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“If I can only use my magic when you deem it safe, does that magic belong to me, or you?”

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

October 23, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 2/30 Whoops, I slept on this one. Should have read it sooner! Because it was a delight. You know, if you’re defining “delight” as something that purposefully stokes your anger and your sense of righteousness by making you feel protective of the civil rights and bodily autonomy of fictional characters. With magic! So I guess that is how I define “delight.” I’m not going to go too deep into the world here because part of the fun […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, audiobooks, c.l. polk, fantasy romance, historical fantasy, moira quirk, narfna, Romance, The Midnight Bargain

narfna's CBR15 Review No:105 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, audiobooks, c.l. polk, fantasy romance, historical fantasy, moira quirk, narfna, Romance, The Midnight Bargain ·
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This never quite came together for me, but it was interesting along the way.

Flux by Jinwoo Chong

October 19, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is an interesting book that is ultimately not really for me, though it has some things going on that made me glad I read it. Even though it left me unsatisfied and mostly puzzled as to what the point was, I never wanted to stop reading (listening) to it, and I was fully engaged the whole time, which is not something you can say for a lot of three-star books. I put off writing this review very much on purpose because I was hoping […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: audiobooks, Flux, Jinwoo Chong, lit-fic, literary, narfna, sff, speculative, time travel

narfna's CBR15 Review No:99 · Genres: Audiobooks, Speculative Fiction · Tags: audiobooks, Flux, Jinwoo Chong, lit-fic, literary, narfna, sff, speculative, time travel ·
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“Our minds do this all the time. They talk us out of things we don’t want to know.”

Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen

October 19, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the unsolicited audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. The blurb makes this one sound really interesting, which is why I accepted the ARC from the publisher. Catherine’s mother Ruth has been newly diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, but some odd incidents lead Catherine to look into her mother’s past—their shared past—and secrets come spilling out not only regarding where her mother came from, but what her mother is doing current day, and even her medical diagnosis. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, Gone Tonight, narfna, Sarah Pekkanen, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:98 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, Gone Tonight, narfna, Sarah Pekkanen, Suspense, thrillers ·
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The first book in an intimidatingly long series about nerdy, silly, time-travel historians, with a surprising amount of angst and drama.

Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #1) by Jodi Taylor

October 13, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

“If this was one of those books, there would now be three pages of head-banging sex. The reality was that he pulled me close, whispered, ‘Mfhbnnntx,’ and I pulled his arm over me like a cover and muttered, ‘Trout,’ and that was pretty much it.” This was a lot better than I thought it would be! (I’ve seen quite a few negative or lukewarm reviews.) I had fun with it. This strange little book is one that only could have come from the bonkers ground […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, Jodi Taylor, just one damned thing after another, light sff, narfna, sci-fi, sff, speculative, time travel

narfna's CBR15 Review No:95 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, Jodi Taylor, just one damned thing after another, light sff, narfna, sci-fi, sff, speculative, time travel ·
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A surprise favorite of 2023!

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

October 2, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. Okay, but wow. So straight up it’s impossible to talk about this book in any depth without giving out information that should be preserved for the reading experience. As spoiler-free as possible is the best way to go into this one. But generally, and this is as far as the synopsis goes, Vesper Wright left her strict religious community six years before the book starts, when she was almost […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, Black Sheep, cults, horror, humor, narfna, Rachel Harrison, Religion, speculative

narfna's CBR15 Review No:94 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, Black Sheep, cults, horror, humor, narfna, Rachel Harrison, Religion, speculative ·
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“A person is a person through other people.”

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

October 2, 2023 by narfna 2 Comments

Very entertaining, and very educational! And for those of you who haven’t yet watched The Good Place, I recommend that you stop reading this review and just go watch that show instead. It would be a much better way to spend your time. This is relevant because Mike Schur, the author of How to Be Perfect, is the creator of The Good Place, and this is a book he wrote because of his experience on that show. It is NOT a behind the scenes book at all, so […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: audiobooks, How to Be Perfect, humor, Michael Schur, narfna, non fiction, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, television, The Good Place, tv

narfna's CBR15 Review No:91 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: audiobooks, How to Be Perfect, humor, Michael Schur, narfna, non fiction, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, television, The Good Place, tv ·
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