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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 Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

February 22, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

I have heard about this book for the past couple of years. I wanted to go back to read it because outside of Daisy Jones and the Six (audio version) I haven’t been able to get into Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books that much. I think my main problem is that with a lot of her work, when she’s writing about people of color, it just feels off in a way. I also thought that the greatest love of Evelyn’s life was self absorbed and manipulative. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Classic's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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The Fervor

The Fervor by Alma Katsu

February 19, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I am bummed. I really wanted to love this one. I have been told forever that I have to read Alma Katsu’s books. I will take another spin at another book by this author around Halloween time I think. The main reason why I gave this 3 stars is that the book felt too jumbled. I don’t think Katsu did a very good job of us following Meiko, […]

Filed Under: History, Horror Tagged With: alma katsu

Classic's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: History, Horror · Tags: alma katsu ·
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P.S. I Hate You

P.S. I Hate You by Sophie Ranald

February 19, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  So here’s the thing, don’t go into this thinking this is the typical romance. The main reason why I gave this 4 stars, was that honestly it just read as not as fun/frothy as I thought it would be. I have read Ranald’s prior books so I was expecting something different. This did not make this bad, but it was just not what I was expecting. And honestly, part […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Sophie Ranald

Classic's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Sophie Ranald ·
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House of Cards

House of Cards by Stephen King

February 19, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Once again this is definitely a graphic novel for long time readers of The Dark Tower. No real surprises here, it’s still “The Drawing of the Three” but now we have the big shootout with Eddie/Roland and Balazar and his gang. The main reason why I gave this four stars is once again I don’t like how Roland and Eddie are illustrated in this. Eddie feels/looks too short and not like I had him in my head. I went eh about Roland too. So this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: Stephen King

Classic's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: Stephen King ·
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The Secrets of Summer House

The Secrets of Summer House by Rachel Burton

February 17, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.  Geez, I don’t even know what to say. Am really focusing on not spoiling things, though the book synopsis did that, but I edited below so potential readers are not. I think the cover promised a book packed with love and mystery and to me that meant more Gothic in nature. Unfortunately, that is not what I ended up with. The actual mystery was not very mysterious I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Rachel Burton

Classic's CBR14 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Rachel Burton ·
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Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three: The Prisoner

The Prisoner by Stephen King

February 16, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

I did get a kick out of seeing The Drawing of the Three in comic form, but how the illustrators drew Roland didn’t gibe with how he looks like in my head. We get more of a complete story in this graphic novel (since we had bits and pieces of Eddie’s story told throughout the series) so that was great to see. I just thought some things could have been drawn out a bit more and don’t know if readers really need this if they […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: Stephen King

Classic's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: Stephen King ·
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