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What Comes Around Goes Around

The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen

November 28, 2022 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

When this book was written, in 2006, it was more of a historical look at the unpopular WWI draft and the worldwide influenza epidemic that occurred simultaneously towards the end of the war.  Reading it now, some 16 years later, it is far more difficult reading.  No longer is it simply an historic exercise, but is far more fraught.  And I might add this came off a list of mine of books to read and I really had no idea what I was getting into.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: influenza, thomas mullen, Washington state, Who knew, Written well before current events, WWI draft

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Health, History · Tags: influenza, thomas mullen, Washington state, Who knew, Written well before current events, WWI draft ·
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She’s Not Afraid to Catch Feelings

Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

December 16, 2021 by Jake 1 Comment

I was really excited to get my hands on this. It had good reviews and its quirky nature seemed up my alley. And it…mostly met expectations. Let’s unpack… For all intents and purposes, this is a cozy mystery and I don’t usually do cozies. The relentlessly sunny outlook despite the presence of a dead body, the sexless flirting and banter, the stuffy settings and predictable plots. But even though this has some of that, it was written by a younger person who isn’t trying too […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: cherie priest, cozy mystery, Grave Reservations, mystery, Psychics, Washington state

Jake's CBR13 Review No:192 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: cherie priest, cozy mystery, Grave Reservations, mystery, Psychics, Washington state ·
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