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Rage against a lot of things, including yourself

Blue Exorcist vols. 26 and 27 by Kazue Kato

August 11, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 10: Rage Volumes 26 and 27 of the Blue Exorcist manga heavily feature a lot of wrath of various kinds. Self-loathing is especially prevalent, but there’s also jealousy, human-demon conflict, and sibling rivalry taken to an extreme. The whole series both Rin and Yukio (twin brothers, and half-demon spawns of none other than Satan himself) have hated themselves for things about their background that they or may not have fully understood (and definitely not at the same time), as well as resentment against their […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Blue Exorcist, cbr16bingo, demons, exorcists, Kazue Kato, manga

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Blue Exorcist, cbr16bingo, demons, exorcists, Kazue Kato, manga ·
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All That Glitters

Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor

August 11, 2024 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

This was a nicely structured fantasy novel with the kind of plucky heroine I enjoy.  Jani and her younger sister, Zosa, are living grimly in a port town called Durc.  They made the trip to Durc after their mother died so that Zosa could pursue a singing career but four years later, Zosa is no closer to becoming a singer than she was when they arrived and Jani is working at a tannery to try to earn their passage back home (a task that looks […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CLC Library, Emily J. Taylor, ya fantasy

Jenny S's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CLC Library, Emily J. Taylor, ya fantasy ·
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“I’m a man who will always choose to know.”

The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

August 11, 2024 by Pooja 2 Comments

CBR16 Bingo: Horses – The horses are all but extinct in this world, and they are so dearly missed that the possession of one means possession of power. Kinch, a thief drowning in debt, is promised that he’ll be square with the Takers Guild if he accompanies the knight Galva on her mysterious mission to a giant-infested kingdom. I’m a rather utilitarian reader, happy with solid plotting and characterization, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate when a particularly enjoyable turn of phrase crosses […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, cbr16bingo, Christopher Buehlman, high fantasy, humor, magic

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:83 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, cbr16bingo, Christopher Buehlman, high fantasy, humor, magic ·
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“That’s life. Short and stupid.”

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark

August 10, 2024 by ElCicco 3 Comments

Cbr16bingo Rage This short novel could fit several different bingo squares: tech, because P. Djeli Clark creates steampunk worlds with amazing machines and inventions; bananas, because all kinds of wild stuff happens in this story. But I have decided to go with Rage because much of what drives the action is rooted in the rage of an anonymous entity intent on murder and the rage of a goddess named Aeril, Matron of Assassins and big-time foodie. This is a bloody, action-packed and immensely entertaining story […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR16, cbr16bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

ElCicco's CBR16 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, CBR16, cbr16bingo, ElCicco, Fiction, P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins ·
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Confusing, but fun

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

August 10, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo: Award Winner (Won the Hugo and Locus awards in 1998, plus a bunch of others) Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Scene on a boat or body of water (there’s a lot of rowing on the river) CBR16 Bingo: Tech (time travel requires pretty specific technology) This is the second book in the Oxford Time Travel series, but you really don’t need to have read the first one, Doomsday Book, to understand and enjoy this one. In the universe these books are set in, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, adventure, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Connie Willis, funny, historical fiction, literary classic, Malin, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Outland book club, Oxford Time Travel, Romance, Smart Bitches, tech, To Say Nothing of the Dog

Malin's CBR16 Review No:42 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, adventure, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Connie Willis, funny, historical fiction, literary classic, Malin, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Outland book club, Oxford Time Travel, Romance, Smart Bitches, tech, To Say Nothing of the Dog ·
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“No, I mean, it’s all in pieces.” “Yes. So are we all.”

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

August 9, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Light from Uncommon Stars is both entirely typical of my reading (characters going through it, romance main or subplots, coming to terms with one’s choices, a commitment to reading trans and non-binary authors) but also feels quite a bit outside my comfort zone. I had initially put this book on my to read list because of the 2023 Read Harder tasks asking us to read a book about a trans character by a trans author and a book from the Ignyte Awards. Then my 2023 […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: a little fantasy, alex award, cbr16bingo, celestial, ignyte awards, LGBTQ, light from uncommon stars, queer romance, read harder challenge, Ryka Aoki, Speculative Fiction, transgender author, transgender heroine, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: a little fantasy, alex award, cbr16bingo, celestial, ignyte awards, LGBTQ, light from uncommon stars, queer romance, read harder challenge, Ryka Aoki, Speculative Fiction, transgender author, transgender heroine, we need diverse books ·
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