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“The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.”

January 27, 2015 by faintingviolet 10 Comments

I’ve read a couple of Neil Gaiman works before. I loved Ocean and the End of the Lane and had mostly good feelings about Neverwhere and that book, and its protagonist Richard Mayhew, has grown on me over time. (In fact, I suggest reading my friend Ale’s review from this year to get a better take on the book without the depression funk I was in in 2013). Late last year I saw badkittyuno’s review of American Gods and decided that it would be my […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Religion Tagged With: American Gods, badkittyuno, faintingviolet, Neil Gaiman

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Religion · Tags: American Gods, badkittyuno, faintingviolet, Neil Gaiman ·
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“the sparrow still falls”

January 14, 2015 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Many moons ago I read Dreamers of the Day for CBR4. I loved the prose, and marveled at the rich character development even if my review isn’t as effusive (the book has grown on me over time). The author, Mary Doria Russell, has received positive reviews over the course of the many Cannonball Reads, so I decided that I wanted to jump back in with this author. I put The Sparrow on my library request list, and when the email came in that it was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: faintingviolet, Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: faintingviolet, Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow ·
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