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Watching Beckett while the world burns

The Performance by Claire Thomas

August 26, 2023 by Merryn Leave a Comment

Bingo: Bodies;  Passport: Contemporary fiction On the stage a woman is buried up to her waist in a hill of parched grass, desperately cheerful under the blazing light.  In the theatre three women watch, their thoughts sliding between the performance, their surroundings and their lives outside.  Margot sits with her “expensive, unobstructed view of the stage” trying not to think about the meeting with the dean, when the prospect of her retirement was spoken aloud.  Margot is tense, envious of the woman’s offstage husband and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Claire Thomas

Merryn's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Claire Thomas ·
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Sentient frogs, dragons, eyeballs, and a day at the office with magic and romance

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

August 26, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 14: On the Road We’re going a bit metaphorical here; Assistant to the Villain is in a lot of ways about seeking out your place in the world, and as such meets the ‘searching’ option for this spot. Assistant to the Villain is also kind of lost in terms of what kind of story it really is; more on that in a sec. Evie Sage needs a job to support her family because her father has a mysterious illness and can’t work, and her […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Assistant to the Villain, cbr15bingo, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, office comedy, Romance

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:69 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Assistant to the Villain, cbr15bingo, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, office comedy, Romance ·
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CBR15 Bingo-Week 8 Check-in

August 26, 2023 by Emmalita 8 Comments

Welcome to the Week 8 wrap-up! I hear pumpkin spice season has begun. To be honest I’m having a hard time feeling it. You can view the kick-off post with the categories, rules and card here. The Players: ardaigle – 7 reviews BlackRaven – 25 reviews, BLACKOUT carmelpie – 16 reviews, 2 Bingos Carriejay – 7 reviews CoffeeShopReader – 13 reviews Debcapsfan – 3 reviews Dome’Loki – 1 review drmllz – 4 reviews ElCicco – 8 reviews elderberrywine – 5 review Esme – 1 review faintingviolet – 1 review […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: cbr15bingo

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr15bingo ·
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“Even the afterlife is designed to keep the masses stupid.”

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

August 25, 2023 by Merryn Leave a Comment

Bingo: Asia/Oceania; Passport: Sri Lanka Maali Almeida is dead.  He can’t remember exactly what happened, and it takes a while for the reality of his situation to sink in.  Death is confusing, a bureaucratic maze with rules that everyone seems to expect him to already know, and forms that must be filled in before his seven days are up and he must choose what happens next. Maali desperately wants to know how he died.  He can follow his body through the ghost-ridden streets of Colombo […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: booker prize winner, CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, magic realism, Shehan Karunatilaka, Sri Lanka

Merryn's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: booker prize winner, CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, magic realism, Shehan Karunatilaka, Sri Lanka ·
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Coming soon to a screen near you

Damascus Station by David McCloskey

August 25, 2023 by Merryn 3 Comments

Bingo: Politics, Passport: Syria This is a book that’s begging to be made into a movie, or maybe a prestige mini series.  It ticks all the boxes.   Author David McCloskey, is a former CIA agent, so will have some great anecdotes for the promotional tour. Main character Sam Joseph would be a great role for someone trying to break into the action hero gig before the old guys hog all the lead roles forever using CGI to stay young.  There are also strong female characters […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, David McCloskey, spy thriller

Merryn's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, David McCloskey, spy thriller ·
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Learning with a kitty is better than with a owl

Teach Your Cat Irish by Anne Cakebread

August 25, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 13: Europe Ireland is part of Europe; this is a review of a book on the theme off “learn some basic Irish language”. I have tried the annoying owl who shall not be named; for the language I tried (for over 2 years), I can barely recognize a few words and phrases. That’s it. Not worth the constant email reminders, or pouty face cartoons. I deleted the app about two months ago, and I do not regret this. The much better alternative is along […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: anne cakebread, cbr15bingo, foreign language, gaelic, irish language, language learning, teach your cat irish

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:68 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: anne cakebread, cbr15bingo, foreign language, gaelic, irish language, language learning, teach your cat irish ·
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