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Beautiful, harrowing and oh so sad

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

July 10, 2024 by Malin 2 Comments

CBR16 Bingo: Liberate (our protagonists are fighting in World War I to keep the world safe from the Germans) Official plot summary, because I finished this book in early April: It’s 1914, and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. At seventeen, they’re too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle – an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Alice Winn, CBR16, cbr16bingo, debut novel, friendship, historical fiction, In Memoriam, LGBTQIA, liberate, Malin, ptsd, romantic, tragedy, trauma, war, World War I

Malin's CBR16 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Alice Winn, CBR16, cbr16bingo, debut novel, friendship, historical fiction, In Memoriam, LGBTQIA, liberate, Malin, ptsd, romantic, tragedy, trauma, war, World War I ·
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To Take Pride

The Stonewall Reader by ed. The New York Public Library

July 9, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR16 Bingo: Pride. The book is a collection of oral histories on the LGBTQIA+ Movement before, during and after the Stonewall Uprising.  This is the book I’ve been looking for. The history of equity, freedom, liberation for LGBTQIA+ persons in this country is long but not well-recorded. The reason is obvious: many, most, really all of these human beings was considered morally corrupt at best and illegal at worst. It’s only in the last 15-20 years as straight, cis people start […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, cbr16bingo, ed. The New York Public Library, LGBTQIA, oral history, Pride, the stonewall reader

Jake's CBR16 Review No:102 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, cbr16bingo, ed. The New York Public Library, LGBTQIA, oral history, Pride, the stonewall reader ·
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“We all had tattoos, scars, secrets, and losses. We all wanted to be forgiven.”

Scorched Grace (A Sister Holiday Mystery, #1) by Margot Douaihy

July 8, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 10/30 The ending killed my buzz a little on this one, which up until then had been extremely interesting with arresting imagery (not something I normally care about!) and an extremely unique look at modern religion, from the perspective a queer, chain-smoking, tattooed Catholic nun who was a former punk rocker until traumatic events pushed her to seek solace—as her mother did before her—in a sisterhood of fellow nuns. Plus, there is a mystery here, but honestly, […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Sister Holiday Mystery, Gillian Flynn Books, LGBTQIA, Margot Douaihy, mystery, narfna, Religion, Scorched Grace

narfna's CBR16 Review No:44 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Sister Holiday Mystery, Gillian Flynn Books, LGBTQIA, Margot Douaihy, mystery, narfna, Religion, Scorched Grace ·
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“If eyes were the windows into the soul, Delilah’s had long been shuttered.”

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

July 6, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars CBR16 Sweet Books: New (author and series) CBR16 Book Bingo: Pride Delilah Green grew up in Bright Falls, in the care of her wealthy, but emotionally cold stepmother (after her father died), and never managed to forge a connection to her always perfect stepsister Astrid either. Astrid had her two best friends, Claire and Iris, and more than once Delilah overheard them saying mean things about her. When she got the chance, she left Bright Falls for New York and has rarely been back […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ashley Green Doesn't Care, Ashley Herring Blake, bright falls, CBR16, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, family, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna, photography, Pride, small town life

Malin's CBR16 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ashley Green Doesn't Care, Ashley Herring Blake, bright falls, CBR16, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, family, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna, photography, Pride, small town life ·
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June 2024 Leftovers

The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins

Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City by Adam J. Criblez

Out On The Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nevada by Imogene Binnie

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford Dictionary by Simon Winchester

Exalted by Anna Dorn

July 5, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy Pride to all who celebrate! The First Quarry**** I was disappointed in the quality of the last couple of Quarry novels so I wasn’t expecting much…but this was good. One of his best plots and I really enjoyed it. Could’ve done without the racism. Big believer that you can show the casual racism of the past (1970s) without wallowing in it and the book does that. Otherwise, it’s good. Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City**** Stretching a four star […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #fantasy, #history, Adam J. Criblez, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anna Dorn, astrology, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, crime, dictionary, Exalted, grief, hip-hop, hitman, Imogene Binnie, Kings of the Garden, lawrence block, lewis carroll, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Matthew Scudder, Max Allan Collins, mystery, NBA, Nevada, New York City, New York Knicks, Notes on Grief, Out On the Cutting Edge, Quarry, rap, Simon Winchester, The First Quarry, The Professor and the Madman, trans, true crime

Jake's CBR16 Review No:99 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #fantasy, #history, Adam J. Criblez, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anna Dorn, astrology, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, crime, dictionary, Exalted, grief, hip-hop, hitman, Imogene Binnie, Kings of the Garden, lawrence block, lewis carroll, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Matthew Scudder, Max Allan Collins, mystery, NBA, Nevada, New York City, New York Knicks, Notes on Grief, Out On the Cutting Edge, Quarry, rap, Simon Winchester, The First Quarry, The Professor and the Madman, trans, true crime ·
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Not for me.

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

June 28, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 2/30 DNF @ 30% I gave it the ole college try, as none of the kids say these days. But this book was not for me! I’m really sad about it, because the gritty 70s NYC atmosphere, the love of comics built in to it, and the MC being a queer daughter of Cuban immigrants trying to make it in comics publishing all really sounded like something I would love, but this book was so dull. What […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: 1970s, Alex Segura, book within a book, Comics, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, mystery, NYC, secret identity

narfna's CBR16 Review No:41 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: 1970s, Alex Segura, book within a book, Comics, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, mystery, NYC, secret identity ·
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