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Pay no attention to the elephant behind the curtain

Strange Pictures by Uketsu

November 1, 2025 by Zirza Leave a Comment

A Tokyo student named Shuhei Sasaki, interested in all things paranormal and otherwise spooky, disovers a mysterious blog, last updated a decade ago. In it, a man who calls himself Raku, describes the pregnancy his wife, Yuki. A second story is about a young boy who goes missing; a third one about an arts teacher who is slain whilst camping out on a mountain. How are they linked? The reader is invited to scrutinise the pictures that the victims drew and to see if they […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Japan, puzzle, Strange pictures, Uketsu

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Japan, puzzle, Strange pictures, Uketsu ·
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Finding the Killer with the Weapon in the Place my own way

Murdle vol.2 by G.T. Karber

May 26, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have noticed that the eastern Midwest has a somewhat superior version of WalMart called Meijer. I was in one recently killing time before heading to the airport; I did an impulse grab of Murdle vol. 2. I’ve seen these puzzle books around and thought it looked interesting but never enough to really get into one. The series started as a web game based on the word-based game of great popularity, and apparently has grown into print. The general premise is (as noted on the […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Clue, deduction, G.T. Karber, game, murder mystery, Murdle, puzzle, word play

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:26 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Clue, deduction, G.T. Karber, game, murder mystery, Murdle, puzzle, word play ·
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The theme this year is to have fun, so have fun With Jane and stickers!

Sticker Jigsaw: Pride and Prejudice by Joy Laforme

January 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR16SweetChallenge #Cozy This year I said  to myself, “We are going to do some fun books this year.” and Myself replied, “Sounds like a great idea, Me!” And so I did. Sticker Jigsaw: Pride and Prejudice was a fun book. It is a very abridged Pride and Prejudice with stickers. It is an activity book that has a few pages of highlights for the story and then you get to put stickers on the pages. Now this could work for an older adult who needs […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance Tagged With: adult sticker book, CBR16SweetChallenge, Joy Laforme, literary, Odd Dot, Pride and Prejudice, puzzle

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:35 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance · Tags: adult sticker book, CBR16SweetChallenge, Joy Laforme, literary, Odd Dot, Pride and Prejudice, puzzle ·
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