We’re back in Rome, where Detective Nic Costa gets drawn into the case of a missing 16-year-old American girl whose mother insists she was abducted by a mysterious man on a motorcycle in front of a bunch of disinterested Carabinieri. While few at police headquarters take the mother … [Read more]
Von-dairefool
Now this is a bit more like it. My Booker Longlist Forced March continues, but I had high hopes for this book before I picked it up. And they were, for the most part, met and met well. A novel of families who never talk to each other, even though three generations of one family are all squished into … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:7 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, Almost English, Booker prize, Charlotte Mendelson, family, Fiction ·
Tried to swear off young adult fiction; failed
I can … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:9 ·
Genres: Uncategorized ·
Tags: ·
Spoiler alert, Beth dies (better put the book in the freezer)
I have a confession to make. I never read Little Women as a child. I KNOW. For someone who eventually latched onto Jo as, like, main role model number one (tied with, I don't know, Elizabeth Bennet and Hermione Granger, probably), this is just unacceptable. I finally read it in high school, … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Fiction ·
Tags: baxlala, grady hendrix, louisa may alcott, ryan dunlavey ·
Another Historical Romance, But with Henry Cavill
Author Maya Rodale, who has previously inspired me to a lengthy defense of romance novels, is currently balancing two series. The contemporary group (Billionaire Bad Boys) features a character who is writing her first historical romance. The Wicked Wallflower, from the historical group, is that … [Read more]
Junior Cannonballer Ewandini
I read This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! because it was a Christmas present from my uncle. It looked interesting. It is the story about two friends who are foolish and are put into two different dorms at school. They are stuck two most annoying students in school and they will suffer … [Read more]