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A whole lot of fighting happens

Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

December 21, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Spoiler warning! This is book 17 in a long, ongoing series. This really isn’t the place to start. In fact, this book doesn’t even work on its own, so don’t even think to read this review if you’re not caught up. Normally, I’d recommend that you start with book 1, but the first three books of The Dresden Files are pretty bad, so you’d be better off starting with book 4, Summer Knight. I highly recommend the audio books, narrated by James Marsters. They’re what finally sold […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: battle ground, cbr12, demons, faeries, Jim Butcher, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, Peace Talks/Battle Ground, shapeshifters, the Dresden Files, war, wizards

Malin's CBR12 Review No:83 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: battle ground, cbr12, demons, faeries, Jim Butcher, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, Peace Talks/Battle Ground, shapeshifters, the Dresden Files, war, wizards ·
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Did not expect to love a book about zombies

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

December 21, 2020 by Malin 6 Comments

4.5 stars Official book description: The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies

Malin's CBR12 Review No:82 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies ·
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A delightfully quick and fun mystery

The House on the Water by Margot Hunt

December 18, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Caroline and Esme are best friends: they survived being freshman roommates and have been close ever since. One year early on in their friendship, they make a commitment to each other to take a vacation every year together no matter what. Now, 30 some-odd years later they have stuck with that commitment, but the trip this year couldn’t come at a worse time: Caroline’s son is battling drug addiction and Esme is just coming out of a particularly nasty divorce, but they made a commitment. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Margot Hunt, novella, whodunnit

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:46 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Margot Hunt, novella, whodunnit ·
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Crazy New BEST Friend?!

I Want to be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

December 18, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 8 Comments

I must start by thanking ASKReviews for letting us all know that there was a SECRET MUSICAL in the middle of this audiobook! I heeded their recommendation to “Get the Audio Version”, and boy howdy am I glad I did! Not only do we get a musical adventure about Rachel Bloom’s desire to be a musical theater STAAAR, the musical is performed by her harmonizing with herself, herself, herself, herself, and maybe another Rachel Bloom or two. Bloom’s voice is so important here; her style, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: adam schlesinger, audio, crazy ex-girlfriend, creativity, Mental Health, middle school, musical comedy, musical theater, personal essays, Rachel bloom, read by the author, rebecca bunch, showbiz, sketch comedy, theater kids

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:133 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: adam schlesinger, audio, crazy ex-girlfriend, creativity, Mental Health, middle school, musical comedy, musical theater, personal essays, Rachel bloom, read by the author, rebecca bunch, showbiz, sketch comedy, theater kids ·
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Poetry in prose, and a beautiful life

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

December 17, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Addie La Rue has lived the last few centuries unable to leave a trace in this world. No one can remember her: not her family, not her lovers, not people she interacts with every day. She lives her life this way all due to a deal to give her freedom that she struck with a dark god known by Addies as Luc. And what is more free than living without leaving a single mark on the world? However, after 300 years of people forgetting who […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, historical fiction, v.e. schwab

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:42 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, historical fiction, v.e. schwab ·
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Lady Charlotte Holmes investigates closer to home

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas

December 4, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the fifth book in an ongoing series, and as such, this review may and probably will contain spoilers for earlier books. If you’re not caught up, go start at the beginning, with A Study in Scarlet Women.    Official book description: Inspector Treadles, Charlotte Holmes’s friend and collaborator, has been found locked in a room with two dead men, both of whom worked with his wife at the great manufacturing enterprise she has recently inherited.   Rumours fly. Had Inspector Treadles killed […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian

Malin's CBR12 Review No:79 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian ·
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