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Metamorphoses for a New Millennium

Fit For the Gods by Jenn Northington (Editor), S. Zainab Williams (Editor)

April 26, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Though Greek mythology originates from several millennia ago, their stories have been renewed again and again over the centuries through art and literature. In this anthology, more than a dozen authors tackle this too – but their tellings are with a twist, bringing racially, sexually, and culturally diverse takes to the classic stories. I’ve always loved Greek mythology and have engaged with in a plethora of ways, from reading classic translations to the Percy Jackson books to the recent trend in novel-length unpackings like Madeline […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, Anthology, ARC, greek mythology, Jenn Northington (Editor), S. Zainab Williams (Editor), lgbt, NetGalley, retellings, Romance

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, Anthology, ARC, greek mythology, Jenn Northington (Editor), S. Zainab Williams (Editor), lgbt, NetGalley, retellings, Romance ·
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It Follows

My Idol Sits the Next Desk Over!, Vol. 1 by Tetsu Tsutsui and Koyubi Sugawara

Hauntress by Minetarō Mochizuki

April 6, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

My Idol Sits the Next Desk Over!, Vol. 1 by Tetsu Tsutsui and Koyubi Sugawara – 3.5 stars Sakiko is a die-hard fan of the upcoming idol girl group Spring Shine, so of course when the new girl at school introduces herself to the class, she immediately recognizes her as her very favorite singer Chiro-chan. This is a cute, breezy read about a young fangirl working very hard to balance her adoration of singer Chihiro with her wish to be friends on a personal level. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ARC, comedy, horror, lgbt, manga, Minetarō Mochizuki, NetGalley, stalking, Tetsu Tsutsui and Koyubi Sugawara, Young Adult

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ARC, comedy, horror, lgbt, manga, Minetarō Mochizuki, NetGalley, stalking, Tetsu Tsutsui and Koyubi Sugawara, Young Adult ·
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The Thin Line Between Fantasy and Reality

Mary and the Birth of Frankstein by Anne Eekhout

March 29, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

The year is 1812, and fourteen-year-old Mary Goodwin is living in pastoral Dundee, where she may find love but may find danger as well. The year is 1816, and eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley is living in rainy Geneva, where she may conceive of something that is strange and fearful and all hers, if she will allow herself to do it. I have still not read Frankenstein. (I keep meaning to! There’s just so many books to read!) But I am familiar with its plot, and the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, 19th century, Anne Eekhout, ARC, gothic, historical, horror, lgbt, NetGalley

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, 19th century, Anne Eekhout, ARC, gothic, historical, horror, lgbt, NetGalley ·
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For Everything There is a Season

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

January 25, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Hounded by fairweather friends after winning the lottery, Opal impulsively buys a flower farm amid cottagecore visions of opening her own studio. But there is already someone living at the Thistle and Bloom – thorny farmer Pepper, who has no clue that her home has been sold out from under her, and is certainly not happy to learn about it. Firstly, take a good look at that cover. It is so pretty that I returned to it multiple times over the course of reading this […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, contemporary, cottagecore, Fiction, lesbian, lgbt, Mazey Eddings, NetGalley, Romance

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, contemporary, cottagecore, Fiction, lesbian, lgbt, Mazey Eddings, NetGalley, Romance ·
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“All I’ve ever tried to do is the right thing. If that’s so very different from how things have been done before, then what’s done before was wrong.”

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

November 1, 2024 by Pooja 1 Comment

CBR16 Bingo: Smash – This book combines elements of fantasy (dragons) and science fiction (steampunk). The cultures depicted also smash and clash together throughout the book. All Anequs wants to do is live in peace with her tribe, content to be ignored by the Anglish conquerers who’ve taken over most of the continent. However, when she bonds with the first dragon to hatch on their island in generations, she must attend their academy and adapt to their ways if she hopes to keep her dragon. This […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, cbr16bingo, colonialism, dragons, indigenous, lgbt, Moniquill Blackgoose, Nampeshiweisit, Native American, Native American authors, NetGalley, Young Adult

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:99 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, cbr16bingo, colonialism, dragons, indigenous, lgbt, Moniquill Blackgoose, Nampeshiweisit, Native American, Native American authors, NetGalley, Young Adult ·
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“I want – I want – I want – was all that she could think about – but just what this real want was she did not know.”

Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn

October 20, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR16 Bingo: Pride – McCullers and many people in her life were queer, one of the main struggles of her life was trying to come to terms with and better understand that queer identity, which also infused her writing. Carson McCullers is one of the most acclaimed authors of the Southern Gothic genre, but she was also a complicated woman with a messy personal life who constantly strove toward goals that, though she did not reach always reach them, created beautiful things along the way. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #cbrbingo, #writing, 20th Century, cbr16bingo, lgbt, Literature, Mary V. Dearborn, non fiction

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:98 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, #cbrbingo, #writing, 20th Century, cbr16bingo, lgbt, Literature, Mary V. Dearborn, non fiction ·
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