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The human side of Sherlock Holmes.

Observations by Gaslight: Stories From the World of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye

January 3, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Lyndsay Faye is a consummate player of The Great Game, and this book was a lovely little treat. If you’re somehow unaware, The Great Game is the practice of Sherlockians to act as if Holmes and Watson were real, and to make existing canon and facts fit together. This book plays into that in that Faye acts like she is just the editor of these stories, which are all told from the first person perspectives of people in Sherlock Holmes’s life who aren’t Dr. John […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes

narfna's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes ·
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Like a Hallmark movie in book form, and all that implies.

The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

December 31, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

I feel badly about the review I’m about to write, because it betrays a cynicism I like to squash when possible, but I feel like this book was published (and picked by Book of the Month) because publishers knew it would sell, and not because it was anything special. This is similar to the way that Hallmark Christmas movies are cheaply made, poorly written, and at best acted with mediocrity, but scratch a specific itch in a specific type of person that watches them anyway. […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, m/f, Maggie Knox, narfna, Romance, the holiday swap

narfna's CBR13 Review No:212 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, m/f, Maggie Knox, narfna, Romance, the holiday swap ·
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“Lip . . . Dip . . . Paint.”

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

December 31, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

What I have to say about this book can be whittled down to one classic Samuel L. Jackson moment in cinema: And I truly mean that. Anyone with an ounce of empathy will find this one a tough go. Moore extensively researched the women this story is about, and she pulled not only from scholarly books and articles about them, but from their own personal correspondence, journals, and memories from friends and family. The result is that you get a clear picture of just exactly […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: angela brazil, audiobooks, body horror, Kate Moore, narfna, non fiction, science, science history, The Dark Story of America's Shining Women, The Radium Girls

narfna's CBR13 Review No:211 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: angela brazil, audiobooks, body horror, Kate Moore, narfna, non fiction, science, science history, The Dark Story of America's Shining Women, The Radium Girls ·
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“I don’t sulk; I brood. Like Batman.”

Work For It (Just For Him, #4) by Talia Hibbert

December 31, 2021 by narfna 5 Comments

Perfect book at the perfect time. This is only my second book read out of Talia’s backlist (we are on a first-name basis apparently) and it was just as good as I’d hoped it would be. I haven’t read any of the other books in this series, but I probably will now that I’ve met some of the other characters and liked them, and vibe going on here. I don’t know if they will live up to this one, though. I was thisclose to giving this […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: British, Contemporary Romance, just for him, LGBTQIA, m/m, m/m romance, narfna, Romance, Talia Hibbert, work for it

narfna's CBR13 Review No:210 · Genres: Romance · Tags: British, Contemporary Romance, just for him, LGBTQIA, m/m, m/m romance, narfna, Romance, Talia Hibbert, work for it ·
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“Learn what your city has forgotten. What men of power have forgotten time and time again, throughout history – that there is always, always something mightier.”

Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

December 31, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

I feel like Robert Jackson Bennett has a good storyteller’s head on him. I like the way he took the already awesome events of the first book and expanded on them, not just in scope (terrifying bad guy!) but in theme and character as well. This book absolutely 1000% avoids middle-book-in-a-trilogy syndrome. Stuff was happening 20-30% of the way through that you’d expect to happen at the end of a book. Sancia, Gregor, Bernice, and Orso are still together as a little band three years […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Foundryside, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall, The Founders Trilogy

narfna's CBR13 Review No:209 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Foundryside, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall, The Founders Trilogy ·
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A review mostly in quotes because I *cannot* ever adequately review a Terry Pratchett.

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31) by Terry Pratchett

December 30, 2021 by narfna 4 Comments

This book was newly published when I first started reading Discworld eighteen years ago. I wanted to read it right then but, because I am me, I decided to wait until I could read it in order. Literally half my life later, I made it! And honestly, I’m kind of glad I waited. Eighteen year old me was smart, but I appreciate it more now than I think I would have then. This one has instantly made my top five Discworld books, right up there […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, british fantasy, discworld, humor, Monstrous Regiment, narfna, Satire, Terry Pratchett

narfna's CBR13 Review No:208 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, british fantasy, discworld, humor, Monstrous Regiment, narfna, Satire, Terry Pratchett ·
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