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“He flopped sideways, mute testament to the greatest fighting technique of all: a friend behind your enemy.”

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

November 9, 2025 by faintingviolet 7 Comments

The Devils is my first Abercrombie book. I’ve had Half a King on my TBR for over a decade, but it hadn’t made its way onto an annual list yet. But as is often the case over the past many years narfna reviewed something ecstatically which had me checking to see if it fit a reading challenge (I’m counting this as weird horror for Read Harder and Black for CBR Bingo) and then it made its way to this year’s list.  My brain is tired having finished the nearly 550 pages of this book. But the good kind of tired. The “I just […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: black, cbr17bingo, Dark Fantasy, first in a series, found family, joe abercrombie, read harder challenge, roadtrip, The Devils, weird horror

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:51 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: black, cbr17bingo, Dark Fantasy, first in a series, found family, joe abercrombie, read harder challenge, roadtrip, The Devils, weird horror ·
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“Death is boring. Life is much more fun. Things happen in life all the time. Unexpected things.” (Quintuple Bingo)

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

November 8, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Nowhere Bingo 25: A middle-grade book CBR17 Bingo: N (a book starting with the letter N) Morrigan Crow is a cursed child, born on Eventide (think New Year’s Eve, but unlucky) and as such, is due to die at midnight on her 11th birthday. She keeps being blamed for everything bad that happens in her surroundings and spends a lot of time writing apology notes. However, before she can meet her doom, a mysterious stranger called Jupiter North appears and takes her away, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr17, cbr17 bingo, curse, found family, friendship, Jessica Townsend, magic, Malin, middle grade, Nevermoor

Malin's CBR17 Review No:67 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, cbr17, cbr17 bingo, curse, found family, friendship, Jessica Townsend, magic, Malin, middle grade, Nevermoor ·
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Accidentally Lost, Found, Returned

The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond by Amy Sparkes

October 11, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

  Bingo 17: Borrowed Imagine my surprise one day when I went to my mailbox and saw two book boxes, when I was only expecting one. The second book had my name on the outer label, but was ordered by and for someone else per the sales slip. It was a busy Saturday and I wasn’t going to be able to go to the local Barnes and Noble to return this mistake in shipping, so I may have borrowed the book to read before sending […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, Amy Sparkes, cbr17bingo, chapter book, found family, Kids Lit, The BOokshop at the Back of Beyond

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, Amy Sparkes, cbr17bingo, chapter book, found family, Kids Lit, The BOokshop at the Back of Beyond ·
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Tea, and Family Troubles, and Dragons, Oh My!

A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons: Adenashire, Book Two by J. Penner

October 2, 2025 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Set six months after the events of A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic, Dolgrilla Butterbuckle (and isn’t that just a name and a half) has settled in nicely to the village of Ardenshire. Sure, she’s away from her family, but seeing as they have always been disappointed by how she’s chosen to live her life, Doli isn’t too put out by the fact. She has her friends, romance novels, and copious amounts of tea, and nothing seems to be going wrong. Not until her parents […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Baking, cozy romantasy, dragons, found family, gargoyles, J Penner, recipes included, tea

bjornsnipe's CBR17 Review No:126 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Baking, cozy romantasy, dragons, found family, gargoyles, J Penner, recipes included, tea ·
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The Murderbot Diaries – the novellas and the short stories. Some were re-reads, some were new to me

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

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

Rogue Protocol by Matha Wells

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

July 26, 2025 by Malin 2 Comments

My original reviews and ratings for the first four novellas can be found here. CBR17 Bingo: Favourite (goes for the whole series, and the protagonist) All Systems Red Nowhere Book Bingo 25: First in a series   It’s been five years since I first read The Murderbot Diaries, and it was interesting to revisit the original novella. This was selected as the January selection for my real-life book club (with the option to read the other three if people had time). While a lot of the members really enjoyed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adapted into TV, adventure, artificial intelligence, buzzwords cover, cbr17, cbr17bingo, favourite, found family, friendship, Malin, martha wells, Matha Wells, mystery, novella, Nowhere Book Bingo, short story, space opera, the Dark Corner, The Murderbot Diaries

Malin's CBR17 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: #Science Fiction, adapted into TV, adventure, artificial intelligence, buzzwords cover, cbr17, cbr17bingo, favourite, found family, friendship, Malin, martha wells, Matha Wells, mystery, novella, Nowhere Book Bingo, short story, space opera, the Dark Corner, The Murderbot Diaries ·
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Adopt from the Shelter for Slightly Magical Pets. It’s magically mischievous

Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta

July 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr17bingo  Purple (cover) Recently I said in another review you can judge a book by its cover. Sometimes there is something about it that lets you know it is going to go in X direction (or XXX as a recent coloring book with an Alice from Wonderland in a dress so short you can tell if she was a natural blond or not). Thankfully the cover of Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta and illustrator Charlene Chua tells a radically […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: A.R. Capetta, Alternative Family, Animal shelters, cbr17bingo, Charlene Chua, dogs, family, found family, magic, puppies, siblings, witches

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:324 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: A.R. Capetta, Alternative Family, Animal shelters, cbr17bingo, Charlene Chua, dogs, family, found family, magic, puppies, siblings, witches ·
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