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August 2023 Leftovers

Red Cat by Peter Spiegelman

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

Gangland by Chuck Hogan

Death and the Good Life by Richard Hugo

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexa Coe

Britt-Marie Was Here by Frederik Backman

Occupied City by David Peace

Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman

Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

Run Time by Cathy Ryan Howard

Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline

None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

Not in Bronxville by Rita K. Farrelly

September 1, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Unquestionably the worst month in the calendar. Red Cat*** It’s not the writer’s fault that I just finished Robert Kolker’s excellent Lost Girls in light of the apprehension of the man they think is the Gilgo Beach murderer. But my threshold for murdered sex workers was low going into this. I only finished it because it filled a specific square for my library summer reading game. It’s not bad; the mystery is done well but it doesn’t stand out as far as the rest of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #history, active listening, Alexa Coe, Bad Summer People, Britt-Marie Was Here, Bronxville, Cathy Ryan Howard, Chicago, Chuck Hogan, David Peace, Death and the Good Life, Ellery Lloyd, Emma Rosenblum, Frederik Backman, Gangland, George Washington, historical fiction, horror, Immigration, Ireland, Japan, John March, kate murphy, LGBTQIA, Lisa Jewell, lisa scottoline, Long Island, Loyalty, mafia, Martha Custis, Montana, movies, mystery, New York (State), New York City, Nick Ryan, None of This Is True, Not In Bronxville, NYPD, Occupied City, Oregon, Peter Spiegelman, podcasting, politics, presidents, psychological thriller, Red Cat, Reed Farrel Coleman, Revolutionary War, Richard Hugo, Rita K. Farrelly, Run Time, Self-help, Sicily, Sleepless City, Soccer, Sweden, The Club, Tokyo, Tokyo Trilogy, you never forget your first, you're not listening

Jake's CBR15 Review No:129 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #history, active listening, Alexa Coe, Bad Summer People, Britt-Marie Was Here, Bronxville, Cathy Ryan Howard, Chicago, Chuck Hogan, David Peace, Death and the Good Life, Ellery Lloyd, Emma Rosenblum, Frederik Backman, Gangland, George Washington, historical fiction, horror, Immigration, Ireland, Japan, John March, kate murphy, LGBTQIA, Lisa Jewell, lisa scottoline, Long Island, Loyalty, mafia, Martha Custis, Montana, movies, mystery, New York (State), New York City, Nick Ryan, None of This Is True, Not In Bronxville, NYPD, Occupied City, Oregon, Peter Spiegelman, podcasting, politics, presidents, psychological thriller, Red Cat, Reed Farrel Coleman, Revolutionary War, Richard Hugo, Rita K. Farrelly, Run Time, Self-help, Sicily, Sleepless City, Soccer, Sweden, The Club, Tokyo, Tokyo Trilogy, you never forget your first, you're not listening ·
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Rated C for Cute

Kitty Sweet Tooth Makes a Movie by Abby Denson

August 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I read the first book in the Kitty Sweet Tooth series, called Kitty Sweet Tooth (appropriate I feel). The story was simple, a cat named Kitty Sweet Tooth helps run Pop-Pops movie theater. There are a few adventures, she makes lots of new friends and the movie theater takes on a new life. Then, it ended, letting us know a sequel was coming. I figured I would read it before it came out, but there was nothing for reader copies (online like […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Abby Denson., animals, Cats, desserts, friendship, magic, movies, snacks, Utomaru

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:562 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Abby Denson., animals, Cats, desserts, friendship, magic, movies, snacks, Utomaru ·
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May-July Leftovers

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

City of Dreams by Don Winslow

Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright

Under Color of Law by Aaron Philip Clark

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins

Tripwire by Jack Reacher

Baby Moll by John Farris

Only the Dead Know Brooklyn by Thomas Boyle

The Laundromat: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite by Jake Bernstein

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

X by Davey Davis

Our Last Season: A Writer, A Fan, A Friendship by Harvey Araton

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen

The Boys From Biloxi by John Grisham

Ex Machina Book Four by Brian K. Vaughan

Jacket Weather by Mike DeCapite

Straight Cut by Madison Smartt Bell

The Crust on Its Uppers by Derek Raymond

That Kind of Danger by Donna Masini

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Spenser Confidential by Ace Atkins

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

Weyward by Emilia Hart

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon, I Mean Noel by Ellen Raskin

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

July 30, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

I usually do these at the end of the month but then I went through a big reading slump March-May. And then I roared back but realized I was behind. So apologies for this being so long. There Will Be Fire **** A good, readable text on a moment in history I knew little about. Even after reading Patrick Radden Keefe’s Say Nothing, I still had a lot of problem keeping track of all the socio-political dynamics so it’s good that Rory Carroll makes it accessible […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #biography, #IRA, #Science Fiction, 1970s, Aaron Philip Clark, abortion, Ace Atkins, an absolutely remarkable thing, Annie McIntyre, Baby Moll, Baseball, basketball, bdsm, Biblical times, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Brooklyn, cheating, City of Dreams, climate change, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, crime, Crook Manifesto, Davey Davis, Derek Raymond, don winslow, Donna Masini, Ellen Raskin, Emilia Hart, europe, Evan Drellich, Ex Machina Book Four, Florida, friendship, gambling, grady hendrix, Graphic Novel, hank green, hard case crime, Hard Rain, harlem, Harvey Araton, historical fiction, hitman, Hollywood, Houston Astros, Jack Reacher, Jacket Weather, Jake Bernstein, jennifer wright, Jesus Christ, John Farris, John Grisham, Jonathan Lethem, LAPD, legal fiction, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Madame Restell, Madison Smartt Bell, magic realism, Margaret Thatcher, Mary, Max Allan Collins, Mike DeCapite, mississippi, Money Laundering, Motherless Brooklyn, movies, music, mystery, New York City, New York Knicks, Northern Ireland, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, Our Last Season, Panama Papers, Peter Swanson, poetry, police, Quarry, Ray Carney, Rory Carroll, Samantha Jayne Allen, Spenser, Spenser Confidential, sports, Straight Cut, Texas, That Kind of Danger, The Boys From Biloxi, the carls, The Crust on Its Uppers, The Kind Worth Killing, The Last Quarry, The Laundromat, the Mysterious Disappearance of Leon I mean Noel, the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, the testament of mary, The Troubles, There Will Be Fire, Thomas Boyle, thriller, Trevor Finnegan, Tripwire, true crime, Under Color of Law, United Kingdom, Weyward, Winning Fixes Everything, witches, X

Jake's CBR15 Review No:103 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #biography, #IRA, #Science Fiction, 1970s, Aaron Philip Clark, abortion, Ace Atkins, an absolutely remarkable thing, Annie McIntyre, Baby Moll, Baseball, basketball, bdsm, Biblical times, Boston, Brian K. Vaughan, Brooklyn, cheating, City of Dreams, climate change, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, crime, Crook Manifesto, Davey Davis, Derek Raymond, don winslow, Donna Masini, Ellen Raskin, Emilia Hart, europe, Evan Drellich, Ex Machina Book Four, Florida, friendship, gambling, grady hendrix, Graphic Novel, hank green, hard case crime, Hard Rain, harlem, Harvey Araton, historical fiction, hitman, Hollywood, Houston Astros, Jack Reacher, Jacket Weather, Jake Bernstein, jennifer wright, Jesus Christ, John Farris, John Grisham, Jonathan Lethem, LAPD, legal fiction, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Madame Restell, Madison Smartt Bell, magic realism, Margaret Thatcher, Mary, Max Allan Collins, Mike DeCapite, mississippi, Money Laundering, Motherless Brooklyn, movies, music, mystery, New York City, New York Knicks, Northern Ireland, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, Our Last Season, Panama Papers, Peter Swanson, poetry, police, Quarry, Ray Carney, Rory Carroll, Samantha Jayne Allen, Spenser, Spenser Confidential, sports, Straight Cut, Texas, That Kind of Danger, The Boys From Biloxi, the carls, The Crust on Its Uppers, The Kind Worth Killing, The Last Quarry, The Laundromat, the Mysterious Disappearance of Leon I mean Noel, the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires, the testament of mary, The Troubles, There Will Be Fire, Thomas Boyle, thriller, Trevor Finnegan, Tripwire, true crime, Under Color of Law, United Kingdom, Weyward, Winning Fixes Everything, witches, X ·
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A natural woman

Alice Guy: First Lady of Film by Jose-Louis Bocquet

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo History: Alice Guy was a woman who made history. And people did try to ban her (she talked about GASP birth control!) and if Texas or Florida got hold of this book?  You might think you know the film industry and/or know its history, but do you know about Alice Guy: First Lady of Film?  While I do not claim to know anything about the history of film, I never have. Of course, I am not one for knowing who directors are nor really […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alice Guy, Catel, cbr15bingo, Direction & Production, family, film, Jose-Louis Bocquet, Motion picture producers and directors, movies, Performing Arts, silent film, Women's History

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:438 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alice Guy, Catel, cbr15bingo, Direction & Production, family, film, Jose-Louis Bocquet, Motion picture producers and directors, movies, Performing Arts, silent film, Women's History ·
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Medieval Over Time in Pictures Has No Substance

The Fantasy of the Middle Ages by Larisa Grollemond, Bryan C Keene

June 24, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I realize that The Fantasy of the Middle Ages was basically designed as an accompaniment to an exhibit at the Getty Museum and as such was possibly never meant to be a fully standalone book. Except that it now is, and as a stand-alone book, this is beyond shallow. It has a lot of pretty pictures, but often with little context of the history or art of the source manuscript) , and it brings up aa lot of things about how the Middel Ages in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, art, Bryan C Keene, Getty Museum, Larisa Grollemond, Larisa Grollemond, Bryan C Keene, liiterature, medieval, medievalism, movies, social medievalism, The Fantasy of the Middle Ages

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, art, Bryan C Keene, Getty Museum, Larisa Grollemond, Larisa Grollemond, Bryan C Keene, liiterature, medieval, medievalism, movies, social medievalism, The Fantasy of the Middle Ages ·
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For the love of great romcoms

From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy by Scott Meslow

February 21, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I love romantic comedies. It’s the same reason I love Romance novels, I’m sure. There’s a joy in knowing that the end of the story is going to be happy, and that you’ll be treated to laughs along the way. They are my re-charge kind of story. When I saw Ellesfena’s review last year I plunked Scott Meslow’s From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy on my to read list. When putting in my library requests this […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: from hollywood with love, hollywood history, movies, romcoms, romcoms can never hurt you, Scott Meslow

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: from hollywood with love, hollywood history, movies, romcoms, romcoms can never hurt you, Scott Meslow ·
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