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A cute fairy tale retelling

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

April 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Isabelle (her friends call her Izzy) was so elated when she got a job as an assistant editor for a big publishing company. It was like a dream come true. Several years later, when she’s overworked, underappreciated and still living with her parents at twenty-five, without even getting a promotion, she is starting to wonder if she should change careers. After having her own attempts at writing a book politely criticised by one of her more senior colleagues, that’s another dream she’s shelved, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: authors, beauty and the beast, BIPOC, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, fairy tale retelling, jasmine guillory, Malin, Meant to Be, movie stars

Malin's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: authors, beauty and the beast, BIPOC, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, fairy tale retelling, jasmine guillory, Malin, Meant to Be, movie stars ·
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“You know who you are, I know who you are, and our Lady does, too.”

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

April 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Different genres (paranormal fantasy) Being a queer teen can be difficult enough, even if you don’t come from a long line of magic users with very traditional gender roles. In Yadriel’s family, the brujos can summon the spirits of the dead and help them find peace in the afterlife. The brujas have tremendous healing powers. However, Yadriel’s family won’t let him go through the traditional rite for brujos, because of the gender he was born with. The only ones who seem to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #ownvoices, Aiden Thomas, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Cemetery Boys, ghosts, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, witches, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #ownvoices, Aiden Thomas, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Cemetery Boys, ghosts, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, witches, Young Adult ·
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The sedge is wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

April 1, 2023 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Silent Spring, Rachel Carson’s powerful, 1962 non-fiction book documenting the damage caused by widespread and indiscriminate use of pesticides, has been on my TBR for a long time. I considered it something I simply had to read if I was going to continue to claim to be a science lover and environmentalist. I thought this would mostly be review for me since I’m already aware of the harm that DDT has caused. For one thing, I’m involved with an organization that supports conservation efforts around […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, conservation, Environment, KimMiE", nature, pesticides, Rachel Carson, science

KimMiE"'s CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR15, conservation, Environment, KimMiE", nature, pesticides, Rachel Carson, science ·
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This will be one of my year-end favorites

Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, Boulet

March 31, 2023 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Bea Wolf is a graphic novel that re-imagines the classic epic poem Beowulf. I’ve reviewed Seamus Heaney’s award-winning translation of Beowulf as well as  Maria Dahvana Headley’s Beowulf-inspired novel The Mere Wife (an excellent read) but this Beowulf is a little different. And it is also outstanding! Bea Wolf is Beowulf for kids. It is clever and hilarious with incredibly good black and white drawings by Boulet. Much like a Bugs Bunny cartoon, kids could read this and get a good laugh out of it, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Bea Wolf, Beowulf, Boulet, CBR15, ElCicco, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Zach Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Boulet

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:22 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Bea Wolf, Beowulf, Boulet, CBR15, ElCicco, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Zach Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Boulet ·
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A bit of a mixed bag (and a complete Passport!)

The Lost Apothecary: A Novel by Sarah Penner

March 30, 2023 by ElCicco 2 Comments

CBR15passport book you own (passport complete) I bought this book a while back as part of a sale. It’s historical fiction, which I almost always enjoy, and it moves back and forth between the late 18th century and present day London. Overall, it’s a decent read, the kind of book that you could finish on a long flight or over a weekend. Its focus is on female characters struggling to deal with dishonest and unfaithful men, and women finding fulfillment in their own work and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ElCicco, Fiction, historical fiction, sarah penner, the lost apothecary

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ElCicco, Fiction, historical fiction, sarah penner, the lost apothecary ·
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This ain’t Green Acres

In the Beginning Was the Sea by Tomas Gonzalez

March 27, 2023 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr15passport books from different countries (Colombia) I learned about this short novel from a NYT “By the Book” interview with Patricia Engel. When asked about a great book that no one seems to know about, she mentioned Tomas Gonzalez’s In the Beginning Was the Sea (published in 1983, English translation in 2014 by Frank Wynne) for its shocking twists and turns. I must admit, it did not disappoint. The set up of the novel had the potential for it to be a comedy, but this […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ElCicco, Fiction, In the Beginning Was the Sea, Tomas Gonzalez

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, ElCicco, Fiction, In the Beginning Was the Sea, Tomas Gonzalez ·
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