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The LONG Long Goodbye

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

April 8, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

I picked this up thanks in large part to Megan Abbott’s review. It’s not her fault, though, that I didn’t like it. For Goodreads, Abbott talked about the book’s similarities to Robert Altman’s movie The Long Goodbye, mostly in terms of aesthetics, a forgotten Los Angeles, as well as the narrator’s anxiety. The Long Goodbye is one of my all time favorite movies, Chandler but better. So I had to grab this. And yeah, she is right that it gets the aesthetics well. I deeply felt […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Bret Easton Ellis, high school, historical fiction, horror, los angeles, serial killers, the shards

Jake's CBR16 Review No:44 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Bret Easton Ellis, high school, historical fiction, horror, los angeles, serial killers, the shards ·
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February-March 2024 Leftovers

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams

Bone White by Ronald Malfi

Alexander the Great by Phillip Freeman

Nero: Matricide, Murder and Music in Imperial Rome by Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth

Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R. James

A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block

The Killing Kind by John Connolly

Shōgun by James Clavell

Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman

Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita

Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Woolraich

April 3, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Rain, rain, go away. I thought my reading count looked too low and then I realized I didn’t do leftovers for February, so here’s Feb-March combined. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and Rise of the Tudors ***** Jones is such a talented historian. Gets all the important stuff of the Wars of the Roses in great detail and lets the story entertain. His Templars book will soon be on my radar. A Lowcountry Bride**** Had to read this for a library […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings

Jake's CBR16 Review No:43 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings ·
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Truth Killzzz

What Meets the Eye: A Mystery by Alex Kenna

October 24, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

My goodness, what a read! If you like modern mysteries, seedy underbellies, art weirdies, or flawed people trying to do the right thing in an ambiguous world, this is yer book! Or audiobook! Or papyrus – however you enjoy books, try this one. Alex Kenna went to art school and law school and was a prosecutor; therefore, she is the perfect person to write a mystery set in the L.A. art world about an ex-cop trying to navigate the legal system. Kate Myles was a […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Alex Kenna, L.A. Noir, los angeles, Noir

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:39 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Alex Kenna, L.A. Noir, los angeles, Noir ·
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Triggers. Messed up humans. Realistic and fantastical and surreal situations.

Bolero by Wyatt Kennedy

October 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The rating I am giving for Bolero is a bit complicated. It is a 3 for the story and a 4 for art. There is a 2 for the obvious shock for shock value and a 2 for some oogy bits. There is another 4 for this is not an easy book, and I was not always in the moment, but I know I could be if the circumstances were more ideal towards reading. Therefore, it is a very solid three  that had its moments […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: california, friendship, GLTBQ+, los angeles, Luana Vecchio, multiverse, Wyatt Kennedy

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:738 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: california, friendship, GLTBQ+, los angeles, Luana Vecchio, multiverse, Wyatt Kennedy ·
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Beauty Queen

The Enchanters by James Ellroy

September 19, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR15Bingo: hold steady. James Ellroy is a favorite author of mine; I return to his work often. This is the second in his Freddy Otash series. And it features a “protagonist” in a lot of trouble.  I only found out less than a month ago that James Ellroy was coming out with a new book. I keep my ear close to the ground as far as Ellroy is concerned so I’m not sure why the delayed announcement here. But I put […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: cbr15bingo, Freddy Otash, historical fiction, Hold Steady, James Ellroy, john f kennedy, los angeles, Marilyn Monroe, mystery, Robert Kennedy, The Enchanters

Jake's CBR15 Review No:134 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: cbr15bingo, Freddy Otash, historical fiction, Hold Steady, James Ellroy, john f kennedy, los angeles, Marilyn Monroe, mystery, Robert Kennedy, The Enchanters ·
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Fertilities

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

August 10, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR15Bingo: relation”ship.” This is a romance novel about two people in a relationship who the reader is supposed to “ship,” I s’pose. Never been a fan of the term, myself.  I’m going to give a brief review and say that this book is fine and entertaining if you like romance; moving in spots, cloying in others. And I’m going to spend the rest of the time spoiling the book talking about its take on infertility. So don’t read on if you […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Abby Jimenez, cbr15bingo, fertility, infertility, los angeles, Relationship, Romance, The Friend Zone

Jake's CBR15 Review No:106 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Abby Jimenez, cbr15bingo, fertility, infertility, los angeles, Relationship, Romance, The Friend Zone ·
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