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I laughed too hard when I tagged this as an “age gap romance.”

By the Pint by Jemma Croft

November 5, 2024 by carmelpie 1 Comment

The decennial Bloodsuckers in Business conference was held, unsurprisingly, once per decade at Dreadmourne Castle. A fortress built approximately half a bajillion years ago, and so gothic and cliched, it was borderline offensive to my brethren. ― Jemma Croft, By the Pint “Didn’t quite go as you expected?” I needled. I didn’t need to read his thoughts to understand what he was trying to achieve. “Thought you’d go all,”—I held my hands up like paws and hissed—“scary vampire dude on me. Show me what kind […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:86 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: age gap romance, anger issues, cbr16bingo, former athlete, found family, gay romance, Jemma Croft, queer romance, Quilts & Quilting, roommates, telepaths, vampires ·
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1st half was better

Dune by Frank Herbert

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Part 2: The 2nd 2 sections of Dune (the last approximately 300 pages) I already reviewed the 1st half of Dune for Part 1, this is the 2nd half. To start, I would like to warn anyone that hasn’t read this yet that between Dune and Muad’dib there is a time jump, so that you don’t spend 50+ pages being confused since it doesn’t say that there was any sort of time jump. Looking back, I probably should have known given […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Frank Herbert

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr16bingo, Frank Herbert ·
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Well that was a lot… and there’s still more

Dune by Frank Herbert

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Part 1 I could have used this book for at least 50% of the bingo squares, but given how long it took me to read it, and that I have different opinions about the first and second halves, I chose to do the part 1/part 2. Also its kind of perfect since its almost exactly 600 pages. The book is divided into 3 sections (Dune, Muad’Dib, and The Prophet). The first one, Dune, is roughly 400 pages so I’ll focus on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Frank Herbert

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr16bingo, Frank Herbert ·
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Why does having multiple values cause you to be a minority?

Divergent by Veronica Roth

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – And also (Dun dun): Suspenseful, dystopian, and generally dramatic. I read a lot of dystopian and, since Divergent is one of the most highly rated modern dystopian books, I felt obligated to read it. Divergent is set in a dystopian Chicago, where society is divided into 5 factions, based on values. There’s Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). 16 year old Beatrice, a member of Abnegation who never really fit in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Veronica Roth

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr16bingo, Veronica Roth ·
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For everyone who was born before us, your story matters.

Back Then: A queer journey back in time by Ralf König and Łukasz Majcher

November 5, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Read what the old gay uncles and lesbian aunts have to say in colorful picture stories. And let’s all continue to fight together so that this will never happen again. ― Ralf König, Back Then: A queer journey back in time CBR16 Bingo: Pride I picked this up a couple of months ago at a literary festival. Other than Heartstopper and other Alice Oseman books, I’ve never bought graphic novels or comic books. One of the illustrators was selling this book as well as her […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: AIDS crisis, Berlin, cbr16bingo, East Germany, growing up/coming of age, LGBTQIA, Ralf König and Łukasz Majcher, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:85 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: AIDS crisis, Berlin, cbr16bingo, East Germany, growing up/coming of age, LGBTQIA, Ralf König and Łukasz Majcher, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s ·
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The first one was so good… and now we have this

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

November 5, 2024 by Bibliophile Leave a Comment

CBR 16 Bingo – Fiasco: This book itself was a fiasco. It’s the sequel to a great book that deserved a great sequel, not one that was neither entertaining nor engaging, hence me deming it a fiasco. I had high hopes going into this book. I picked it up immediately after Divergent because I wanted more of the characters and world, and I wanted to know what happened next, but this book did not satisfy that. I didn’t learn what happened next, because it was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr16bingo, Veronica Roth

Bibliophile's CBR16 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr16bingo, Veronica Roth ·
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