cbrbingo17 – Page 5 – Cannonball Read 17

hot take one of the better entries in this series but Dear Lord, The Path To Love Does Not Run Smooth does it??

The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray

July 18, 2025 by wicherwill 4 Comments

BINGO: Family, right? Has to be. I fear my patience for the obstacles that are constantly strewn in Miss Tilney and Mr. Darcy Jr’s way is starting to smart a bit. I’ll admit that this one was rather clever, and even though it took a while for the penny to drop when it did I genuinely felt the tension (and could hear the soundtrack to the movie — Scene: our ladies of leisure browse the art exhibition…people are whispering…the music crescendos… suddenly the whispers get […]

“I once thought opportunities were ever arising, but now, older, I realize how thinly the door to destiny opens, how quickly it shuts.”

Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed

July 13, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Arts – Shaherazade is a storyteller, and her weaving and telling of tales is her chief pleasure and weapon throughout the story. When Shaherazade anonymously informs the Malik Shahriyar of his wife’s infidelity, she never imagines the madness – and the murders – to follow. Desperate to save the kingdom and Shahriyar himself, she nominates herself to be his bride, gambling her life on her storytelling. But between the ongoing Crusades and political tensions with neighboring kingdoms, Shaherazade may have bitten off more […]

the lower limit does not exist of how few new pages of Murderbot I will read and tell myself I’m satisfied

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells

July 11, 2025 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

BINGO: definitely “Favorite” I loved all parts of this, and I’m smart enough to understand that I’m being emotionally manipulated on this Day, the Day of the Last Episode of Murderbot on TV. Whatever, manipulate away, it’s difficult being so much smarter than everyone anyhow (as ART/Peri must inevitably feel). Side note, every time someone said Peri I thought about Dr. Perry Cox from Scrubs, who honestly has as similar prickly vibe. SO here we have a small little ficlet, a teeny tiny wee bit […]

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