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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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“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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Cover for A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Yo Ho Ho and a Pot of Tea

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne

August 20, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Reyna and Kianthe are off on their quest to find the missing dragon eggs when they’re roped into helping a local lord deal with a pirate problem with the assistance of a local constable, Bobbie.  When Reyna finds out that Bobbie and Serina, the problem pirate, were childhood best friends, she immediately smells trouble and romance.  And meddling happens to be one of her hobbies.  But the four women will soon find that their issues might be interconnected, and it may take all of them […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, cozy fantasy, Rebecca Thorne, Romance

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, cozy fantasy, Rebecca Thorne, Romance ·
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Cover for the book The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

So Much Cheesy Goodness

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

August 20, 2023 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

Camembert would prefer to live life on her own terms which include never marrying a man.  Unfortunately for her, in the kingdom of Fromage, women can’t inherit.  So, when her father passes away, Cam moves away as far as possible, disguises herself as a man, and restarts her life as Count Camembert.  However, when Cam strikes up a friendship with Princess Brie, it becomes much harder to keep her secret, especially as the two of them might be falling for one another.  But what sort […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Deya Muniz, romantic comedy

Kit Moonstar's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Deya Muniz, romantic comedy ·
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“He hated this place. He loved it.”

Babel by R F Kuang

August 18, 2023 by Merryn Leave a Comment

Bingo: History;  Passport: China Babel is historical fiction stirred with magic, the story of imperialism set in a world just a sidestep from our own told through the eyes of an outsider awakening to harsh realities. We meet Robin as a small boy who has survived a cholera outbreak that has killed his mother and ravaged his birthplace of Canton and is taken to England by his mentor.  His Chinese name is unimportant to Professor Lovell, so we never learn it.   Robin’s skill with language […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: alternative history, CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, R.F. Kuang

Merryn's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: alternative history, CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, R.F. Kuang ·
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