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Nightmares, just in time for Halloween

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

October 29, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR14 BINGO: Gaslight, because Trump BINGO: Snake, Minds, Series, Cozy, Gaslight I make it a habit not to read books about politics, especially books about Donald Trump, because my sanity can only withstand so much. However, the “gaslight” category got me thinking about maybe breaking that rule. I had a copy of The Fifth Risk on my shelf, and I figured if anybody could get me through this, it would be financial journalist and nonfiction author of The Big Short and Moneyball, Michael Lewis. The Fifth […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, government, KimMiE", Michael Lewis, politics

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:40 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, government, KimMiE", Michael Lewis, politics ·
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Be your own country dessert providing grandma

250 Treasured Country Desserts by Andrea Chesman, Fran Raboff

October 29, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 25: Cozy What’s cozier than grandma’s best homemade dessert? Not much, I’d say.  250 Treasured Country Desserts provides. This is one of those recipe collections that’s got the expected standards like molasses cookies, apple cake, jelly roll, lemon meringue pie (also lemon angel pie which looks like basically the same thing?), fruit buckle, and pudding. It’s also got some more interesting, newer to me items that I want to try like orange poppyseed cake (closely related to the lemon standard probably but a slightly […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: 250 Treasured Country Desserts, Andrea Chesman, Andrea Chesman, Fran Raboff, bars, cakes, cbr14bingo, cookbook, cookies, dessert, Fran Raboff, fruit, pies, pudding

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:77 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: 250 Treasured Country Desserts, Andrea Chesman, Andrea Chesman, Fran Raboff, bars, cakes, cbr14bingo, cookbook, cookies, dessert, Fran Raboff, fruit, pies, pudding ·
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High Society, Murder, Romance, Bicycles, and a Haunted House, what could go wrong

Betrayal in the Bowery by Kate Belli

October 29, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 24: Gaslight Betrayal in the Bowery is set in 1889 NYC, meaning gas lights are very literally part of the setting. This is mostly a cozy murder mystery with sassy lady journalist Genvieve and her friend (probably romance partner in a volume or two) Daniel having to look into the mysterious death of a man who seems crazy running into the room on a steamship belonging to their just married friends and collapsing. It turns out Marcus (the dead man) has some connection to […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Betrayal in the Bowery, cbr14bingo, cozy mystery, Gilded Age, historical fiction, Kate Belli, murder msytery

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:76 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Betrayal in the Bowery, cbr14bingo, cozy mystery, Gilded Age, historical fiction, Kate Belli, murder msytery ·
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Take Me. I Am a Scientist. I Also Lift Things

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

October 28, 2022 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

This book was a bit of lighthearted fun. It was also a novel with fingerprints of the pandemic all over it. Like many others, Jamie Bell’s life was turned upside down by Covid-19. Dropped from their position as a marketing executive by a local start up, they finds themselves working as a delivery driver while trying to keep their flat-mates afloat. All this changes though with a chance run in with an old classmate named Tom. Tom works for an “animal rights organization” and his […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Covid-19, destination for my next scientific conference please?, escapism, john scalzi, Kaiju, Monster

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Covid-19, destination for my next scientific conference please?, escapism, john scalzi, Kaiju, Monster ·
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A Fine Juggling Act With Nary a Dropped Ball in Sight.

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

October 28, 2022 by LittlePlat 5 Comments

I am really, really shocked at how much I liked this one! I think I have mentioned previously that I am not exactly one of the most broad readers of the romance genre, and I am not a super huge fan of the more contrived plots the genre follows. But here I am, writing up a review on a book that who’s main premise is a fake dating/arranged marriage scenario—and confessing that I really, really enjoyed it? I think what really got me on board with Winter’s […]

Filed Under: Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr14bingo, Everina Maxwell, heart, politics, Romance, space opera, Trope overloaded!

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr14bingo, Everina Maxwell, heart, politics, Romance, space opera, Trope overloaded! ·
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A five-star trilogy. #CBRBINGO – Series

City of Miracles (The Divine Cities, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett

October 28, 2022 by narfna 4 Comments

“My definition of an adult is someone who lives their life aware they are sharing the world with others. My definition of an adult is someone who knows the world was here before they showed up and that it’ll be here well after they walk away from it. My definition of an adult, in other words, is someone who lives their life with a little fucking perspective.” – – – This series flies so far under the radar, and it deserves much more praise than […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, city of miracles, epic fantasy, gods, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities

narfna's CBR14 Review No:166 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, city of miracles, epic fantasy, gods, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Divine Cities ·
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