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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

An absolutely adorable romance set around zombies, familial trauma and several boatloads of dead bodies

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

September 11, 2022 by llamareadsbooks 3 Comments

CBR14Bingo – Bodies: Mercy’s an undertaker and Hart kills zombies. I can’t imagine a better book for this square! A book involving zombies, familial trauma and so many dead bodies has no right being this adorable. It’s weird and impossible to categorize, but it’s ultimately an enemies-to-lovers romance that delighted me to no end. “Most people start with hello.” “Hello, Hart-ache,” she sighed. “Hello, Merciless.” After her father’s heart attack, Mercy’s taken on the lion’s share of work at her family’s undertaking business. Trying to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, Megan Bannen, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:73 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, cbr14bingo, Megan Bannen, Romance ·
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Why is this Man Mad?

Understudy for Death by Charles Willeford

September 10, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR14Bingo: font. The book is told from the perspective of a journalist. Several times throughout the novel, the font of the novel will change when an article that the journalist or someone else writes is inserted in the story.  It’s going to be tough to squeeze 250 words out of here but I’ll try. I was planning on dumping this with my end-of-the-month reads but it checked the “font” box off CBR Bingo so… Charles Willeford loves writing about domesticity. And while he’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Charles Willeford, hard case crime, journalism, Understudy for Death

Jake's CBR14 Review No:167 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Charles Willeford, hard case crime, journalism, Understudy for Death ·
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A Thriller with Real Weight

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

September 9, 2022 by esmemoria Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Question I chose Clare Mackintosh’s I Let You Go for the Question square because I was interested in who the “you” was in the title. The question was answered on several levels in this excellent novel I never want to read again. I Let You Go opens with the tragic death of five-year-old Jacob, who is killed in front of his mother in a hit and run. The narrative alternates between the detectives trying to track down the killer and Jenna, who has […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Clare Mackintosh

esmemoria's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: cbr14bingo, Clare Mackintosh ·
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Grumpy/Sunshine Double Header (and Bingo!)

His Grumpy Childhood Friend (Cider Bar Sisters #2) by Jackie Lau

Her Pretend Christmas Date (Cider Bar Sisters #2.5) by Jackie Lau

September 8, 2022 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I was simply delighted by this one. His Grumpy Childhood Friend hit a couple different trope happy places for me – second chance romance, friends to lovers – but it also did something I love more and more as I consume a good amount of Romance books: it released its third act tension without a break-up or fight.  The tension point of the story isn’t a misunderstanding or one of the pair freaking out and walking away, instead we get characters dealing with traumatic experiences […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, grumpy sunshine, Her Pretend Christmas Date, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, snake

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, fake relationship, grumpy sunshine, Her Pretend Christmas Date, His Grumpy Childhood Friend, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, snake ·
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Cider Bar Sisters Series Opener

Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau

September 8, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I started reading this series from the middle. I had recently signed up for Jackie Lau’s reviewer list (which has benefitted me with many books) and the first novella in the Cider Bar Sister series, Her Pretend Christmas Date was released for reviews. I had a great time with that novella and have read the rest as they come (my review of the final in the series, Her Unexpected Roommate, is forthcoming). But I hadn’t gotten around to reading the first two books, a very […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, Contemporary Romance, grief, Her Big City Neighbor, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, Series

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr14bingo, Cider Bar Sisters series, Contemporary Romance, grief, Her Big City Neighbor, Jackie Lau, mental health rep, Series ·
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“Finding people is a problem the Enlightenment was poised to solve.”

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask

September 8, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

The Address Book is one of many published in early 2020 which likely suffered from a distracted world. Early 2020 was a rough time to publish and attempt to publicize a book. But thanks to lists of books you missed I’m glad this one came to my attention. Separately, recognizing Hollywood, Florida the city next to my hometown listed alongside much larger cities seemed a perfectly good reason to add this book to my reading list. If you think about street addresses, it is likely […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 2020 books, a little history, cbr14bingo, Deirdre Mask, faintingviolet, rec'd, The Address Book

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:55 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 2020 books, a little history, cbr14bingo, Deirdre Mask, faintingviolet, rec'd, The Address Book ·
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