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It’s A Plane! It’s a Plane!

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

December 5, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

There are three things I want to touch on: the book itself, one I loved, and one I didn’t like at all. I can’t do the third without dropping a spoiler. It won’t spoil the end but will reveal the purpose of the hijacking so if that’s something you want to avoid, skip the final 3rd. But please engage with the other two. In terms of the book itself: it’s an entertaining thriller. This is my third one from Clare Mackintosh and she really knows […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Clare Mackintosh, flying, hijack thriller, hostage

Jake's CBR15 Review No:167 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Clare Mackintosh, flying, hijack thriller, hostage ·
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Gripping story of resilience

Hostage by Guy Delisle

January 30, 2023 by ElCicco 1 Comment

CBR15Passport books from different countries Hostage is the true story of Christophe Andre, a Frenchman working for Doctors Without Borders in Chechnya who was kidnapped and held for three months. Guy Delisle, a French illustrator and writer, interviewed Andre after his ordeal and turned the taped interviews into a gripping work of graphic biography.  In order to place things in context I had to read up a bit on the Chechen/Russian war of 1994-96. The events in this story take place after that conflict had […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Christophe Andre, ElCicco, Graphic Novel, Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, hostage, non fiction

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Christophe Andre, ElCicco, Graphic Novel, Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, hostage, non fiction ·
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Anxious People: Not what I expected, but charming

Anxious People by Frederik Backman

July 5, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

This was our June Book Club pick. This is an unexpected and delightful novel. I saw all of the press and buzz about A Man Called Ove and was never really tempted to read it. But this delightfully quirky and human story has made me curious about Backman’s other works.  This is a novel about a bank robbery. And an apartment. And a hostage situation. And the conflict between City and country Swedeners. And love. And marriage. And winning. And losing. And dying . And […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: anxious people, Bank Robbery, bingo square book club, cbr13bingo, Comedic, Frederik Backman, hostage, Sweden

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:28 · Genres: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: anxious people, Bank Robbery, bingo square book club, cbr13bingo, Comedic, Frederik Backman, hostage, Sweden ·
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I honestly would have enjoyed just reading about what it’s like to be an opera singer

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

June 13, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

A group of international businesspeople, government leaders, and ambassadors gather together in the house of the vice president of an unspecified South American country to celebrate the birthday of one Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese businessman. The vice president and the businesspeople of the South American country are trying to impress Mr. Hosokawa and convince him to set up factories and invest in their county. Mr. Hosokawa is only there because he will get to hear Roxanne Coss, world renowned opera soprano, sing. Mr. Hosokawa is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ann patchett, hostage, kidnapping, multinational, opera, south america

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ann patchett, hostage, kidnapping, multinational, opera, south america ·
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