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About JenCanRead

CBR11 participant

Book Lover, Southerner, Office Drone, Cancer Hater

JenCanRead's Reviews:

But the Wind Goes Right Through You, It’s No Place for the Old

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

January 20, 2019 by JenCanRead 3 Comments

Okay, I’m going to be upfront here that this was a book club pick (my book club pick, actually), and we broke a cardinal rule: never read the first in a series. It’s incredibly difficult to judge character arcs and abandoned plot lines, because you know that the story is only just beginning. That also makes it difficult to write a fair review, but I will try. Do you love whimsical stories rooted in complicated family dynamics? Apparently I do, because I adored reading this […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale, winternight trilogy

JenCanRead's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale, winternight trilogy ·
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Now We’ve Got Vlad Blood

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

January 7, 2019 by JenCanRead 6 Comments

 The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova, is a sweeping historical fiction about, well, historians. This epistolary novel takes you on an adventure spanning centuries, hunting for the truth behind the myth of Dracula. If that isn’t enough for you, there’s romance, mystery, and suspense on every page. Click here for the entire review.

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Elizabeth Kostova, historical fiction, vampires

JenCanRead's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Elizabeth Kostova, historical fiction, vampires ·
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