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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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“He laughs and laughs. My, how he laughs.”

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T.L. Huchu

December 5, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Ropa should be on cloud nine, helping organize the Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference and hobnobbing with all the bigwigs of Scottish magic. But when she’s left scrambling to investigate a politically charged theft, she begins to wonder if the world of magic is more trouble than it’s worth. This is the third book in the Edinburgh Nights series, which follows teenage ghostalker Ropa as she investigates magical crimes in a politically uneasy Scotland. In this book, we seem to shift from the individual […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ghosts, murder, mystery, post-colonialism, scotland, T.L. Huchu, YA

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:89 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ghosts, murder, mystery, post-colonialism, scotland, T.L. Huchu, YA ·
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Book Mail from ElCiccio!

December 2, 2023 by Pooja 5 Comments

Thank you so much ElCiccio! I’ve had my eye on both of these books for a good bit, and I’m excited to dig into them. I already know Picnic at Hanging Rock is going to thoroughly creep me out, so hopefully The Golem of Brooklyn will help me recover. The bookish Christmas tree ornament is so cute too, and the card is so pretty! Alfie and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Book Exchange 2023, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Golem of Brooklyn

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Book Exchange 2023, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Golem of Brooklyn ·
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Racing Time

Lexington: The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse by Kim Wickens

December 2, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

A horse called Darley was born on a farm in Kentucky a decade before the Civil War; under the name Lexington, he broke the world record for speed and left an imprint on the world of American horse racing that persists to this very day. I was never a horse girl, but in elementary school I had a phase in which I read a great deal of Marguerite Henry and Walter Farley. As such, I’ve probably seen about four horses close up throughout my life, […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: American Civil War, animals, ARC, horse racing, horses, Kim Wickens, NetGalley, politics, true crime, United States

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:88 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: American Civil War, animals, ARC, horse racing, horses, Kim Wickens, NetGalley, politics, true crime, United States ·
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The Great Crime Boom

San Francisco Homicide Inspector 5-Henry-7 by Frank Falzon, Duffy Jennings

December 2, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

As a homicide inspector in San Francisco during the 1970s and 80s, Frank Falzon investigated some of the most famous crimes of the decade, including the Night Stalker serial murders and the Moscone-Milk assassinations. I came to this book in a pretty serendipitous way. I’d just listened to an episode of My Favorite Murder in which the one of the hosts covered a case discussed in this book, which she’d come across because her cousin was a colleague of Falzon’s. Just a day later, when I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, 1970s, california, Frank Falzon, Duffy Jennings, police, serial killers, true crime, United States

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:87 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, 1970s, california, Frank Falzon, Duffy Jennings, police, serial killers, true crime, United States ·
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Alphahole vs Therapy

A Christmas Consequence for the Greek by Lucy King

December 1, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Caterer Mia doesn’t think there’s any issue in topping off her triumph at billionaire Zander’s birthday bash by going to bed with him – until she realizes the one night stand’s resulted in a baby. Harlequin romances come through for me whenever I want a low brain happy read, and have done so again in this book. It’s part of the Harlequin Presents imprint, which is the line you’re thinking of when you think of the classic high drama romance with wealthy heroes and exotic […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, harlequin, Lucy King, NetGalley, pregnancy, Romance

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:86 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, harlequin, Lucy King, NetGalley, pregnancy, Romance ·
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Maladaptive Daydreaming

Bunny by Mona Awad

November 21, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

No matter how Samantha loathes the cliche of girls who make up the rest of her writing group, with their overwrought work and their insistence on referring to each other as ‘Bunny,’ she can’t help but get sucked into their strange world when they invite her to join them. This is a dark and satirical read which pokes plenty of fun at the pretentious streak that can run deep in the people who attend MFA programs – considering the author was one of them, the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #writing, art, black comedy, comedy, friendship, horror, magical realism, mona awad

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:85 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #writing, art, black comedy, comedy, friendship, horror, magical realism, mona awad ·
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