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Just a wholesome good time. And chickens.

Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Skunk and Badger By Amy Timberlake   This was the book I chose as a “read aloud book club” for summer reading. I advertised it as a nice way to chill out, maybe with the family, and basically listen to a live audiobook via Zoom.  I basically had one family, with some of their friends popping in for a bit of the second session.  I picked it first for the length, because I could read the whole thing in a few sessions.  Then the theme […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Amy Timberlake, animals, CBR13, cbr13bingo, new series

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Amy Timberlake, animals, CBR13, cbr13bingo, new series ·
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Drunk on mediocrity

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

October 31, 2021 by Wanderlustful 1 Comment

Ugh. The cover for this one was so pretty, and I kept seeing it on bookstore shelves, so when I finally was able to snap up a library copy I was really excited. The back cover promises a woman apothecary in the 1700s who helps other women kill all the Bad Men who were oppressing them? Yes please! Alas, this was a lot of promise without the delivery and I was mostly disappointed. FYI that there are some spoilers in my review below. Penner’s novel […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, libations, sarah penner, the lost apothecary

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, libations, sarah penner, the lost apothecary ·
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Beautiful, thoughtful, heartbreaking

Atonement by Ian McEwan

October 31, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

My white whale!  I have been trying and failing to read Atonement for about three years, so I am excited to say that not only have I finished it, but I really enjoyed it! The other times I have started reading, I have remained stuck in the book’s opening section, which covers the course of one summer day in the 1935 at the country house of the Tallis family. The Tallis’ youngest child, Briony, is a precocious creative sort who has written a play she […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Atonement, cbr13bingo, ian mcewan, white whale

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Atonement, cbr13bingo, ian mcewan, white whale ·
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Kind of scary if you think too much about it

Life Ever After by Carla Grauls

October 31, 2021 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Life Ever After By Carla Grauls   I picked this up for free at some point as an Audible Original, and I thought it would work for the Machinery Bingo square.  It’s short, less than 2 hours, and I wanted to “get it over with” to move on to other things.  At first, I thought it was all going to be some spoken word commentary on society or something like that.  The opening does feel very spoken word.  But then we move into the main […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: Carla Grauls, CBR13, cbr13bingo, machinery

crystalclear's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: Carla Grauls, CBR13, cbr13bingo, machinery ·
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If Hercule Poirot is on your train you know someone is about to die

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

October 31, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

The Mystery of the Blue Train is the 6th in Agatha Christie’s series featuring famous oddball Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Published in 1928, this installment sees a murder almost fall into Poirot’s lap- a fellow passenger on the (famous at the time) Le Train Bleu, an express train from Calais to the French riveria. The murder victim is American heiress Ruth Kettering, who was on the way to meet her continental lover,. The immediate suspicion is a robbery gone wrong, as some very expensive rubies […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: agatha christie, cbr13bingo, Hercule Poirot, Mystery on the Blue Train, old series

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: agatha christie, cbr13bingo, Hercule Poirot, Mystery on the Blue Train, old series ·
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Agatha Christie-esque seaside mystery

Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver

October 31, 2021 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Its 1932 and Amory Ames is having marriage troubles. Her playboy husband, Milo, has recently returned to their English country home from a trip to Italy and the rumours of his illicit adventures there have preceded him. When Amory’s old flame, Gil Trent, unexpectedly asks her to accompany him on a trip to the seaside for a week, Amory has the perfect excuse to give Milo a taste of his own medicine. Gil’s kid sister, Emmeline, has taken up with a suspiciously charming young man, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ashley Weaver, cbr13bingo, Murder at the Brightwell, murder mystery, new series

Wanderlustful's CBR13 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ashley Weaver, cbr13bingo, Murder at the Brightwell, murder mystery, new series ·
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