the first in a series) is a time travel, historical fiction with a light dusting of maybe implied possible romance.  It should not be confused with the author’s A Stitch In Time series which are time travel, historical fiction, and romance novels.   Am I putting that disclaimer here because I was confused about the similarity in the series name?  Yes.  Yes, I am. In this series, we start in Edinburgh on May 20, 2019.  Vancouver police detective Mallory Atkinson is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: A Rip Through Time, A Rip Through Time Series, first in a series, historical fiction, Kelley Armstrong, time travel, time travel and body swap

dreadpiratekel's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: A Rip Through Time, A Rip Through Time Series, first in a series, historical fiction, Kelley Armstrong, time travel, time travel and body swap ·
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The book, "The Eyre Affair" by Jasper Fforde is being held up in front of a patch of small white alyssum flowers.

A fun read but current events in Crimea affected the reading

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

January 17, 2025 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

My Mom has been trying to get me to read Jasper Fforde books for easily over a decade.  Not sure why I’ve resisted.  Though perhaps it’s due to our different reading preferences.  She only likes a small percentage of recommendations I make .  Naturally, The Murderbot Diaries was one success but mostly I miss.  With how long she’s been persistent I read “The Eyre Affair”, I have felt pressured to like it.  Which has made me drag my feet.  I borrowed it two years ago […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr17, Dome'Loki, Fiction, jasper fforde, SciFi, thursday next, time travel

Dome'Loki's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr17, Dome'Loki, Fiction, jasper fforde, SciFi, thursday next, time travel ·
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A field trip for the ages

Lost In The Future V01: The Storm by Damian

October 22, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lost In The Future V01: The Storm by Damian and illustrated by Alex Fuentes is a fun adventure story in a graphic novel format, that is short, (maybe not sweet) but has some interesting segments. It has the action and the friendship aspects that keep things moving without being “too much” adventure and no plot, or all plot and not enough action.  The art is the real drawback for me with the too Nickelodeon-like and/or Uncle Grandpa/Gravity Falls/Steven Universe/The Amazing World of Gumball/etc. images. From […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Alex Fuentes, bullies, coming-of-age, Damian, friendship, Social Themes, time travel

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:507 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Alex Fuentes, bullies, coming-of-age, Damian, friendship, Social Themes, time travel ·
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Stephen King’s sprawling historical time-travel epic

11/22/63 by Stephen King

September 8, 2024 by HC 1 Comment

At work I have a Book Friend who reads mostly horror. He gives me horror recommendations, and I give him sci-fi recommendations, and we both try to enjoy each other’s genre of choice, to varying success. At the other’s insistence, we have both read genre staples without being convinced of their universal relevance (though I have more right to feel aggrieved about this arrangement because Slaughterhouse Five was like 250 pages and It was fucking 1,200 pages, Dorian). It was not for me. I finished It, because I’m a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: alternate history, genre mashup, horror, sci-fi, Should you read it?, Stephen King, time travel

HC's CBR16 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: alternate history, genre mashup, horror, sci-fi, Should you read it?, Stephen King, time travel ·
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Time traveling is for nerds.

Blackout (All Clear, #1) by Connie Willis

June 28, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 1/30 I’ve sat on this review for several weeks now and the feelings that I have for this book—despite its clear flaws—are overwhelmingly positive. So I’m rounding up to four stars! I always enjoy a Connie Willis book, even when they are debilitatingly sad (looking at you Doomdsay Book), but they do have their flaws. She is OBSESSED with miscommunication and people being unable to find each other, and those kind of plots (which I am not interested […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, blackout, Connie Willis, historical fiction, katherine kellgren, narfna, sci-fi, The Blitz, time travel, WWII

narfna's CBR16 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, blackout, Connie Willis, historical fiction, katherine kellgren, narfna, sci-fi, The Blitz, time travel, WWII ·
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