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“What would happen if I were to leave? No one notices the air they breathe.”

The Air You Breathe: A Novel by Frances De Pontes Peebles

September 12, 2023 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr15bingo South America Bingo! When I was looking around for a book to fill the South America square on my bingo card, I came across Frances De Pontes Peebles’ The Air You Breathe. NPR’s reviewer compared it to Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend series and said that they tore through this novel in 2 nights. It is similar in some ways to Ferrante’s work, and I likewise finished it within days. The Air You Breathe is a soap opera of a story about friendship and […]

Why is it always the innocents who suffer most?

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe

September 11, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 15 Bingo – Edibles: Fritz, Susie and her sons are on mind-boggling amounts of vitamin pills, which they are observed taking by the handful to the bemusement and horror of their friends and family. No one can think of a reason why anyone would kill Delores and Janie Lynch in such a cold-blooded manner. But when their in-laws are murdered barely a year later, the police suspect that the motive for the deaths might be found among the ranks of the family. Bitter Blood is one […]

Masterful interweaving of past and present storylines to tell a slice of demon Kai’s life.

Witch King by Martha Wells

September 11, 2023 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

CBR15 Bingo: Violence – “Kai looked at her through the black film of the veil, “You could say ‘be violent’ instead.” Tahren, who Kai was beginning to suspect had a very dry sense of humor, patted his shoulder and said, “Be violent.” Also, the Hierarchs are bent on committing genocide on a continent wide scale. Up to this point, my only exposure to Martha Wells was through The Murderbot Diaries. I instantly fell in love with Murderbot and Well’s excellent writing. I admire how she […]

“The risks may be formidable, but the high is sublime.”

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

September 11, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

We recently read Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver for my book club. I was very impressed with it, and we inevitably began talking about the devastation of the opioid epidemic. I’m pretty sure I’d seen Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (2021) by Patrick Radden Keefe on book lists and recommendations. But after reading Demon Copperhead, I had a renewed interest in learning more about the specifics. It also helped that we’d already read Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, and it came highly recommended by a fellow […]

Use your words

Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey

September 11, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I’m pretty sure I picked up Love Her or Lose Her (2020) by Tessa Bailey because I needed another audiobook for my work commute. I’ve always thought romances were easy to follow, even with driving distractions. And Love Her or Lose Her looked interesting. I found out after I finished, that this is Book 2 of 3 of the “hot and hammered” series. I’m not sure I was looking for “hot and hammered,” but it does explain all of the sex. Sometimes, this book teetered on the edge […]

A Complex Stepsister Grapples With Her Path Forward

A Spark in the Cinders by Jenny Elder Moke

September 10, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

When Ellarose, Aralyn’s stepsister, asks her for help saving the kingdom, her first thoughts are of revenge. After all, ever since Ellarose married the prince and stole the future that Aralyn and her mother had planned for Aralyn, her life has been nothing but a misery. However, once she starts looking into the matter, she discovers a number of things that challenge everything her mother has taught her. Working together with a lady knight, Aralyn sets off to find a fey weapon that might be […]

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