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“I hope you are finding your own words out there in my sky.”

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

December 15, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Asuka was the last person chosen to join the crew for humanity’s last hope, eighty elite graduates of a competitive program who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space and one day reach a distant but livable planet. But when a bomb kills three of the crew, investigating it falls to Asuka. I’m trying to get more into science fiction lately, and between the creative world-building and the high-stakes mystery, this book was certainly a good addition to the roster. In […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, ARC, dystopia, friendship, mystery, NetGalley, space, thriller, Yume Kitasei

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:109 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, ARC, dystopia, friendship, mystery, NetGalley, space, thriller, Yume Kitasei ·
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Murder Makes for Strange Bedfellows

A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke

December 7, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

When Ruby impulsively moves to Boston, she’s glad to get a fully furnished apartment for a decent rate. She does not even mind that the previous inhabitant committed suicide – though those views may change when she realizes that Cordelia is still hanging around, and keenly interested in the murder of a neighbor. Say ‘an unlikely crime-solving duo’ in application to a cozy mystery, and I will be there in a flash. Also, roommates of all stripes can be tricky, so I was curious how […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: ARC, Boston, cozy mystery, ghosts, mystery, NetGalley, Olivia Blacke, paranormal

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:108 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ARC, Boston, cozy mystery, ghosts, mystery, NetGalley, Olivia Blacke, paranormal ·
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“You mean because you’re built like the Abominable Snowman and I’m the size of the Sugar Plum Fairy?”

Cruel Winter With You by Ali Hazelwood

Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey

All By My Elf by Olivia Dade

Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur

Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria

November 21, 2024 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Amazon has put out a holiday collection of five stories that is free to Prime members, and it grabbed my attention when Olivia Dade publicized that she had a story in the collection (Ali Hazelwood, Tessa Bailey, Alexandria Bellefleur, and Alexis Daria are the other authors). I requested an ARC and was granted it, so here we are with me reading a holiday collection earlier than I normally would because we all deserve nice things when the world feels like it is crashing down. Cruel […]

Filed Under: Romance, Short Stories Tagged With: Alexandria Bellefleur, Alexis Daria, Ali Hazelwood, All by My Elf, ARC, Cruel Winter With You, Merriment and Mayhem, Merry Ever After, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, Only Santas in the Building, romance collection, Tessa Bailey, Under the Misteltoe Collection

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:53 · Genres: Romance, Short Stories · Tags: Alexandria Bellefleur, Alexis Daria, Ali Hazelwood, All by My Elf, ARC, Cruel Winter With You, Merriment and Mayhem, Merry Ever After, NetGalley, Olivia Dade, Only Santas in the Building, romance collection, Tessa Bailey, Under the Misteltoe Collection ·
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Who says you can’t learn something new?

The Fishwife Cookbook by Becca Millstein & Vilda Gonzalez

November 18, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

My nuclear family was not a tinned fish family aside from the ubiquitous canned tuna fish. My mom grew up on the Gulf Coast of Texas and loved fishing and crabbing, so we frequently had fresh fish on the table for dinner. It wasn’t until I got to grad school that I met people who bought tinned fish other than tuna. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t really know what to do with it on my own. I was attracted to The Fishwife Cookbook by […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: advance reader copy, Becca Millstein & Vilda Gonzalez, NetGalley, The Fishwife Cookbook, tinned fish

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:71 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: advance reader copy, Becca Millstein & Vilda Gonzalez, NetGalley, The Fishwife Cookbook, tinned fish ·
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A farm? What the hell was I supposed to do with a farm?

Love in Bloom by Lucy Eden

November 13, 2024 by Emmalita 1 Comment

Love in Bloom is a great read. It’s a big city girl inherits a farm with grown up Hallmark Christmas movie without the Christmas vibes. And spice. Have some ice water on hand. Emma Walters has Molotov cocktails in her soul and watching her learn to direct them where they belonged, instead of at her own life was a delight. Emma is a good girl, a highly competent perfectionist who smooths the path and cleans up other people’s mess. Except she keeps blowing up her […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Love in Bloom, Lucy Eden, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:70 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Love in Bloom, Lucy Eden, NetGalley ·
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Don’t Bring Helen! (Or Please Do)

The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes

November 4, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR16 Bingo: Games – Alice and her friends take up the murder investigation as diversion more than anything else while waiting to give birth, though things aren’t all fun and games for very long. Alice and her partner Joe move to the countryside hoping to raise their soon-to-be born son in a peaceful environment, but that peace is shattered when a local store owner is found murdered during the course of an eventful antenatal class. I’ve read plenty of flavors of cozy mystery, but a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: ARC, audiobook, cbr16bingo, cozy mystery, England, friendship, Kat Ailes, mystery, NetGalley

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:103 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ARC, audiobook, cbr16bingo, cozy mystery, England, friendship, Kat Ailes, mystery, NetGalley ·
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