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Great for the Holidays and Any Days

The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi

December 6, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I don’t think I saw The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi and illustrated by Nadia Alam on my online reading site. If I had, I didn’t remember seeing and/or saving it. But one day I had an email that said, “Here is a book we are promoting and we hope you consider reading it.” I said, “Why not?” and I found an online copy. That is not where this book journey ends though. I will be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Religion Tagged With: celebrations, community, decorations, dwelling, family, Fasts and Feasts, holidays, Home, Muslim, Muslim families, Nadia Alam, Reem Faruqi

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:582 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Religion · Tags: celebrations, community, decorations, dwelling, family, Fasts and Feasts, holidays, Home, Muslim, Muslim families, Nadia Alam, Reem Faruqi ·
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Smell the Flowers

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

August 16, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR15Bingo: dwelling. The story is titled Lavender House and is mostly set in the titular location.  I’m going to give this book four stars against my better judgment. It was not a four star read. Let me explain. For like 70-80% of these ratings, I take them seriously. I really do want people to know how I feel if they are considering whether or not to pick something up. Reading is awesome and we only have so much time in this life. This […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Andy Mills, cbr15bingo, dwelling, historical fiction, lavender house, Lev AC Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery

Jake's CBR15 Review No:109 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Andy Mills, cbr15bingo, dwelling, historical fiction, lavender house, Lev AC Rosen, LGBTQIA, mystery ·
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CBR15 Bingo: Dwelling

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

August 5, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR15 Bingo: Dwelling (the “haunted” house is pretty central to the story). This was my fantasy/sci-fi book club’s selection for May, and while I normally don’t like horror books, I read this mainly because I was so impressed with T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone, and also because it really was very short. It’s a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, which I have never read, and because I’m not a huge fan of Poe, I didn’t bother reading it […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, alternate history, CBR15, cbr15 bingo, dwelling, Edgar Allan Poe, fungus, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Malin, novella, Outland book club, retelling, Sworn Soldier, t kingfisher, the fall of the house of usher, what moves the dead

Malin's CBR15 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, alternate history, CBR15, cbr15 bingo, dwelling, Edgar Allan Poe, fungus, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Malin, novella, Outland book club, retelling, Sworn Soldier, t kingfisher, the fall of the house of usher, what moves the dead ·
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“you underestimate the detective instinct of village life”

The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) by Agatha Christie

July 22, 2023 by drmllz Leave a Comment

Bingo row 2, dwelling–the titular vicarage/crime scene. The vicarage in England is where the pastor of the Anglican Church lives–it’s usually associated with teas with the church ladies and sermon-composing and parish administration, rather than murder–especially the murder of a church warden. The cover of my edition is annoyingly irrelevant–the vicarage is far more important than the graveyard. We find out far more about the vicarage as a crime scene than as a dwelling here; Christie tends to sketch rather than paint a background. We […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: #AgathaChristie, #britishmystery, agatha christie, cbr15bingo, drmllz, dwelling

drmllz's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: #AgathaChristie, #britishmystery, agatha christie, cbr15bingo, drmllz, dwelling ·
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