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…stay away from duels between sorcerers, parties to which you’re not invited, and houses full of corpses.

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

August 7, 2019 by Leedock 6 Comments

CBR11 BINGO: Rainbow Flag OMG. OMG. OMG. Totally going to fan girl all over this one. I did a quick search and it looks like nobody has reviewed this for CBR yet. A few folks have read and reviewed Alexis Hall’s romances though so the author should be familiar to some. Those of you who are fans of the following series: Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate, Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock and V. E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic….. buckle up! This book is right up your alley! […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Alexis Hall, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, LGBTQ, paranormal detective, Sherlock Holmes

Leedock's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Alexis Hall, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, LGBTQ, paranormal detective, Sherlock Holmes ·
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Without shelter, we stand in daylight.

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

August 7, 2019 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo: Science! I am not a science-y person, but I am a pretty avid gardener. Having spent a lot of time playing in the dirt, coaxing plant life to flourish and googling to find out what bug is terrorizing my plants, I am a sucker for fiction that circles the natural sciences. Barbara Kingsolver is the first author that I encountered that delves in that particular niche. A friend recommended her book “Prodigal Summer” to me several years ago and I was hooked. She […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Barbara Kingsolver, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, natural science

Leedock's CBR11 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Barbara Kingsolver, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, natural science ·
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I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike… (Bingo)

Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox

August 6, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Travel Tom is a brooding loner with a past, who gave up the corporate life and now works as a bike mechanic. He’s estranged from most of his family, with the exception of his sister. Determined to cycle the Trans-America trail, from Oregon to Virginia, he’s annoyed when he discovers said sister has been e-mailing someone (as him) to arrange for a riding partner. When he finds out that the “Alex” his sister has been e-mailing is, in fact, a Lexie, he is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Contemporary Romance, cycling, Malin, Ride with Me, road trip, Ruthie Knox, travel

Malin's CBR11 Review No:62 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr11, cbr11bingo, Contemporary Romance, cycling, Malin, Ride with Me, road trip, Ruthie Knox, travel ·
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Reproductive Freedom and the Apocalypse

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

August 5, 2019 by allisonata Leave a Comment

  Content warning: sexual violence, stillbirth A worldwide plague kills nearly everyone on the planet. A midwife wakes in a San Francisco hotel. (It’s practically “28 Days Later.”) She stocks up on antibiotics—and, critically, birth control—and walks into an extra-hellish hellscape. Since females experienced the highest mortality rate, the rare woman or girl that survives is a treasure. Commodity. Object. The midwife trains herself to be self-sufficient. She carries a gun. However, the key to her survival is her avoidance of other people—that is, men. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #plague, cbr11, horror, meg elison, pandemic, post-apocalyptic nightmare fuel, ReadWomen

allisonata's CBR11 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #plague, cbr11, horror, meg elison, pandemic, post-apocalyptic nightmare fuel, ReadWomen ·
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Bingo: Classics Whiplash, My Dear Watson

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

August 5, 2019 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

I read this for the first time a few years back*, in between books of “The Men who Hate Women”. Also, oddly enough, I finished it while we were on our way to This is the Place. (Please don’t ask me to explain This is the Place. You either know or you don’t: suffice to say that there is a tie-in to A Study in Scarlet, however loose).

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #SherlockHolmes, ACD, book club read, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, murder, mystery, sistercoyote, weird flex but ok

sistercoyote's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #SherlockHolmes, ACD, book club read, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, murder, mystery, sistercoyote, weird flex but ok ·
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Bingo: And So It Begins, with free running off the rooftops of New York

Discount Armageddon (Incryptid Series Book 1) by Seanan Maguire

August 5, 2019 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

Verity (“Very”) Price has more going on than you’d think. In addition to working as a waitress at a strip club, subletting semi-legally, preparing for a dance competition, and generally trying to keep a roof over her head (and those of her colony of Aeslin Mice), she’s also responsible for keeping tabs on New York’s cryptid population. Which doesn’t leave her much, if any, time for dating.  

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, aeslin mice, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, humor, incryptid series, magic, mystery, ReadWomen, Seanan McGuire, sistercoyote, Urban Fantasy

sistercoyote's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, aeslin mice, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, humor, incryptid series, magic, mystery, ReadWomen, Seanan McGuire, sistercoyote, Urban Fantasy ·
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