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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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Against Forgetting

April 17, 2018 by Jen K 4 Comments

Every once in a while I discover odd gaps in the books I have read, and Night was one of those. Since I learned to read German before I learned to read English, and spent K-7 in the German school system, I usually tend to assume I have read certain childhood classics or novels commonly read in middle school, but under a German name where the translated title doesn’t quite match up.  This was especially the case with the book, Night, which blurs the line […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: #memoir, elie wiesel, Holocaust, night, survivor

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:58 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: #memoir, elie wiesel, Holocaust, night, survivor ·
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Wacky Neighbor, Loyal Dog, and Please Make the Potential Love Interest Go Away

April 17, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

thewheelbarrow’s review of the last novel of this series reminded me that I had meant to check this out a long time ago when a few people reviewed the first in the series.  Atticus Sullivan runs a new age bookstore and tea shop in Tempe, Arizona and looks like he is around 21 years old.  In reality, he is a 2,100 year old druid and has been on the run from one man, the Celtic god of love, for about 2,000 of those years.  Atticus […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Celtic mythology, Hounded, Iron Druid Chronicles, kevin hearne

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:57 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Celtic mythology, Hounded, Iron Druid Chronicles, kevin hearne ·
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I Keep Forgetting I Read This …

April 17, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

After years without contact from his daughter, David Walker is on his deathbed at the local hospital, and ends up making one last effort to connect with his family, reaching out to his granddaughter.  Elle is surprised when she discovers her grandfather is not only still alive, but a patient at the same hospital where she works and her best friend’s current favorite patient.  Elle’s mom, Marie has long refused to talk about her past, and even now, Elle is afraid to confront her due […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: family drama, family secrets, steena holmes, the forgotten ones

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: family drama, family secrets, steena holmes, the forgotten ones ·
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Since When Does Dina Have a Sister?

April 17, 2018 by Jen K 2 Comments

I really need to start following authors on Facebook or Twitter! Partially, I just don’t have the patience to check weekly to see if there are updates to a story published by chapter, but I also just forget about these things.  As a result, when I checked on the Ilona Andrews website, I discovered that not only where they already a few chapters into a new Innkeeper Chronicles novel, but I had completely missed the entire third novel since I had no clue who this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, ilona andrews, Innkeeper Chronicles, One Fell Sweep, space travel

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy, ilona andrews, Innkeeper Chronicles, One Fell Sweep, space travel ·
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Snow White Trades in Woodland Creatures for a Badge

April 17, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Being caught up on all the InCryptid novels and the short stories/novellas that are available for free (there are a few more in collections I don’t feel like paying for yet), I continued down the Seanan McGuire rabbit hole to this novel.  While it didn’t grip me as quickly as the InCryptid series, I enjoyed the concept, and ended up having fun once I got used to the characters and the team. This was originally written as a Kindle Serial, and while it is now […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Fairy Tales, Indexing, Seanan McGuire, serial novel, Urban Fantasy

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Fairy Tales, Indexing, Seanan McGuire, serial novel, Urban Fantasy ·
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Someone needs to live to tell the story …

April 17, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I don’t remember how this novel ended up on my radar but it was in my Kindle’s TBR pile, and I figured it was a good time to start slowly working my way through some of the back log. The Weight of Ink is one of those novels with a split time line, with some parts taking place in the early 21st century, while the main story is set in London in 1650s to 1660s. Helen Watt is history professor on the verge of retirement […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: England, historical fiction, Jewish history, Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: England, historical fiction, Jewish history, Rachel Kadish, The Weight of Ink ·
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