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Me and Earl Turned Me Into the Crying Girl

June 8, 2015 by Melina 1 Comment

  Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a fantastic book.  It’s a book about friendship, navigating the world of high school and yeah, it’s about cancer and loss.  Now I just said that it was a fantastic book, I think for the first time in my adult life I’m going to utter the phrase, “I think that the movie may be better”. Greg has some interesting ideas on how to get through high school. It mostly includes talking to everyone but not becoming […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cancer, CBR7, friendships, home movies, Jesse Andrews, me and earl and the dying girl, Melina

Melina's CBR7 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cancer, CBR7, friendships, home movies, Jesse Andrews, me and earl and the dying girl, Melina ·
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One In A Crowd

June 7, 2015 by BlackRabbit Leave a Comment

The story itself is an odd hodgepodge of ideas, mixing cruel noblemen, Scottish Nationalism, mysterious deaths, and the possibility of supernatural forces at work (which in itself is a dubious idea in Sherlock’s world, given his firm adherence to practicality and logic).

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: BlackRabbit, Caleb Carr, CBR7, Sherlock Holmes

BlackRabbit's CBR7 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: BlackRabbit, Caleb Carr, CBR7, Sherlock Holmes ·
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A Flock of Facts

June 7, 2015 by BlackRabbit Leave a Comment

Crows: Encounters With The Wise Guys is not a long book; only about 105 pages. But it is chock-full of fascinating stories and facts about these ubiquitous yet uncommonly-fascinating birds that we see every day.

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: BlackRabbit, Candace Savage, CBR7, Crows

BlackRabbit's CBR7 Review No:14 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: BlackRabbit, Candace Savage, CBR7, Crows ·
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Was 5, Now 6 Historical Romances & More For My B List

June 6, 2015 by Mrs. Julien 7 Comments

Tired of waiting for new books from authors on my autobuy list and even more tired of trying random new authors, I waded into the back catalogue of one of the most successful writers in the historical romance genre. Eloisa James has been publishing steadily for sixteen years and my crash course on her novels moves her comfortably to my B+ List. That means I am unlikely to pay for her books, but will read them if they are available at the library, or very […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #ProlixityJulien, 18th century romance, A Duke of Her Own, An Affair Before Christmas, CBR7, Desperate Duchesses series, Duchess by Night, Eloisa James, Fairy Tale series, historical romance, Mrs. Julien, Regency Romance, The Duke Is Mine, The Ugly Duchess, This Duchess of Mine, Three Weeks with Lady X

Mrs. Julien's CBR7 Review No:51 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #ProlixityJulien, 18th century romance, A Duke of Her Own, An Affair Before Christmas, CBR7, Desperate Duchesses series, Duchess by Night, Eloisa James, Fairy Tale series, historical romance, Mrs. Julien, Regency Romance, The Duke Is Mine, The Ugly Duchess, This Duchess of Mine, Three Weeks with Lady X ·
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Just a big pile of blech.

June 4, 2015 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

I was fairly certain that I had already read my least favorite book of CBR7, the horrid pile of stink called Seating Arrangements. But sadly, I was wrong. This was worse. And so disappointing, as I’ve read — and mostly liked — all of Gayle Forman’s previous books. She’s a decent writer, as she proved with If I Stay, and good at developing characters that you want to know more about (proof: the companion book to If I Stay, Where I Went, and the combo […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Gayle Forman, I Was Here, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR7 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Gayle Forman, I Was Here, Scootsa1000 ·
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More Historical Romances and Lovely Ones at That

June 2, 2015 by Mrs. Julien 3 Comments

Mary Balogh’s lovely and touching Survivor’s Club series has what I am beginning realise is the central theme of many of her historical romances: Shuttered and broken people finding new lives and unexpected happiness. Who better to be given these second chances than soldiers and those who have seemingly lost everything? Six friends, five military men and one women, and their host, formed a close relationship while recovering from their experiences in the Napoleonic Wars at Pendarris Hall in Cornwall. Now back out in the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #ProlixityJulien, CBR7, historical romance, Mary Balogh, Mrs. Julien, Regency Romance, Survivor's Club

Mrs. Julien's CBR7 Review No:45 · Genres: Romance · Tags: #ProlixityJulien, CBR7, historical romance, Mary Balogh, Mrs. Julien, Regency Romance, Survivor's Club ·
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