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Osso Buco, You Say? Jambalaya? Why, yes!

My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee

December 10, 2024 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

This book seemed to me, like a mashup of two separate stories – both starring the same protagonist, but in very different settings and genres. One of them I was enjoying very much initially but by the end, it was definitely heading off the rails.  The other started off fairly nondescript, but then started to find its mojo, and I ended up liking that one very much.  Weird. Our hero, Tiller, is a bored college student from New Jersey.  He gets swept up by a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Asian travels, Chang-rae Lee, Cooking videos, food porn, karaoke, Mentor relationship, New England backyard pop-ups, Relatable kid on a mission

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Asian travels, Chang-rae Lee, Cooking videos, food porn, karaoke, Mentor relationship, New England backyard pop-ups, Relatable kid on a mission ·
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Little demons everywhere

Unsung Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

February 23, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: Lucy Valdez is many things: fight trainer/bodyguard to superheroines, fabulous vintage fashion plate, undisputed karaoke queen at local joint, The Gutter. She is also one of the toughest fighters in all of San Francisco without superpowers. So why can’t she seem to confess her feelings to her longtime crush Rose Rorick, head of the San Francisco Police Department’s Demon Unit? Well…. actually, she knows why. She’s afraid Rose won’t like the real Lucy, the Lucy underneath all the fabulous bravado. (She is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr12, demons, Heroine Complex, karaoke, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, novella, paranormal fantasy, Romance, Sarah Kuhn, Unsung Heroine

Malin's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr12, demons, Heroine Complex, karaoke, LGBTQIA, Malin, mystery, novella, paranormal fantasy, Romance, Sarah Kuhn, Unsung Heroine ·
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