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A battleship… Uh oh, sharks.

Gyo by Junji Ito

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

The Test by Sylvain Neuvel

The Hero by Lee Child

Classic Krakauer by Jon Krakauer

Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

March 17, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Like a lot of you, I filled up on library books for the closures and hunkering down. My library announced that not only are they closing, that fines are waived, and nothing is due until the end of March, that also their dropboxes are closed. Who knows what that means, but for me it likely means I will read all the books I got, instead of sorting through and figuring it out one by one. Anyway, here’s my first chunk of reviews from all of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: classic krakauer, gyo, Jon Krakauer, Junji Ito, lee child, Lorrie Moore, Sarah Gailey, sylvain neuvel, the hero, the test, upright women wanted, uzumaki, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:131 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: classic krakauer, gyo, Jon Krakauer, Junji Ito, lee child, Lorrie Moore, Sarah Gailey, sylvain neuvel, the hero, the test, upright women wanted, uzumaki, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital ·
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West Coast Magical Noir

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

January 6, 2020 by tiny_bookbot 1 Comment

Sarah Gailey’s Magic for Liars is a magical noir in two ways: it’s magical in the sense of being addictive and transporting, and it’s also magical in the more straightforward sense, which is to say, it’s a noir in which most of the characters are, indeed, mages. Ivy Gamble, who has spent her life feeling inadequate compared to her magically-gifted sister, Tabitha, has turned into the hard-drinking, hard-living PI of the noir tradition–and, in keeping with predecessors like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Ivy lives in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Sarah Gailey

tiny_bookbot's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Sarah Gailey ·
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And then of course, there was the fat sack of money.

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

October 24, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The phrase over-promised and under-delivered comes roaring out of this book. The premise takes it cue from a never enacted US government program to import hippos into the southern US as a meat source to replace beef. And goes from there. There’s a kind of breathless introduction about how excited the author was about finding this all out and how this book explores that idea with a kind of steampunk-ish/alternative history take on things. And then taking those conceit and creating a kind of heist […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: river of teeth, Sarah Gailey

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:583 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: river of teeth, Sarah Gailey ·
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And this one is just a grab bag!

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

September 5, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

We’ve got space spiders, a magical mystery, a serial-killer, and a literal deal with the devil. How’s that for a grab bag? (2 stars) Children of Time (Children of Time #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky I REALLY wanted to like this. I am mad that I didn’t. Set in the future, Children of Time takes place after humans have finished destroying the Earth. A spaceship takes off with the last of humanity in suspended animation, heading towards a planet that has been terraformed in preparation for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: badkittyuno, grady hendrix, Sarah Gailey

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:169 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: badkittyuno, grady hendrix, Sarah Gailey ·
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A mildly magical murder mystery

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

August 28, 2019 by lowercasesee 1 Comment

The only thing worse than not ever receiving my Hogwarts letter would have been not getting one, but three years later seeing my sister get one. Can you imagine being that close but by a simple fluke of I don’t know genetics or something it’s just always out of reach. There are times I really feel for Petunia Dursley (only times!) Magic for Liars is set in a decidedly less-magical Hogwarts – a school for mages, but one that seems almost down to earth. You […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Sarah Gailey

lowercasesee's CBR11 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, Sarah Gailey ·
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I was born reaching for her.

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

August 19, 2019 by Leedock Leave a Comment

I was super excited when I got my hands on this at the library. The title popped up as recommended all over my book apps and emails. Fans of Harry Potter, V.E. Schwab, and Lev Grossman’s Magician’s trilogy were into it, so I had high expectations. Unfortunately, that particular well of mysteries set at magic schools is pretty much full to the brim. Twin sisters Ivy and Tabitha Gamble are estranged. Their sisterly bond was torn apart by a dying mother, a grieving father and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr11, Fiction, Sarah Gailey

Leedock's CBR11 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr11, Fiction, Sarah Gailey ·
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