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Sweet tea in book form

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

July 19, 2019 by Nyx Leave a Comment

With three days to go before vacation I had nothing lined up for my annual beach read. Thankfully, right before I left I received an ARC copy of Heather Webber’s new book Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe. Many of us are familiar with the source material of that is at the kernel of this novel. All you need to do is search the section of your brain that stores childhood nursery rhymes  and up will pop the following: “Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #summerread, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Heather Webber, magical realism, Pie!, Southern

Nyx's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #summerread, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Heather Webber, magical realism, Pie!, Southern ·
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Anne Perry Writes the Next Generation

Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry

July 15, 2019 by LanierHgts Leave a Comment

For my #cbr11bingo #summerread selection I have read Twenty-One Days, by one of my favorite crime novelists, Anne Perry. For years I have been reading (and awaiting the next release of) the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series, set in Victorian England. In those books, Charlotte is an out-spoken woman born into Society, who marries for love well beneath her station. Thomas Pitt starts off as a police detective, but as the novels continue, moves up in job title and status (no spoilers as to where […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #summerread, bingo, cbr11bingo

LanierHgts's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #summerread, bingo, cbr11bingo ·
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