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“Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there’s no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. It’s loss and regret and misery and yearning that drive the story forward, along its twisted road.”

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

August 9, 2023 by narfna 2 Comments

In another time or another headspace, I might have given this five stars. If I ever re-read, I probably will. Unfortunately, my brain was just not in the mood for a long, measured, thoughtful, historical literary fiction novel when I read this back in April (!). I should probably have done the audiobook instead. (Anyone know if it’s any good? I’ve never heard of the narrator before.) *Have I EVER been in the mood for a Margaret Atwood? 🤔 I somehow managed to read The […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: book within a book, book within a book within a book, historical fiction, lit-fic, literary fiction, Margaret Atwood, narfna, The Blind Assassin

narfna's CBR15 Review No:75 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: book within a book, book within a book within a book, historical fiction, lit-fic, literary fiction, Margaret Atwood, narfna, The Blind Assassin ·
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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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May-July Leftovers

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

City of Dreams by Don Winslow

Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright

Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins

Tripwire by Jack Reacher

Baby Moll by John Farris

Only the Dead Know Brooklyn by Thomas Boyle

The Laundromat: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

X by Davey Davis

Our Last Season: A Writer, A Fan, A Friendship by Harvey Araton

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen

The Boys From Biloxi by John Grisham

Ex Machina Book Four by Brian K. Vaughan

Jacket Weather by Mike DeCapite

Straight Cut by Madison Smartt Bell

The Crust on Its Uppers by Derek Raymond

That Kind of Danger by Donna Masini

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Spenser Confidential by Ace Atkins

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

Weyward by Emilia Hart

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon, I Mean Noel by Ellen Raskin

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

July 30, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

I usually do these at the end of the month but then I went through a big reading slump March-May. And then I roared back but realized I was behind. So apologies for this being so long. There Will Be Fire **** A good, readable text on a moment in history I knew little about. Even after reading Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing, I still had a lot of problem keeping track of all the socio-political dynamics so it’s good that Rory Carroll makes it accessible […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #IRA, #Science Fiction, 1970s, Aaron Philip Clark, abortion, Ace Atkins, an absolutely remarkable thing, Annie McIntyre, Baby Moll, Baseball, basketball, bdsm, Biblical times, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Brooklyn, cheating, City of Dreams, climate change, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, crime, Crook Manifesto, Davey Davis, Derek Raymond, don winslow, Donna Masini, Ellen Raskin, Emilia Hart, europe, Evan Drellich, Ex Machina Book Four, Florida, friendship, gambling, grady hendrix, Graphic Novel, hank green, hard case crime, Hard Rain, harlem, Harvey Araton, historical fiction, hitman, Hollywood, Houston Astros, Jack Reacher, Jacket Weather, Jake Bernstein, jennifer wright, Jesus Christ, John Farris, John Grisham, Jonathan Lethem, LAPD, legal fiction, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Madame Restell, Madison Smartt Bell, magic realism, Margaret Thatcher, Mary, Max Allan Collins, Mike DeCapite, mississippi, Money Laundering, Motherless Brooklyn, movies, music, mystery, New York City, New York Knicks, Northern Ireland, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, Our Last Season, Panama Papers, Peter Swanson, poetry, police, Quarry, Ray Carney, Rory Carroll, Samantha Jayne Allen, Spenser, Spenser Confidential, sports, Straight Cut, Texas, That Kind of Danger, The Boys From Biloxi, the carls, The Crust on Its Uppers, The Kind Worth Killing, The Last Quarry, The Laundromat, the Mysterious Disappearance of Leon I mean Noel, the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, the testament of mary, The Troubles, There Will Be Fire, Thomas Boyle, thriller, Trevor Finnegan, Tripwire, true crime, Under Color of Law, United Kingdom, Weyward, Winning Fixes Everything, witches, X

Jake's CBR15 Review No:103 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #biography, #IRA, #Science Fiction, 1970s, Aaron Philip Clark, abortion, Ace Atkins, an absolutely remarkable thing, Annie McIntyre, Baby Moll, Baseball, basketball, bdsm, Biblical times, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Brooklyn, cheating, City of Dreams, climate change, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, crime, Crook Manifesto, Davey Davis, Derek Raymond, don winslow, Donna Masini, Ellen Raskin, Emilia Hart, europe, Evan Drellich, Ex Machina Book Four, Florida, friendship, gambling, grady hendrix, Graphic Novel, hank green, hard case crime, Hard Rain, harlem, Harvey Araton, historical fiction, hitman, Hollywood, Houston Astros, Jack Reacher, Jacket Weather, Jake Bernstein, jennifer wright, Jesus Christ, John Farris, John Grisham, Jonathan Lethem, LAPD, legal fiction, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Madame Restell, Madison Smartt Bell, magic realism, Margaret Thatcher, Mary, Max Allan Collins, Mike DeCapite, mississippi, Money Laundering, Motherless Brooklyn, movies, music, mystery, New York City, New York Knicks, Northern Ireland, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, Our Last Season, Panama Papers, Peter Swanson, poetry, police, Quarry, Ray Carney, Rory Carroll, Samantha Jayne Allen, Spenser, Spenser Confidential, sports, Straight Cut, Texas, That Kind of Danger, The Boys From Biloxi, the carls, The Crust on Its Uppers, The Kind Worth Killing, The Last Quarry, The Laundromat, the Mysterious Disappearance of Leon I mean Noel, the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, the testament of mary, The Troubles, There Will Be Fire, Thomas Boyle, thriller, Trevor Finnegan, Tripwire, true crime, Under Color of Law, United Kingdom, Weyward, Winning Fixes Everything, witches, X ·
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“Honor without intelligence is a disaster. Honor could lose the war.”

The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara

July 29, 2023 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr13bingo violence I read The Killer Angels about 20 years ago, and my lasting recollection was that I was surprised at how it drew me in and how much I liked it. Surprised because this novel, a work of historical fiction, is focused on the most momentous battle of the Civil War – Gettysburg. As much as I enjoy history and historical fiction, military history has never been terribly interesting to me. Michael Shaara accomplished something amazing with this novel: he made me interested in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: CBR15, cbr15bingo, civil war, ElCicco, Fiction, Gettysburg, historical fiction, Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: CBR15, cbr15bingo, civil war, ElCicco, Fiction, Gettysburg, historical fiction, Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels ·
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How incompetent must a man be to turn a simple hymen breaching into one of the biggest Society scandals in years?

A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas

July 27, 2023 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR15 PASSPORT (Stamp #14 : Books From Different Countries. International Waters count I think?) CBR15 BINGO (Relation “ship” Square: Takes place on an actual ship, all sorts of relationships: mother/daughter, romantic, friendship) The seventh novel in Thomas’ Lady Sherlock series is steeped, as they all are, in gender and class politics. Reputation goes hand in glove with those themes and this book really does a deep dive into those murky waters. Again, this is the 7th in the series so spoilers abound. On the run from […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Fiction, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock Series, mystery, Sherry, Sherry Thomas

Leedock's CBR15 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR15, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, Fiction, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock Series, mystery, Sherry, Sherry Thomas ·
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You weren’t a son, but you are everything you ought to be.

Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls

July 27, 2023 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR15 BINGO: (Politics Square: the politics of prohibition, organized crime, and a family dynasty running ALL of the politics of a rural Virginia town) I’m a big fan of Jeannette Walls so this one was put on hold at the library before its publication. Set in rural Virginia during Prohibition, it seemed right up my alley. Give me a flapper, some bathtub gin (or in this case, moonshine), some small-town organized crime, and digging in! Walls’ does write about what she knows in terms of setting. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR15, cbr15bingo, Fiction, historical fiction, Jeannette Walls

Leedock's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR15, cbr15bingo, Fiction, historical fiction, Jeannette Walls ·
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