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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I live with 3 cats, Dany, Jace and Jorah. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance tend to be my go to genres now a days. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jen K's Quick Questions interview.)

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“I have no interest in your orders, I have no interest in what was legal at the time”

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

July 30, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: History Schmistory Kate Quinn’s follow up to The Alice Network once again follows multiple timelines and perspectives, though the timelines are much closer together this time around and involve three people.  After a short prologue which includes the only part from the perspective of the titular huntress and a newspaper article introducing the war crimes the huntress committed during World War II, the novel alternates between the character views of Jordan, a teenage girl living in 1946 Boston.  Her widowed father, an antiquarian, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: cbr11bingo, history/schmistory, Kate Quinn, nazi hunters, night witches, The Huntress, war criminals, World War II

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: cbr11bingo, history/schmistory, Kate Quinn, nazi hunters, night witches, The Huntress, war criminals, World War II ·
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“She Always Keeps a Part of Herself a Mystery”

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

July 30, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Reading the TBR The Snow Child was in my top five reads the year I read it.  Given that, it seems like I should have run out to read Ivey’s follow up, but I didn’t even get the Kindle version of it until January 2018, and then didn’t get around to reading it until this week.  I’m not sure if I was hesitant after the magic of The Snow Child, or if I was worried about being emotionally gutted by this one as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 19th century frontier, alaskan frontier, cbr11bingo, Eowyn Ivey, expedition, magical realism, Reading the TBR, to the bright edge of the world

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 19th century frontier, alaskan frontier, cbr11bingo, Eowyn Ivey, expedition, magical realism, Reading the TBR, to the bright edge of the world ·
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Sugary sweet summer read

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

July 29, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Listicle When I saw the Listicle category, I figured the easiest way to find a list with something I wanted to read would be to google “Best Books of 2019” or “Summer Reads for 2019,” and Cosmopolitan came through for me.  It had a few novels I had already read and enjoyed, a few that were already on my to read list, and has given me a few more novels to keep an eye out for.  The Bride Test fell into the second […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Asian-American, autism, cbr11bingo, Contemporary Romance, diversity, Helen Hoang, listicle, The Bride Test

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Asian-American, autism, cbr11bingo, Contemporary Romance, diversity, Helen Hoang, listicle, The Bride Test ·
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Think Someone Could Record the Songs from this Novel?

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

July 29, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Pajiba The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was one of my favorite reads this year (review forthcoming, eventually, hopefully), so I was excited to realize Reid had a new novel out.  When I started actually going through the Bingo board and looking through the Pajiba archive, I was even more excited to realize that I could read it for that square – I was actually trying to find Dustin’s article on Baby Teeth because I thought I might finally use this as the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 70s, cbr11bingo, daisy jones and the six, drug addiction, oral history, pajiba, rock music, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 70s, cbr11bingo, daisy jones and the six, drug addiction, oral history, pajiba, rock music, Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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Unfortunately, This One Was a Miss for Me

You Must Not Miss by Katrina Leno

July 29, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Youths! I was intrigued by MrsLangdonAlger’s review of this, but despite her warning of how it was hard to describe and defied expectations, the novel description on Amazon made me expect a certain narrative flow, and as a result, something about the ending didn’t quite work for me. It starts off so great! Magpie or Mags or Margaret, depending on who she is interacting with, is a sophomore in high school and close to failing.  Her family life has collapsed in the last […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11bingo, high school politics, Katrina Leno, magical doorways, you must not miss, Youths!

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11bingo, high school politics, Katrina Leno, magical doorways, you must not miss, Youths! ·
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Hazel Will Not Be Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl on Your Path to Self Discovery, Thank You

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

July 29, 2019 by Jen K 4 Comments

Bingo Square: Summer Read I needed to a new romance author to try, and I remembered the reviews for this one piquing my interest, even though I didn’t end up picking it up for quite a while, and even had to ask for assistance in finding the right title.  I’m not sure if this novel is an example of how all of Lauren’s novels are or if this is her (them – Christian Lauren is actually a writing duo) at the top of her game, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, opposites attract, summer read

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr11bingo, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, opposites attract, summer read ·
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