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Books don’t usually make me cry; this book was clearly an exception.

The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb

December 7, 2020 by Mobius_Walker 4 Comments

Brynn Wilder has had a terrible, terrible year. She has recently had to handle the end of a decades long romantic relationship, the loss of a close family member, and the dissolution of her passion for her job. In an attempt to reset and recharge, she escapes to the tiny town of Wharton on the shores of Lake Superior where she is staying in a local inn for the summer. Though Brynn is trying to escape from what has caused her so much grief and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: ghost story, haunting, lgbt, Mental Health, Small town, Wendy Webb

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: ghost story, haunting, lgbt, Mental Health, Small town, Wendy Webb ·
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The Bearmuda Triangle

A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

November 20, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Something this dire – a town of people so opposed to paying taxes that they become a country-wide hotspot for bear attacks – should not be this funny. Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling carefully walks the line between Bill Bryson and a VICE documentarian while spinning this wild story of a Free Town and the beasts- man and animal alike, within. This collection of people, carefully and deliberately documented by Hongoltz-Hetling, shoot themselves in the foot so many times and with such ferocity that it is amazing the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: a libertarian walks into a bear, ARC, bears, free state project, free town project, Grafton, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, modern history, NetGalley, New Hampshire, politics, Reporting, Small town, sociology

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:121 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: a libertarian walks into a bear, ARC, bears, free state project, free town project, Grafton, Libertarians, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, modern history, NetGalley, New Hampshire, politics, Reporting, Small town, sociology ·
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Tana French is back with a vengeance and a penchant for Wild West-isms, and I am HERE. FOR. IT. 

The Searcher by Tana French

October 11, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

This is a safe review; I’ll give you no spoilers and I’ll give you no major plot points- but I will let you know that no, we have not returned to the Dublin Murder Squad. While I found the departure disappointing in The Witch Elm, I found it thrilling here; the idyllic landscape filled with the insidious creep of small town communities. While we have not returned to the Murder Squad, we have returned to having a protagonist on the searching side of the law- and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Western Tagged With: crime, Ireland, justice, return to form, rural life, Small town, Tana French, thriller, throwback, violence

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:108 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Western · Tags: crime, Ireland, justice, return to form, rural life, Small town, Tana French, thriller, throwback, violence ·
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If Big Little Lies Met To Kill A Mockingbird

The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White

May 11, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

I can’t claim the title of this review as my own. The cover of The Night the Lights Went Out features a pull quote from a review stating, “If Big Little Lies met To Kill a Mockingbird.” As much as I love Karen White’s books, I instantly thought, “Yeah, right.” I’m pleased to say I was wrong. This book is pure entertainment. I couldn’t put it down. I get the reticence to compare a beach-y read to a literary classic, but let’s roll with it this […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: divorce, female friendships, Georgia, Karen White, Matriarch, revenge, Small town, South, Southern, Villain

randirock's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: divorce, female friendships, Georgia, Karen White, Matriarch, revenge, Small town, South, Southern, Villain ·
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A tree nymph with a past finds love in a small town

Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues by Molly Harper

December 29, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

This year, I’ve been living for the paranormal romance audiobooks. They make my commute bearable. Molly Harper’s Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues is set in Mystic Bayou where supernatural beings coexist with humans. I have a soft spot for supernatural tales set in Louisiana after the Sookie Stackhouse series. The series was the gateway drug that got me reading again after a long absence. Since this is a stand-alone novella, I happily dove without reading the first two books. Said tree nymph is Ingrid […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Audible Original, bayou, book 2.5, Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues, Louisiana, Molly Harper, novella, paranormal romance, Series, Small town, standalone book, tree nymph

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Audible Original, bayou, book 2.5, Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues, Louisiana, Molly Harper, novella, paranormal romance, Series, Small town, standalone book, tree nymph ·
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Short reads to finish off my reading year (and help me to finally complete my double Cannonball)

Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen

The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau

A Second-Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau

December 29, 2019 by Malin 6 Comments

Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen Rating: 4 stars In this novella which concludes Kelly Bowen’s The Devils of Dover series, we finally find out more about the mysterious King, who has been popping up in Bowen’s books for a long time. A shadowy London crime lord with connections to smuggling, art forgery, theft and all sorts of other untoward business, he is not a man to cross. He discovers that a man he believed to be dead, a man who ruined his childhood and set him […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, A Match Made for Thanksgiving, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, cbr11, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, Frankenstein, historical romance, Holidays With the Wongs, horror, Jackie Lau, Kelly Bowen, Literature, Malin, Marcus Sedgwick, Night of the Scoundrel, novella, Regency, retelling, revenge, romance tropes, Small town, The Devils of Dover, The Monsters We Deserve

Malin's CBR11 Review No:105 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, A Match Made for Thanksgiving, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, cbr11, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, Frankenstein, historical romance, Holidays With the Wongs, horror, Jackie Lau, Kelly Bowen, Literature, Malin, Marcus Sedgwick, Night of the Scoundrel, novella, Regency, retelling, revenge, romance tropes, Small town, The Devils of Dover, The Monsters We Deserve ·
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