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It’s a YA book based on a principle of game theory. But with kissing!

May 15, 2014 by narfna 3 Comments

For YA, The Winner’s Curse is very good. And if that just isn’t a ringing endorsement! I’m to the point now where I only read YA books if they come heavily recommended (or if they’ve been lauded as so terrible that I just have to read in order to satisfy my insatiable curiosity). And The Winner’s Curse came pretty heavily recommended. I follow a disturbing amount of YA book bloggers, and they all LOVED this thing. (Of course, they also all seem to be convinced […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: marie rutkoski, narfna, Slavery, speculative, the winner's curse, war, Young Adult

narfna's CBR6 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: marie rutkoski, narfna, Slavery, speculative, the winner's curse, war, Young Adult ·
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There are all kind of ghosts in this life, and this book has most of them.

March 11, 2014 by narfna 2 Comments

Nothing about this is the way I thought it was going to be. I really, really liked it. I think the main reason I’m always so surprised when I enjoy Stephen King novels is that the very first book of his I ever read was Cell, which I didn’t like, and which I now know is considered to be one of his inferior offerings. This is an especially dumb mindset to have now as I’ve read quite a few since then and enjoyed all of them […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: coming-of-age, crime, hard case crime, joyland, michael kelly, mystery, narfna, speculative, Stephen King, thriller

narfna's CBR6 Review No:22 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: coming-of-age, crime, hard case crime, joyland, michael kelly, mystery, narfna, speculative, Stephen King, thriller ·
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Ghost story? Metaphors? Say what now?

February 16, 2014 by narfna 5 Comments

Oy. First thing: the third star of this rating is entirely for Jack Davenport, the narrator of the audiobook, whose voice is like sex. When he talks, my ovaries try to leap out of my body like that tiny alien in Alien. I try to explain to them this is counterproductive, but it continues to happen. Second, this book was incredibly frustrating and I hope writing this review will help me to sort out why. I read Setterfield’s debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale, several years ago, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: bellman & black, diane setterfield, gothic, mystery, narfna, speculative, Victorian

narfna's CBR6 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: bellman & black, diane setterfield, gothic, mystery, narfna, speculative, Victorian ·
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