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“If a book is well-written, I always find it too short”

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

November 7, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars CBR17 Bingo: Black (a book with a black cover) I had completely forgotten that I read and reviewed this book back in 2016. My original review can be found here. My plot summary of the more than 200-year-old novel can be found in my previous review. Nevertheless, my reading experience this time around was different enough from earlier times that I wanted to write about some of my thoughts and observations, not to mention some of the points of discussion that came up during my […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History Tagged With: adapted into TV and film, audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, coming-of-age, family drama, historical fiction, Jane Austen, literary classic, Malin, re-read, Regency, romantic, Rosamund Pike, sense and sensibility, Sisters, social satire, the Dark Corner

Malin's CBR17 Review No:66 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History · Tags: adapted into TV and film, audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, coming-of-age, family drama, historical fiction, Jane Austen, literary classic, Malin, re-read, Regency, romantic, Rosamund Pike, sense and sensibility, Sisters, social satire, the Dark Corner ·
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Demonology

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

Fiend by Alma Katsu

September 24, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

I read two books last week, both horror, both the kind of horror that used its tropes to tell a larger tale… Play Nice**** I’ve confessed my love for Rachel Harrison’s work many times in this space. If you don’t count Stephen King — who I don’t exclusively read for horror — Harrison is my favorite horror writer. I love her textured takes on womanhood and the decisions women have to make at critical moments of their lives. I’m glad I was cued into her […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: alma katsu, demons, family drama, fiend, Haunted House, horror, Play Nice, Rachel Harrison

Jake's CBR17 Review No:48 · Genres: Horror · Tags: alma katsu, demons, family drama, fiend, Haunted House, horror, Play Nice, Rachel Harrison ·
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“Bourbon in the blood and blood in the bourbon”

The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz

May 20, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This book feels like a throw back – the characters, the melodrama and everything of the main story honestly felt like they were from a novel written in the 90s, back when Danielle Steele reigned. After Cooper McQueen discovers that the woman he brought home last night is about to walk out with a million dollar bottle of bourbon, she offers him a trade – she will tell him a story and then, she will leave with the bottle. Being bored and rich, he decides […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bourbon, family drama, Tiffany Reisz

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bourbon, family drama, Tiffany Reisz ·
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Cover of Thai Thai’s Banyan Moon

Coastal Florida Gothic? Say What Now?

Banyan Moon by Thao Thai

April 14, 2025 by elderberrywine 4 Comments

This is the story of three generations of Vietnamese-American mothers.  The first, Minh, was a canny businesswoman who escaped from Vietnam shortly after the fall of Saigon, with her devoted husband, daughter, and son, and a significant amount of gold sewn into her children’s clothing.  (She had owned a very lucrative jewelry business – good choice.)  Upon making their way to Florida, they purchased Banyan House, a Gothic manor house complete with the aforementioned massive tree out front. It was here her daughter, Huong, grew […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: A good man is hard to find but there are some out there, But Not Supernatural Per Se, Can't beat jewelry for a family business, family drama, Florida Gothic, Grannies aren't always the way kids remember them., Thao Thai, Vietnamese diaspora

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:14 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: A good man is hard to find but there are some out there, But Not Supernatural Per Se, Can't beat jewelry for a family business, family drama, Florida Gothic, Grannies aren't always the way kids remember them., Thao Thai, Vietnamese diaspora ·
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Getting lost and found again

Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord

August 8, 2024 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Mia is visiting her grandmother in Maine on her own for the first time. This would be exciting, but the reason her mom is staying behind is to sell their old family house, so they can move in with her new boyfriend. The changes are freaking Mia out a little, so she’s glad to visit her reliable Grandma in the small town of Stone Harbour. But when she arrives, she finds that things have changed at Grandma’s too – a boy about her age named […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Addiction, animals, birding, birds, Cynthia Lord, family drama, friendship, maine, middle grade

cosbrarian's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Addiction, animals, birding, birds, Cynthia Lord, family drama, friendship, maine, middle grade ·
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A fun runaway bride romance

Three Reasons to Run by Jackie Lau

August 4, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

I love how much food is central to Jackie Lau books and how I’m basically guaranteed to find something fun and lighthearted in her stories. The whole premise of Three Reasons to Run sounded like it would be a delight, and I’m so glad I got to read it! Yvonne has been in a relationship with Carl for five years, engaged for two, and in that time she’s slowly been realizing that it wasn’t a relationship that fulfilled her or she could see a positive […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Asian Canadian, Canadian romance, contemp, Contemporary Romance, family drama, Jackie Lau, runaway bride, Weddings with the Moks

LB's CBR16 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Asian Canadian, Canadian romance, contemp, Contemporary Romance, family drama, Jackie Lau, runaway bride, Weddings with the Moks ·
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