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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

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The Murder Subplot Didn’t Work

The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb

February 22, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Yeah, I know you are like well this looks like a good book, well it was except for a whole murder subplot that put it in a different category in my mind. It also at times didn’t feel realistic with what I would imagine would happen in real life with regards to Jeanne’s trial for assault of her ex boyfriend. I think I was highly amused by certain parts of the book and at times thought that Lamb had some bad messaging in here. “The […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Cathy Lamb, The Last Time I Was Me, women's fiction

Classic's CBR11 Review No:49 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Cathy Lamb, The Last Time I Was Me, women's fiction ·
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A Strong 3.5 Star Book

Tis the Season to be Single by Laura Ziepe

February 22, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

This is a very strong 3.5 star book. It could have been higher if one of the story-lines (Grace’s) had been a bit tighter and actually full of tension. Most of her story-line was self-inflicted and I thought her hiding what she was up to was beyond ridiculous. I really loved Amber and Rachel’s storyline. I always get a kick out of romance novels set during holiday events so this one was a nice pick me up due to the winter blues that I have […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: chick lit, Laura Ziepe, Tis the Season to Be Single

Classic's CBR11 Review No:48 · Genres: Romance · Tags: chick lit, Laura Ziepe, Tis the Season to Be Single ·
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Peter’s Adventure Continues

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

February 17, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

So this was okay, I just thought that parts of the book didn’t land. Lesley has always seemed jealous and angry to me and I am honestly sick of the whole thing with her and The Faceless Man. Parts of the book dragged though to me. When Peter is captured (I swear this happened in another book) you just want the story to get moving because you are tired of him being shown as being a moron when it comes to Lesley. Maybe I am […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping, Rivers of London 7, Urban Fantasy

Classic's CBR11 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping, Rivers of London 7, Urban Fantasy ·
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Not Every Essay Resonated

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

February 17, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

I feel like a bad person for not totally loving this book. It was just hard to get through and some of the stories didn’t really move me one way or the other. I ended up just feeling sad while reading and finally finishing this book off with some wine. I think also that looking at rape culture is a huge undertaking, and so the stories could have flowed a bit better between them to the next story. Also I wish that things were not […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: feminism, non fiction, not that bad, rape culture, Roxane Gay

Classic's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: feminism, non fiction, not that bad, rape culture, Roxane Gay ·
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A Nice Peek at Peter & Nightingale

The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch

February 17, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Well this was a nice look into Peter and Nightingale that for once did not involve The Faceless Man or Lesley. There is still something hovering over this book though that makes me think they may be trying to turn or did turn another character to their side and that’s getting a bit old to me. We do have Bev appearing in this one, but not center stage. We actually have Peter investigating mostly and worrying about his cousin Abigail who keeps pushing to learn […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, PC Grant Novella, Rivers of London 5.5, The Furthest Station, Urban Fantasy

Classic's CBR11 Review No:45 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, PC Grant Novella, Rivers of London 5.5, The Furthest Station, Urban Fantasy ·
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Not Worth the Price

The Wedding Shop on Wexley Street by Rachel Dove

February 17, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

So I have been more diligent about reading samples before buying a book. I also need to start checking the book length. This one was just a little over 200 pages. 200 pages is not long enough to resolve some of the many messy plots in this book. Everything felt rushed. It didn’t help that the author decided to have things magically get resolved because of love or something. I relayed the plot to a friend last night and she was the one who called […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Rachel Dove, Romance, The Wedding Shop on Wexley Street

Classic's CBR11 Review No:44 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Rachel Dove, Romance, The Wedding Shop on Wexley Street ·
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