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A fresh and surprisingly warm and human take on the zombie genre.

June 16, 2014 by Renton Leave a Comment

Zombies are everywhere. They’ve broken their way through the barricaded world of cult obsession and entered popular culture. Even Brad Pitt fights them. We’re practically suffering an outbreak of shambling clones and glassy-eyed cash-ins, and so it’s hard not to immediately bash anything new on the head with a cricket bat and ignore it. But every so often, something new will come along and spin it in a fresher direction. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Zombie Survival Guide, Handling the Undead, Warm Bodies, Patient […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction

Renton's CBR6 Review No:21 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: ·
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Eve Dallas hunts possible vampires and serial killers

June 15, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

Eternity in Death – 3 stars Creation in Death – 4.5 stars Creation in Death is book 25 in the In Death series (and the novella precedes it, counting as 24.5) and this is possibly not the place you want to start, as a whole load of character development comes before. However, as the books are a bit like episodes in a crime procedural show, picking up with this one would be like watching a random episode of a show a few seasons in. I don’t think there’s any major […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Creation in Death, Eternity in Death, In Death, J.D. Robb, Malin, mystery, romance, science fiction, serial killers, vampires

Malin's CBR6 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Creation in Death, Eternity in Death, In Death, J.D. Robb, Malin, mystery, romance, science fiction, serial killers, vampires ·
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Finally a Book and Movie That are Both Awesome

June 12, 2014 by omegajjj 1 Comment

Tom Cruise’s latest sci-fi flick, Edge of Tomorrow, is not terrible. In fact, it is quite excellent and you should all go see it. The movie is based on a Japanese light novel, and although the premises of both overlap, each diverges to form two separate equally enjoyable works. All You Need Is Kill tells the story of Keiji Kiriya, a private in the United Defense Force, who is thrown into battle against invading aliens called the Mimics, who have ravaged the earth for 20 […]

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omegajjj's CBR6 Review No:12 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: ·
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I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself

June 8, 2014 by MelBivDevoe Leave a Comment

I’ve tagged “The Leftovers” as science fiction, although I’m not sure it was intended as such.  The book opens with a great conceit: Over 2% of the Earth’s population has disappeared.  Just poof, gone!  Some think it was the Rapture; most are simply stunned and confused by what has happened.  The novel focuses on the residents of a quaint suburbia called Mapleton and how they attempt to move on several years after the great exodus. I absolutely loved the premise.  What would you do if […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Fiction, MelBivDevoe, science fiction, The Leftovers, Tom Perrotta

MelBivDevoe's CBR6 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Fiction, MelBivDevoe, science fiction, The Leftovers, Tom Perrotta ·
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I’m a teenager and my world is ending. But seriously.

June 7, 2014 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

Not one to often pick up a young adult novel, I was intrigued by this month’s book club choice. Much like the protagonists, I had to fiercely struggle my way through Grasshopper Jungle, but I’m glad that I did. This book is, well, weird. The narrative choices are interesting and for the first half of the read for me, annoying and distracting. Our narrator is sixteen-year-old Austin and he prides himself on being a historian, with volumes written about the nothingness that happens in Ealing, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: science fiction, Young Adult

cheerbrarian's CBR6 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: science fiction, Young Adult ·
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You gotta learn to play the game.

June 5, 2014 by narfna 2 Comments

You know how sometimes you go to review a book and you just can’t figure out what to say about it? For, like, weeks on end? And meanwhile you keep reading, and your stack of things-to-review just keeps growing. And growing? And grooooowwing. This is one of those times. It’s not that I don’t have thoughts and feelings, and not that I didn’t enjoy the book, because I did and I do, but I’m having a hard time getting up the energy to condense and organize all […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: dystopian future, mars, narfna, Pierce Brown, Red Rising, red rising trilogy, science fiction

narfna's CBR6 Review No:43 · Genres: Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: dystopian future, mars, narfna, Pierce Brown, Red Rising, red rising trilogy, science fiction ·
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