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Tony, informed, said: They love funerals.

The New York Stories of Elizabeth Hardwick by Elizabeth Hardwick

We Live In Water by Jess Walter

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton

Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman

Elementals by AS Byatt

December 31, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

New York Stories – 4/5 Stars I read Elizabeth Hardwick’s collected essays earlier this year. I also read her novel Sleepless Nights last year. This is a collection of stories that encompasses about 45-50 years worth of short stories edited and selected by Darryl Pinckney, another novelist and critic who also famously worked with and was friends with Hardwick. I read these stories in a variety of orders, and since they are not part of an intentional collection this blending and mixing up of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: as byatt, chuck palahniuk, elementals, elizabeth hardwick, goodbye mr chips, james hilton, Jess Walter, lyra's oxford, Philip Pullman, snuff, survivor, the new york stories of elizabeth hardwick, we live in water

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:491 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: as byatt, chuck palahniuk, elementals, elizabeth hardwick, goodbye mr chips, james hilton, Jess Walter, lyra's oxford, Philip Pullman, snuff, survivor, the new york stories of elizabeth hardwick, we live in water ·
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You’d think shapeshifters and demons and an estranged couple reuniting in a Steampunk London would be more interesting than this

December 25, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

Throughout her marriage, Poppy Lane has been lying to her beloved husband. Until very recently, he believed her to be the owner of a bookstore, when in fact she wasn’t just a member of, but the head of, a secret paranormal organisation known as the Society for the Suppression of Supernaturals. Poppy’s entire life is working to ensure the existence of various supernatural beings remains unknown to mere mortals, and she had just been sworn into the Society on the day when she first met […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Darkest London, demons, elementals, historical romance, Kristen Callihan, Malin, paranormal fantasy, shapeshifters, steampunk, Victorian, Winterblaze

Malin's CBR9 Review No:117 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: cbr9, Darkest London, demons, elementals, historical romance, Kristen Callihan, Malin, paranormal fantasy, shapeshifters, steampunk, Victorian, Winterblaze ·
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Don’t go into the woods

April 15, 2016 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars This is book four in an ongoing series. It is not the place to start. This review will contain mild spoilers for things that happened in previous books. If you are interested (I think the series is very entertaining and doing something different from most paranormal fantasy, I know others who strongly disagree), you should start with book one, Written in Red. Both the human and the supernatural inhabitants in the Lakeside courtyard are concerned about the further scheming of the Humans First […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Anne Bishop, CBR8, elementals, Malin, marked in flesh, paranormal fantasy, shapeshifters, The Others, vampires

Malin's CBR8 Review No:37 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Anne Bishop, CBR8, elementals, Malin, marked in flesh, paranormal fantasy, shapeshifters, The Others, vampires ·
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March 23, 2014 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars This is the second book in the series of The Others.While you get enough information to read it without having read the first one, you should really do yourself a favour and start with Written in Red. It’s the best paranormal/urban fantasy book I read last year, and deserves to be read by as many people as possible. This review will also contain minor spoilers for the first one, so you may want to come back and read it once you’ve finished book 1. Having […]

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Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Anne Bishop, elementals, Malin, Murder of Crows, paranormal fantasy, shapeshifters, The Others, vampires

Malin's CBR6 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Anne Bishop, elementals, Malin, Murder of Crows, paranormal fantasy, shapeshifters, The Others, vampires ·
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