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This is how I get in trouble when ppl ask me what books are about

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd

Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver

November 23, 2025 by NTE Leave a Comment

Because none of these three books was technically focused on what these reviews are focused on, but still, I promise these reviews are about these books.  Somehow. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter – Gory & intense, but it probably should be, given the subject matter, which is kidnapping, rape, torture, missing women and children. It was a rough read, that’s for sure, but I also thought it was pretty good.  Thought the author did a great job of talking about the way tragedies impact families, how […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: Brynne Weaver, Christina Dodd, Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls, Tourist Season, Wrong Alibi

NTE's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense · Tags: Brynne Weaver, Christina Dodd, Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls, Tourist Season, Wrong Alibi ·
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Pike, This Ain’t Wuthering Heights

The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet by Melinda Taub

November 23, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Mary Bennet is famously the odd one out among her bright, vivacious sisters – an awkward show-off and a bore. But in this book, it’s what Mary’s doing off the page that deserves attention. This book is part-sequel, part-companion to the fabulous The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch, which I read and greatly enjoyed last year. You haven’t got to read that book to enjoy this one – Mary and Lydia are after all not exactly close – but there’s definitely some things which […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, ARC, historical, horror, Melinda Taub, NetGalley, retelling, Romance

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:74 · Genres: Fiction, History, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, ARC, historical, horror, Melinda Taub, NetGalley, retelling, Romance ·
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Carl’s Doomsday Scenario

Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

November 23, 2025 by jmsudar Leave a Comment

Personally, I think that the bones that make Dungeon Crawler Carl are there from the very first book: gruesome brutality combined with gut-busting humor, consistent rules and exploits of those rules to advance within the dungeon, and a very human cost that you feel to your bones. However, I also think that the series doesn’t come into its own and become the Dungeon Crawler Carl that’s surging to the top of the zeitgeist until Carl get’s the Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook. Once that happens, “I Will Break You […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Matt Dinniman

jmsudar's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Matt Dinniman ·
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Appreciating an attractive middle-aged woman is one of the great luxuries in life.

Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami

November 22, 2025 by carmelpie 1 Comment

She was truly a beautiful girl. I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted channels and passageways, and yet she managed to toss her pebble right down to the bottom of it all. ― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance Sometimes when I’m with you. I remember the things I lost when I was your age. Like I remember the sound of the rain and the smell of the wind. And it’s really a gift, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: 1980 Japan, haruki murakami, Japan, Magical realisim, Sapporo, the 1980s, Tokyo

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: 1980 Japan, haruki murakami, Japan, Magical realisim, Sapporo, the 1980s, Tokyo ·
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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

November 22, 2025 by jmsudar Leave a Comment

Really cheating my ass off with this one, but whatever, I’m giving myself a little grace because my love for and rereading of this story is sincere. I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and truly, immediately restarted them. I really can’t remember the last time I did this with a series. I do it with movies, TV shows, and even video games often, but restarting a book series as soon as I’ve finished it is something I haven’t done since maybe middle school with Redwall. In Dungeon […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Matt Dinniman

jmsudar's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Matt Dinniman ·
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The unofficial Best and Worst List 2025 (so far!)

November 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I know I put in the official Best and Worst List but honestly out of almost 600 reviews (and several I haven’t posted yet) I’m going to have more than three best and one worst. Therefore, I am going to honor y’all with my list of only the ones I have posted a review for here that could have been used. The bold are the ones I used in the official count, italics almost used and the rest were on the list. WORST DAYGLOAYHOLE #1 […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult

Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: ·
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