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I laughed too hard when I tagged this as an “age gap romance.”

By the Pint by Jemma Croft

November 5, 2024 by carmelpie 1 Comment

The decennial Bloodsuckers in Business conference was held, unsurprisingly, once per decade at Dreadmourne Castle. A fortress built approximately half a bajillion years ago, and so gothic and cliched, it was borderline offensive to my brethren. ― Jemma Croft, By the Pint “Didn’t quite go as you expected?” I needled. I didn’t need to read his thoughts to understand what he was trying to achieve. “Thought you’d go all,”—I held my hands up like paws and hissed—“scary vampire dude on me. Show me what kind […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:86 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires ·
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Well that was a lot… and there’s still more

Dune by Frank Herbert

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Part 1 I could have used this book for at least 50% of the bingo squares, but given how long it took me to read it, and that I have different opinions about the first and second halves, I chose to do the part 1/part 2. Also its kind of perfect since its almost exactly 600 pages. The book is divided into 3 sections (Dune, Muad’Dib, and The Prophet). The first one, Dune, is roughly 400 pages so I’ll focus on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Frank Herbert

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr16bingo, Frank Herbert ·
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A tree inside a circle of leaves above the title in all capitals, followed by the author's name and a dystopian Chicago skyline

The first one was so good… and now we have this

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Fiasco: This book itself was a fiasco. It’s the sequel to a great book that deserved a great sequel, not one that was neither entertaining nor engaging, hence me deming it a fiasco. I had high hopes going into this book. I picked it up immediately after Divergent because I wanted more of the characters and world, and I wanted to know what happened next, but this book did not satisfy that. I didn’t learn what happened next, because it was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Veronica Roth

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr16bingo, Veronica Roth ·
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Taverns have ale flowing, wenches are wenching and pirates pirating.

Sea of Thieves by Jeremy Whitley

Sea of Thieves: Origins Volume One by Jeremy Whitley

Sea of Thieves: Origins: Champion of Souls by Jeremy Whitley

November 5, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started with Sea of Thieves: Sea Dog’s Search illustrated by Rhoald Marcellius. Though it says it has issues one to three, it was actually after the no added title, Sea of Thieves. We meet our main pirate twins, their friends, frenemies and a possible lover or two or three…. Here we build up the story of all the characters we find in the second book (or the main ones) and we learn about a few creatures and events. However, you needed Sea of Thieves: […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: family, games, gender, gender roles, ghosts, Jeremy Whitley, LGBTQ, pirates, Rhoald Marcellius, Sea of Thieves, Ships, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:529 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: family, games, gender, gender roles, ghosts, Jeremy Whitley, LGBTQ, pirates, Rhoald Marcellius, Sea of Thieves, Ships, siblings ·
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This story is “…not (about) my race, not the color of my skin, we’re talking about my economic class, my lack of privilege and my big ole brain.” But it is about race for privilege….and advantage and…. well you know

Chupacabra: Tales Of Blood & Ink by Matthew Medney, Kyle Faehnrich

November 5, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Chupacabra: Tales Of Blood & Ink by Matthew Medney, Kyle Faehnrich and editor Steve Orlando is a horror graphic novel for older readers. It has a strong aged 15/16 and up tone, but also reads quickly. The violence is not subtle, but not necessarily gratuitous either. Yet, there are places that sometimes went for the, “Ooooh-kaaay, what was that?” and “WHY was that?” It has a typical graphic novel/comic look. It is dark, crowded, sometimes the action blends in and can’t be easily “read” or […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Death, family, Kyle Faehnrich, Matthew Medney, Matthew Medney, Kyle Faehnrich, Steve Orlando

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:526 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Death, family, Kyle Faehnrich, Matthew Medney, Matthew Medney, Kyle Faehnrich, Steve Orlando ·
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Great life advice about lighting things on fire

The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Disco (Free) “Tom raised his eyebrows. ‘Master Benedict keeps cannon fuse?’ ‘We use it to light things from far away,’ I said. ‘You know,’ Tom said, ‘things you have to light from far away probably shouldn’t be lit at all.’” I read this book a few years ago, and really enjoyed it then. I decided to reread it this year in an effort to reread all 5 books I had already read before reading the 6th which came out in 2023 […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Kevin Sands

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:11 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: cbr16bingo, Kevin Sands ·
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