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Calico cat curled up sleeping in front of the book, "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu.

Most unique ‘First Contact’ sci-fi I have ever read

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (translator)

May 30, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

It was impossible to expect a moral awakening from humankind itself, just like it was impossible to expect humans to lift off the earth by pulling up on their own hair.  To achieve moral awakening required a force outside the human race.  This thought determined the entire direction of Ye’s life. The Three-Body Problem has been on my TBR list for years.  It was on many best of lists when published in English and my husband loved it.  Unfortunately, the first time I tried to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Chinese author, cixin liu, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (translator), Dome'Loki, translated, translated by Ken Liu

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Chinese author, cixin liu, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (translator), Dome'Loki, translated, translated by Ken Liu ·
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“‘That man’s lying.’ With that, he opened his suitcase and took out a blank telegram. After a few moments, he began to write. KATSUKO DEAD. SEND KINDAICHI.”

The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo

March 3, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

A clever, meta little Japanese murder mystery, first published in 1946, by a man who was apparently a huge fan of the western Golden Age mystery. This is the first book in the Kosuke Kindaichi series that he wrote dozens of novels for. Kindaichi-san is very unlike his British counterparts, Poirot, Wimsey, or even Marple. He’s very young, and a bit of a slob, but he has a mind for mysteries. Here, he is brought to the scene of a wedding where the bride and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: audiobooks, classic Japanese mystery, Detective Fiction, Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, japanese, Japanese mystery, Louise Heal Kawai, murder mystery, mystery, Seishi Yokomizo, the honjin murders, translated

narfna's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: audiobooks, classic Japanese mystery, Detective Fiction, Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, japanese, Japanese mystery, Louise Heal Kawai, murder mystery, mystery, Seishi Yokomizo, the honjin murders, translated ·
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“Books have a soul”

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

January 21, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

“A book that sits on a shelf is nothing but a bundle of paper. Unless it is opened, a book possessing great power or an epic story is a mere scrap of paper. But a book that has been cherished and loved, filled with human thoughts, has been endowed with a soul.” Rintaro Natsuki, a reclusive high school student, inherits a bookstore when his grandfather passes away. Then a talking cat appears and demands his help in rescuing books from their misguided owners. This was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Books, Fiction, Japan, Sōsuke Natsukawa, translated

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Books, Fiction, Japan, Sōsuke Natsukawa, translated ·
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“They are not demons, not devils . . . Worse than that. They are people.”

The Tower of Swallows (The Witcher, #4) by Andrzej Sapkowski

July 20, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 27/30 This series is so weird. I’m fairly certain I have started a review of one of these books before with that exact same sentence. I think I meant it more positively on that one. I am up and down, up and down with these books. One I’ll be obsessed and inhale it, and the next will be a slog that doesn’t catch my attention. This one was unfortunately mostly the second thing for me, although I still liked […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Andrzej Sapkowski, david french, narfna, Polish, polish fantasy, The Tower of Swallows, the witcher, translated

narfna's CBR13 Review No:108 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Andrzej Sapkowski, david french, narfna, Polish, polish fantasy, The Tower of Swallows, the witcher, translated ·
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The rope you climb becomes the rope that binds you

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag

May 17, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Maybe I’m just a little bit biased because my name shows up in this book! I’ll give it a 3.5 star, but rounded up although at the end of the day it is a pretty standard story. This is a quirky little gothic-y book by way of Bangalore. It’s a very condensed version of the White Tiger story of what it takes to rise in Indian society, and the people you crush along the way like so many small ants. I enjoyed not feeling “too dumb” for […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: translated, Vivek Shanbhag

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:81 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: translated, Vivek Shanbhag ·
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“What say you, Dandelion? Is there still good sense in the world? Or do only contemptibility and contempt remain?”

The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2) by Andrzej Sapkowski

January 21, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I had a bit of a tough time with this one, after pretty much devouring the last two. It may have just been my mood at the time, or it may not have been. Shrug. Stylistically, this is pretty similar to Blood of Elves. Sapkowski continues to have a really episodic writing style. Each chapter features a new location with new POV characters, and each chapter features the characters engaged in one or more long conversations as a way to bring across plot. These books […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Andrzej Sapkowski, david french, narfna, Polish, polish fantasy, The Time of Contempt, the witcher, translated

narfna's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Andrzej Sapkowski, david french, narfna, Polish, polish fantasy, The Time of Contempt, the witcher, translated ·
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