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A tough read that gives a lot of attention to struggles with mental health

Truth of the Divine by Lindsey Ellis

September 28, 2023 by ingres77 2 Comments

For what was perhaps the first time in my life, I read a book with a trigger warning that I actually benefited from. I didn’t know, at the time, that I was going to be grateful for the warning, but it helped prepare me for the in-depth exploration of trauma and mental illness that followed. So this review, too, has a trigger warning. Self-harm and suicidal ideation feature prominently in this review, because they both feature prominently in the novel. Through some gift of fortune […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Lindsey Ellis, The Noumena series, Truth of the Divine

ingres77's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Lindsey Ellis, The Noumena series, Truth of the Divine ·
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Doom Thorax has the Power (of reading)

Doom's Day Camp by Joshua Hauke

September 27, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I honestly was surprised at how much I liked the graphic novel, Doom’s Day Camp by Joshua Hauke. At first, I felt it was just going to be “dumb humor” or “not for everyone offbeat and off color humor” but most of it turned out to be pretty classy. (Okay! Okay! There is one earth shattering f**t, but it did save the day! And frankly, f**ts are funny if they happen to someone else.) The ideas, of course, have been done before (a nerd/uncool kid […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: apocalyptic, Books, family, friendship, Joshua Hauke, monsters, siblings, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:699 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: apocalyptic, Books, family, friendship, Joshua Hauke, monsters, siblings, Social Themes ·
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Lazy weekend reads

Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel (Leon Volume one) by Jamar Nicholas

Meems & Feefs: Ferrets from Planet Ferretonia! (Volume one) by Liza N. Cooper

The Prisoner of  Shiverstone by Linette Moor

September 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was having a lazy weekend. I needed reading material that would be fun for the kid me, and not overly taxing for the adult me.  And I found two and a half books that fit the bill. I say two and a half because the third one had a bit more meat on the overall story than the others, so there was a bit more thinking required on my part. However, kids will eat all of them up as they are good stories. The […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: family, ferrets, friendship, Jamar Nicholas, Linette Moor, Liza N. Cooper, Robotics, science, siblings, Social Themes, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:694 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: family, ferrets, friendship, Jamar Nicholas, Linette Moor, Liza N. Cooper, Robotics, science, siblings, Social Themes, superheroes ·
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CBR BINGO – ASIA/OCEANIA: A total and complete confusion DNF.

The Archive Undying (Downworld Sequence, #1) by Emma Mieko Candon

September 25, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. – – – Firstly, here’s the extremely intriguing synopsis from Goodreads: “War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying , national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon’s bold entry into the world of mecha fiction. WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, A.I., ARCs, audiobooks, cbr15bingo, Emma Mieko Candon, LGBTQIA, mechas, narfna, robots, sci-fi, The Archive Undying

narfna's CBR15 Review No:89 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, A.I., ARCs, audiobooks, cbr15bingo, Emma Mieko Candon, LGBTQIA, mechas, narfna, robots, sci-fi, The Archive Undying ·
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A Satisfying Sc-Fi Read

Mysterium by Robert Charles Wilson

September 25, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

CBR15Bingo: You Are Here (The characters have no clue where they are and have to figure it out.) Every year or so I pick up a used Robert Charles Wilson novel and spend an enjoyable time reading it. It’s almost always a satisfying read and I feel contented by the mystery being solved. He tends to do a good job of presenting an interesting sci-fi idea and then wrapping things up in a neat bow or a little twist. This one dealt with inter-dimensional travel […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, multiverse, robert charles wilson, theocracy

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:50 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, multiverse, robert charles wilson, theocracy ·
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Three Horror Short Story Collections

The Shores of Space by Richard Matheson

Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

Night Shift by Stephen King

September 25, 2023 by GentleRain 2 Comments

CBR15Bingo: Violence (plenty of violence here!) It’s interesting going back and doing these reviews a while after I read the books because I get to see what sticks around in my mind and what doesn’t. Say what you will about Stephen King, but his stories stay with you. There’s something about his ability to get across a strong visual image and have it embed itself in your brain forever. He really taps into something very primal with his writing, especially his earlier work. I am […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, horror, Richard Matheson, short story collection, Stephen King

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, horror, Richard Matheson, short story collection, Stephen King ·
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