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“I wanted to go home, where I felt safe. It occurred to me, as we continued our journey in silence, that when the first refugees from Earth had arrived on Giant—and, for that matter, on Io—they must have felt much the same.”

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older

September 8, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

When I finished The Mimicking of Known Successes a couple weeks ago I knew I wasn’t in love with that book, but that I wanted to continue reading the series to see how Malka Older built out her world and dug into her sapphic Watson & Holmes stand-ins because I had become quite attached to Mossa and Pleiti. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles begins the same way as its predecessor in that we get a prologue from Mossa’s point of view and then the rest […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, diaspora, Malka Older, read harder challenge, Sherlock Retellings, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, diaspora, Malka Older, read harder challenge, Sherlock Retellings, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti ·
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“Time remembered does not flow smoothly at all”

The Truants by Kate Weinberg

September 8, 2025 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Jess is the middle child of a large, chaotic family and she feels largely ignored, so when she finally heads off to university, it comes as a relief. It takes her a while to find her groove, but then she meets her friends. There is glamorous, upper-crusty Georgie, attractive and steady Nick, and Georgie’s mysterious boyfriend Alec. Above all, there is Jess’s primary reason for her studies: teacher and author Lorna. Lorna has written a very successful and much-lauded novel called The Truants, and Jess […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: academia, dark academia, Kate Weinberg, The truants

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: academia, dark academia, Kate Weinberg, The truants ·
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Scary Librarian

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hogdson

September 6, 2025 by Jake 2 Comments

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: purple cover. See photo. I haven’t done much fantasy this year but as the season changes into fall, I’m starting to get the itch. This was a recommendation from Max Read, who as I’ve said before is my personal Oprah and who I’m more hit than miss with. This one was a hit. A murder mystery, a trial for an emperor-ship, a compelling fantasy with fun tales all rolled into one, this is a creative yarn from Antonia Hogdson […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, Antonia Hogdson, cbr17bingo, Eternal Path Trilogy, mystery, purple cover, The Raven Scholar

Jake's CBR17 Review No:44 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, Antonia Hogdson, cbr17bingo, Eternal Path Trilogy, mystery, purple cover, The Raven Scholar ·
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Sister Act(s Bad)

Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh

September 6, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of cbr17 bingo: family. The plot of the book is two sisters on trial for murder, both accused of killing their father, both of them blaming the other. I think what I liked about the earlier Eddie Flynn books is slowly petering out. A shame. I liked that the books were about a smooth operator who hustled in the courtroom. I have a thing for watching and/or reading competent hucksters do their thing. There’s just something fun about a person who navigates […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Eddie Flynn, family, Fifty Fifty, legal thriller, mystery, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, thriller

Jake's CBR17 Review No:43 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr17bingo, Eddie Flynn, family, Fifty Fifty, legal thriller, mystery, New York City, Steve Cavanagh, thriller ·
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Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

September 5, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Woof. That was bad. I was hoping to find a new series to read/love but that is definitely not happening with this one. Honestly, there is zero character development with the lead (Shana), we get random things happening with suspects, we hear about a previous incident that happened before she moved with her fiancée, and then the book just keeps going on and on. Not one thing made any sense at the end and I just didn’t even get what Wegert was going for in […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Death in the Family, Shana Merchant #1, Tessa Wegert

Classic's CBR17 Review No:132 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Death in the Family, Shana Merchant #1, Tessa Wegert ·
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Hot priests, holy tattoos, and machine guns

Covenant V01 by LySandra Vuong

September 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I saw Covenant advertised I was not sure if I wanted to read it. One, it was a graphic novel and I’ll read almost anything when it comes to those. But two, it was a fantasy and I’m so-so when it comes to that. Three, it was about religion and I am not usually in the mood for that (unless I am). And four, it was LGBTQ, and for the longest time I was not in the mood for a LGBTQ and religion book. […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: family, friendship, LGBTQ, LySandra Vuong, occult, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:399 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: family, friendship, LGBTQ, LySandra Vuong, occult, supernatural ·
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