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BETRAAAAYYYYAAAAAAAAALLL

April 18, 2014 by narfna 3 Comments

A fitting end, even if I’m not happy about it. At all. Except for I’m happy with most of it except for that one part that was AWFUL AND HORRIBLE AND I HATE IT. And the rest of it was great, but I’m bitter. In case you can’t tell, I’m a little too emotional to give this a proper review. I have no idea what I’m about to type. First things first: until THAT THING happened, this was hands down my favorite book in the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: beka cooper, fantasy, mystery, narfna, tamora pierce, Young Adult

narfna's CBR6 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: beka cooper, fantasy, mystery, narfna, tamora pierce, Young Adult ·
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Hell House by Richard Matheson

April 18, 2014 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

Creepy, creepy shit. Richard Matheson absolutely deserves his reputation as a king of horror. Hell House made my skin crawl, and I could not put it down. I seriously think I read this whole thing in maybe three or four sittings. A rich old dude named Rolf Rudolph Deutsch (great rich old dude name) bankrolls an expedition into a haunted house previously owned by an evil guy named Belasco. Old rich dude wants proof that life exists after death, so he sends in a medium (Florence), […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: badkittyuno, Richard Matheson

badkittyuno's CBR6 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: badkittyuno, Richard Matheson ·
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Where can I get a hanging moose sweater?

April 17, 2014 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I picked this one up based on the recommendation of Caitlin’s review. No One Else Can Have You is centered around 16 year old Kippy Bushman, and told to us by her in first person narration. It is also a YA read and Ms. Hale’s first novel. Kippy’s best friend has just died. More specifically, she was murdered. It is the first murder that anyone in Friendship, WI (population 688) can remember. The town is in shut down mode until the suspected killer is apprehended. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: faintingviolet, First Novel, Kathleen Hale, No One Else Can Have You, YA

faintingviolet's CBR6 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: faintingviolet, First Novel, Kathleen Hale, No One Else Can Have You, YA ·
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There is a dog in this named ‘Achoo Curlypaws.’ It’s farking adorable.

April 17, 2014 by narfna Leave a Comment

I suppose it was sort of inevitable that I wouldn’t like this one as much as I enjoyed Terrier, but I felt Bloodhound (the second book in Pierce’s Beka Cooper trilogy) had some structural and pacing issues that hampered my enjoyment. Bloodhound picks up a year and a half after the events of the last book. Beka has been an official Dog now for almost a year, but she can’t keep a partner. They’re either incompetent or can’t keep up with her. And then she gets saddled with […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: beka cooper, fantasy, mystery, narfna, tamora pierce, Young Adult

narfna's CBR6 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: beka cooper, fantasy, mystery, narfna, tamora pierce, Young Adult ·
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In the beginning was the word.

April 17, 2014 by Renton Leave a Comment

What makes a human? Is it bone, flesh, or muscle? The brain and central nervous system? Or is it the words we think, speak or put down on paper? Strange Bodies is an unusual thriller with a literary bent that verges on unsettling at times. Dr Nicholas Slopen has been dead for a year. So when he turns up at the door of an old girlfriend, looking and sounding different but otherwise identical, she doesn’t bat an eyelid. Perhaps it was a case of mistaken […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: #CBR6, Fiction, literary, mystery, science fiction, thriller

Renton's CBR6 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: #CBR6, Fiction, literary, mystery, science fiction, thriller ·
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A nostalgic meditation on friendship, drifting apart, and what drives people to create video games.

April 17, 2014 by Renton Leave a Comment

YOU is a contemplative and finely crafted novel where every page bleeds with love for the medium and old acquaintances. Russell and his childhood friends Darren, Lisa and Simon were four very different kids brought together by a love of roleplaying games and programming. While his friends went on to form one of the most successful gaming companies in the industry, Russell instead spent his post-degree life drifting through various unfulfilling jobs. 1994 rolls along, and he finds himself winding up with a job at […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR6, Fiction, gaming

Renton's CBR6 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, Fiction, gaming ·
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