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a fine final read of 2019

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

December 31, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

I first came across Little Women as a child, and I came across it out of order; we had an old cloth-bound copy of Jo’s Boys on the bookshelf in my childhood home. It was next to Treasure Island, which I had devoured, and being a child I assumed that since books were next to each other they must be related. Ooops! I quickly learned the error of my ways (thanks Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library!) and settled down with an old illustrated tome. I was Jo. Who wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: 150th anniversay, American classic, Anne Boyd Rioux, cbr11, coming-of-age, female author, genre-bending, half-cannonball, louisa may alcott, New England Renaissance, patti smith, penguin classics

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: 150th anniversay, American classic, Anne Boyd Rioux, cbr11, coming-of-age, female author, genre-bending, half-cannonball, louisa may alcott, New England Renaissance, patti smith, penguin classics ·
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One more review before the year ends

Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet

December 31, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Official book description: Tess Bailey: the galaxy’s Most Wanted. Captain Tess Bailey is in deep trouble. She and her crew are on the run, pursued by a tyrant who’ll take them dead or alive. Tess’s best hope is a tall, dark, and much-too-appealing stranger, Shade Ganavan, who says he can help her. But his motivations are far from clear… Shade Ganavan: arrogance, charm…and that special something that makes you want to kick him. With the dreaded Dark Watch closing in, what Tess and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adventure, Amanda Bouchet, cbr11, emmalita, Endeavour, Malin, Nightchaser, romantic, space, teresaelectro

Malin's CBR11 Review No:106 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, adventure, Amanda Bouchet, cbr11, emmalita, Endeavour, Malin, Nightchaser, romantic, space, teresaelectro ·
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Concluding the Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles. Volume 28

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 28 by CLAMP

December 31, 2019 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

And so the great Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle read through has come to an end.  Shout out to William Flanagan, who wrote the English translation for all twenty eight volumes, churning out translations to keep pace with the publications in Japan.  At the end of each volume he would include some translation notes, sometimes explaining a cultural norm, or showing the process of how he came to use the translation chosen for a particular section.  The writer/artist collective CLAMP used Tsubasa as a way to mix […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, cbr11, CLAMP, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, manga, time travel, Tsubasa, YA

Dome'Loki's CBR11 Review No:69 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, cbr11, CLAMP, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, manga, time travel, Tsubasa, YA ·
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Continuing Tsubasa read through. Volumes 23 – 27

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 23 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 24 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 25 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 26 by CLAMP

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 27 by CLAMP

December 30, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Volume 23 – The original and the copy are going at it in dreams, Sakura is horrified by their actions.  Everyone outside the dreaming is waiting impatiently, as there is nothing they can do.  Original Syaoran has fallen and Sakura runs to his side.  Copy Syaoran even goes so far as to wound Sakura in his quest to get the feather inside O-Syaoran.  Fei-Wang Reed goads C-Syaoran saying that Sakura’s soul is not important to his plans (only her body is necessary) so go ahead and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, cbr11, CLAMP, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, manga, YA

Dome'Loki's CBR11 Review No:68 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, cbr11, CLAMP, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, manga, YA ·
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Short reads to finish off my reading year (and help me to finally complete my double Cannonball)

Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen

The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau

A Second-Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau

December 29, 2019 by Malin 6 Comments

Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen Rating: 4 stars In this novella which concludes Kelly Bowen’s The Devils of Dover series, we finally find out more about the mysterious King, who has been popping up in Bowen’s books for a long time. A shadowy London crime lord with connections to smuggling, art forgery, theft and all sorts of other untoward business, he is not a man to cross. He discovers that a man he believed to be dead, a man who ruined his childhood and set him […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, A Match Made for Thanksgiving, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, cbr11, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, Frankenstein, historical romance, Holidays With the Wongs, horror, Jackie Lau, Kelly Bowen, Literature, Malin, Marcus Sedgwick, Night of the Scoundrel, novella, Regency, retelling, revenge, romance tropes, Small town, The Devils of Dover, The Monsters We Deserve

Malin's CBR11 Review No:105 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, A Match Made for Thanksgiving, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, cbr11, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, Frankenstein, historical romance, Holidays With the Wongs, horror, Jackie Lau, Kelly Bowen, Literature, Malin, Marcus Sedgwick, Night of the Scoundrel, novella, Regency, retelling, revenge, romance tropes, Small town, The Devils of Dover, The Monsters We Deserve ·
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Supernatural warriors need love too

The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston

The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston

December 29, 2019 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

The Unleashing is a raunchy paranormal romance with a healthy dash of Viking mythology and Malibu soap opera. It was such an easy read, I thought I’d give the full Call of Crows trilogy a whirl. All the books follow a different female warrior in Los Angeles who has been resurrected by the goddess Skuld. These fighters are called Crows. Their clan is notorious for being vicious due to their vengeful roots. The other clans and even most of the gods don’t like to mess […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: book three, book two, Call of Crows, Call of Crows series, cbr11, mythology, nordic gods, paranormal romance, Series, Shelly Laurenston

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: book three, book two, Call of Crows, Call of Crows series, cbr11, mythology, nordic gods, paranormal romance, Series, Shelly Laurenston ·
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