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“Vicar Roberts has become convinced there’s something unnatural in the neighborhood,” he said. “How strange. What might have led him to that belief?” “The bodies with no blood left in them, and the people with anemia, who all seem to have had vivid dreams involving bats. Things like that.”

A Night in the Lonesome October: a novel by Roger Zelazny, illustrated by Gahan Wilson

October 31, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Seeing as it’s October, I can’t let the month end without reading this book. I usually read it one chapter a night (there are 320 in total; one for each day of the month and a Prologue), but seeing as time got away from me this year, I wound up racing through it in one day. It may not be an overly long book, but it’s an enjoyable one. A Night in the Lonesome October tells the story of The Great Game, a sacred ritual […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: halloween, literary references, Roger Zelazny, illustrated by Gahan Wilson

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:137 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Suspense · Tags: halloween, literary references, Roger Zelazny, illustrated by Gahan Wilson ·
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Skarsgård or Curry?

IT by Stephen King

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

October 31, 2025 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Two Halloween-ish reads this month! I’ve been lagging behind a bit and that’s mostly to do with the fact that I ended up picking two hefty tomes that I didn’t enjoy all that much. First up: Stephen King’s IT.  We all know the story: mysterious killer clown kills children in `the small town of Derry, is chased by a group of people, first as children, then as adults. My dad made me watch the film when I was six. That’s all you need to know […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: halloween, It, Katabasis, R.F. Kuang, RF Kuang, Stephen King

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: halloween, It, Katabasis, R.F. Kuang, RF Kuang, Stephen King ·
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Portions for Foxes

Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee

October 31, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square – N – and 3 bingos, making for 5 total (1. middle row – BINGO, 2. middle column, and 3. diagonal bottom left to top right) I got this one sometime last year as a Prime First choice (I usually don’t bother because I have enough books I want to read that I haven’t gotten to without adding random free stuff but every once in a while they’ll have an option that sounds like something I would have picked up on my own), […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Jayci Lee, Korean mythology, Realm of four kingdoms

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:106 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Jayci Lee, Korean mythology, Realm of four kingdoms ·
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The First Was Good, the Second a Letdown

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas

October 31, 2025 by Tracy 2 Comments

The Sunbearer Trials I really liked this. While it didn’t measure up to the joy that Cemetery Boys brought me, it was a strong showing from Aiden Thomas. It’s set in a Mexican-inspired fantasy world, although it is very similar to our own world in terms of technology and even cultural references (e.g., it has Chupa Chups). Main character Teo is surprised to be selected to compete in the Sunbearer Trials. The loser of this trial becomes a sacrifice to protect the world, and the winner […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Aiden Thomas

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Aiden Thomas ·
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So I Probably Should Have Googled the Author first

The Binding by Bridget Collins

October 31, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: TBR (bought it as a daily deal over 2 years ago) – this is also the last square I can mark without also getting another Bingo To start, this was a book I randomly had in my kindle account because it was a fantasy novel with an interesting concept and a gorgeous cover that was cheap/on sale one day (I think it had an olderc prettier version of the cover still when I bought it). I haven’t seen much (or anything) about this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: bridget collins, cbr17bingo, LGBTQ

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:105 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: bridget collins, cbr17bingo, LGBTQ ·
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PUUUUNK!

Be Your Own Backing Band by Liz Prince

October 29, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The author, Liz Prince, has become a reading staple of late. I have read most (if not all) that is  out there (minus a few things she just illustrated). But when I got Be Your Own Backing Band, I felt that Prince might have had one of her best collections yet. But then again, she could probably write a phone book and I would read it. After I finished, I said, “Keep on coming with the cool and goodness!” This is a look at how […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: coming-of-age, Liz Prince, music, paranormal, Punk rock musicians, siblings, Sisters

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:483 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: coming-of-age, Liz Prince, music, paranormal, Punk rock musicians, siblings, Sisters ·
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