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Ardent reader of pretty much anything, including the backs of shampoo bottles. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Pooja's Quick Questions interview.)

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Living with the Inexplicable

The Dyatlov Pass Mystery by Cédric Mayen, Jandro González

December 15, 2023 by Pooja 3 Comments

When nine hikers go missing on the slopes of Dyatlov Pass in 1959, a prosecutor working for the Soviet Union must attempt to uncover the truth, though his job is only made more difficult by the strange circumstances and the caginess of the government. The Dyatlov Pass mystery is a case I’ve heard of before. Even decades later, there’s no consensus on what caused the hikers to flee their tents into the snow, where they all eventually froze to death. There’s plenty of strange features […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: ARC, Cédric Mayen, Jandro González, Graphic Novel, NetGalley, non fiction, Soviet Union

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:96 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: ARC, Cédric Mayen, Jandro González, Graphic Novel, NetGalley, non fiction, Soviet Union ·
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Retracing the Past

Deception at Dixon Pass by Cindi Myers

December 14, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Left for dead in a snowstorm, Declan can’t remember what’s brought him there when he’s rescued by scientist Grace. But he knows he’ll have to be quick if he’s going to be able to catch a serial killer who’s slipped through his fingers once already. Harlequin romances are my comfort reads, but I haven’t explored much of the Intrigue imprint, which publishes romantic suspense. This seemed like a fun book to try out due to the central mystery – a nameless man who looms out […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: ARC, Cindi Myers, mystery, NetGalley, Romance, romantic suspense, scientist, serial killer, thriller

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:94 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: ARC, Cindi Myers, mystery, NetGalley, Romance, romantic suspense, scientist, serial killer, thriller ·
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Norway 1620, France 1731, Pennsylvania 1929, Lesotho 1948…

Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

December 14, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

This is the story of many women and men from across the centuries and around the world who have been tried for witchcraft, and the often surprising historical currents that led them there, and influenced whether they would be allowed to live or die. I was born about an hour away from Salem, Massachusetts, though I never went to visit until 2019. Of course I went in October, which is the absolute peak of their tourist station, and battled my way through a crowded open […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, ARC, feminism, Marion Gibson, NetGalley, non fiction, Religion, witchcraft

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:93 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, ARC, feminism, Marion Gibson, NetGalley, non fiction, Religion, witchcraft ·
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“Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place.”

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

December 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

On St. Valentine’s Day in 1900, three Australian schoolgirls and their teacher vanish while on a school outing at Hanging Rock. Though they have disappeared from view like a rock dropped into water, the consequences of what happened will ripple outward until they touch the stories of even those who had been on the periphery of their lives. I’ve had my eye on the book for a few months now, so when I opened my Cannonball Book Exchange package from ElCiccio to find she’d send […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Australia, classics, gothic, historical, horror, Joan Lindsay, mystery, Victorian

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:92 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Australia, classics, gothic, historical, horror, Joan Lindsay, mystery, Victorian ·
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Cat Transformations and Found Family

Spell Bound by FT Lukens

December 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Rook has a secret – he’s non-magical, yet a powerful sorcerer has taken him on as her apprentice. But when the Magical Consortium comes down on them for breaking the law, he ends up going on the run with Sun, the apprentice of a rival sorcerer. I  read FT Lukens’s So This is Ever After last year, which I gave an A for the romance but found the other aspects of the story less impressive. But I’ll try most things twice, and intrigued by the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, FT Lukens, lgbt, NetGalley, Romance, Urban Fantasy, YA

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:91 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, FT Lukens, lgbt, NetGalley, Romance, Urban Fantasy, YA ·
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“I think, in this case, ‘alligator tears’ would be a more appropriate wording.”

Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

December 6, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Two couples in Florida make up a close knit quartet of best friends, until one husband vanishes while out duck hunting, sparking a long running mystery that will remain unsolved for more than a decade. In the annals of true crime, murder as the solution to an affair is a common occurrence, mundane even when stacked up the ranks of serial killers and mass murderers who generally get top billing. But even a ‘mundane’ crime is a story in itself, and the people they victimize […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: ARC, Florida, infidelity, Mikita Brottman, murder, NetGalley, true crime

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:90 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: ARC, Florida, infidelity, Mikita Brottman, murder, NetGalley, true crime ·
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