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About Jenna

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I'm an engineer who reads books to think about literally anything other than engineering. My favorite genre is “takes place in an old hotel.” (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jenna's Quick Questions interview.)

Jenna's Reviews:

Would have loved just a smidge more witchcraft

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

February 20, 2021 by Jenna Leave a Comment

Immanuelle Moore knows she must never go into the Dark Woods. Lilith and her coven of witches dwell there, doing terrible things to any good Bethel citizen who wanders in. But her family’s prize ram just ran off, and they simply can’t afford to lose him. She emerges, ramless, with the journal of her dead, blasphemous mother and the sinking feeling that Bethel’s leader, the Prophet, is not as virtuous and strong as he says he is. When plagues descend upon the town and the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Alexis Henderson

Jenna's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Alexis Henderson ·
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Please read me into this book

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

January 31, 2021 by Jenna 6 Comments

Twelve-year-old Meggie’s dad Mo is a book doctor. She supposes the rest of the world calls him a “bookbinder,” but to her he’s a book doctor. He takes well-loved, well-worn, well-wrecked books and carefully restores them to even better than before. He’s got a magic touch, and every bookseller in Europe knows it. Meggie has spent her life traveling with him from bookshop to bookshop, repairing books. So she knows that he doesn’t just travel all over for the sake of it. There’s something he’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Cornelia Funke

Jenna's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Cornelia Funke ·
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Maybe I’m just too familiar with thrillers…

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

January 31, 2021 by Jenna Leave a Comment

Even 25 years after her father published his “non-fiction” book about their time at Baneberry Hall, Maggie Holt still gets asked what it was like. Receptionists, deliverypeople, everyone wants to know. What was it like to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Shadow? Did she really see all those dead people? How scary was it on the night her family fled what was supposed to be their home? Well, Maggie was 5 at the time, so she doesn’t remember. And also, her dad made it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Riley Sager

Jenna's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Riley Sager ·
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Disappointing, but probably not its fault

The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous

January 15, 2021 by Jenna Leave a Comment

In 1988, 14-year-old Beth is being driven by her aunt to a family willing to take her in. Sure, they’re calling her a “companion” for their daughter, which is kind of weird, but her parents are dead and her aunt is too busy to move her in. So this is her best option. And when they pull into the long drive of a full-on estate called Raven Hall, Beth feels a little hopeful that this might be a permanent solution. Months later, she isn’t so […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Emma Rous

Jenna's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Emma Rous ·
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A labyrinth…. an ocean…. references to Narnia…. everything I’ve ever wanted

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

January 15, 2021 by Jenna 2 Comments

The Other calls him Piranesi, but he’s fairly certain that isn’t his name. But he’s not sure what else it could be, so he supposes that will do for now. Piranesi is alone (except for the Other) in the House, made up of infinite Halls and Antechambers and Vestibules, populated by only the fish and birds and massive, incredible statues. Oh, and 13 skeletons. Piranesi spends his days fishing, exploring, documenting, and tending to the House. There are Tides to calculate and seaweed to gather […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: susanna clarke

Jenna's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: susanna clarke ·
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A good entry point, but less good continuation

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

January 9, 2021 by Jenna Leave a Comment

Hal Westaway is working as a tarot reader on the West Pier in Brighton Beach, doing what she can to scrape by. But just because it’s winter and off-season doesn’t mean the loan shark she borrowed a paltry sum from a few months ago stops sending notices. So when she gets a letter informing her of her grandmother’s death and her place in the will, Hal has a choice to make. Of course, she knows that her grandparents have been dead for years, and the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Ruth Ware

Jenna's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Ruth Ware ·
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