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A tea based magic system in an ancient Chinese inspired setting, yes please. (Bingo #2!!)

A Magic Steeped in Poison: The Book of Tea vol. 1 by Judy I. Lin

October 17, 2022 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

CBR14 Bingo: “Gaslight” – In a setting influenced by ancient China, there is no electricity, all lights are flame based. A Magic Steeped in Poison was featured by Mysterious Galaxy earlier this year. As a self-described tea snob, I was instantly interested. I got the audiobook to listen during my health stomps. While listening, I appreciated hearing the correct pronunciations of the Chinese (or Chinese inspired) names. However, sitting down to try and write the review I’m hampered by not knowing how names are spelled. […]

If you think your flat is haunted by a murderous ghost, why would you try to summon said ghost?

Svarte-Mathilda by Tor Arve Røssland

October 17, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Twenty years after a teenage girl was brutally murdered in a small town near Bergen, Elizabeth moves into the long-empty flat with her mother. Elizabeth’s parents are going through a divorce, and in a tragic accident a while back, Elizabeth’s older brother died in a fire. She hates that they had to move away from her old home and her friends in Bergen, that her mother doesn’t seem to want to talk to her at all, and she certainly doesn’t like their new […]

“I love you, I think, and you are my home”

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

October 16, 2022 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo: Mind (Bee, as well as Ms. Hazelwood herself, is a neuroscientist and there’s a whole lot of brain science happening in the book) Bee Köningswasser, a young pink-haired neuroscientist, is offered pretty much her dream job on a NASA project and accepts joyfully. Her excitement is cut short when she realises that while she’s the lead on the neuroscience part, her nemesis from grad school, Levi Ward, is the engineering lead on the same project. Nevertheless, Bee can feel herself wasting away in […]

They do not see it.

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

October 15, 2022 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo: New square (BINGO! Minds to New) (New book: published 2022. New author: debut novel) When my son was young, we visited friends in Seattle and went to the aquarium when we were there. It was the first and only time that I have seen a Giant Pacific Octopus. Swimming around in its own little glass tank, I remember thinking how strange it was that such a small space could encompass such a strange creature. The movement of its tentacles was like an alien dance. Shortly […]

There is nothing Shakespeare didn’t anticipate.

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

October 15, 2022 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR14 BINGO: Gaslight Square (BINGO! Bodies to Gaslight BINGO! Snake to Gaslight) (For the literal: Takes place in the mid-19th century when gaslight was used. Figuratively: everyone gaslights each other in this one. Full of manipulative spouses, parents, siblings, neighbors, friends, and politicians.) Decades ago I was well into an American Civil War historical fiction rabbit hole. I read a lot of it. In that pile of reading, there was quite a bit about John Wilkes Booth whether he was the main character or part of a subplot. All […]

But if you find the strength in your friends, and you nurture it, then you will always be surrounded by giants.

In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan

October 15, 2022 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR14 BINGO: Shadow Square (Had another book in mind for this square and then this called to me from the library’s new bookshelf. Shadow in the title. Shadowy figures. Shadow government. Lots of living in your own shadow or someone else’s.) I like fantasy novels. I have certainly read my share of fairy shenanigans. But, I think that I tend to limit my fantasy selections based, not just to fairy-heavy plots, but to the book cover. For me, there is a certain type of cover that […]

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