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Further Down The River

Wicked River by Jenny Milchman

October 2, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR13Bingo: Outdoors. Almost the entirety of the book takes place outdoors.  The good thing about Book Bingos and other reading challenges is that they encourage you to read stuff you wouldn’t otherwise read. Take Wicked River. I won this book in a library bingo contest. I wouldn’t have read it otherwise…but I hate letting go of free books. It likely would have sat on my shelf for at least a year, maybe longer, had “Outdoors” not been an option in the Cannonball Read Bingo books. […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Jenny Milchman, outdoors, Suspense, thriller, Wicked River

Jake's CBR13 Review No:150 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: cbr13bingo, Jenny Milchman, outdoors, Suspense, thriller, Wicked River ·
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“Even metal melts if you get it hot enough.”

Uncharted by Adriana Anders

September 18, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 1 Comment

Whiteout was one of my favorite reads of 2020, so of course I was excited to see what crazy wilderness shenanigans would happen this time. While different in several ways, this book still scratches that same itch for me. It’s some kind of luck for Leo to get a tip about the scientist her team has been searching for the same day she’s out sick with a stomach bug – and even worse luck that a hostile corporate extraction team is right behind her. And […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Adriana Anders, Romance, Suspense

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:88 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Adriana Anders, Romance, Suspense ·
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It was the ring of counterfeit Elvis robots that did it for me, honestly.

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

September 13, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

“He can’t shake the feeling that this place is some sort of pyramid scheme, and that those who fail to understand that will be left empty-handed. But there’s no obvious reason for this feeling of his. Maybe he’s ungrateful by nature.” The nation is in economic ruin. Everyone is fighting for whatever scraps are left. Which is why Charmaine is grateful to have a job as a bartender, even if she and her husband Stan are living in their car and moving every few hours […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, dystopian future, Margaret Atwood, plot twist, speculative ficiton, Suspense

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, dystopian future, Margaret Atwood, plot twist, speculative ficiton, Suspense ·
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“Keep Reading. Keep Writing. Keep Fighting. We’re all still here.”

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

August 1, 2021 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

I was intimidated by this book, which feels like a strange thing to say about a book that measures no more than 7 inches tall and less than 200 pages. But I was. A book that inspires so many positive, nay gushing, reviews that also seems to leave the reviewer at a loss for how to describe the book (see please reviews by Aquillia, andtheIToldYouSos, carriejay, and emmalita as a place to start) had me putting it on and taking it off my to read […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Amal El-Mohtar, Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, cbr13bingo, epistolary novel, faintingviolet, Max Gladstone, queer romance, read harder challenge, rec'd, Romance, spy novel, Suspense, this is how you lose the time war, time travel, two hander

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Amal El-Mohtar, Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, cbr13bingo, epistolary novel, faintingviolet, Max Gladstone, queer romance, read harder challenge, rec'd, Romance, spy novel, Suspense, this is how you lose the time war, time travel, two hander ·
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“Edward Fosca was a murderer.”

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

July 7, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 9/30 I received a free ARC of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides from Macmillan in an exchange for an honest review. I tell you what, I am just really not sure what to say about this book! I kind of feel like I want to sit with it some more, but I need to get this review out. I’m reading so many books this month they would just pile up if I didn’t keep on top of them, so […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Alex Michaelides, murder, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the maidens, thriller

narfna's CBR13 Review No:89 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Alex Michaelides, murder, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the maidens, thriller ·
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This has been such a good year for mysteries and caper comedies. Add this one to your list. #CBRBINGO – Pandemic

Finlay Donovan is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1) by Elle Cosimano

July 6, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is another one of those books I knew only after reading the synopsis was going to be A Book For Me. I’ve gotten better and better as I’ve gotten older at picking books I know I will like*. There is a reason most of my reviews are four stars, and it’s not because I go easy on the books, it’s because I know what I will like. Occasionally a stinker slips in and if I give in to curiosity (which happens quite frequently) or […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr13bingo, dark comedy, Elle Cosimano, finlay donovan, finlay donovan is killing it, mystery, narfna, Suspense

narfna's CBR13 Review No:80 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr13bingo, dark comedy, Elle Cosimano, finlay donovan, finlay donovan is killing it, mystery, narfna, Suspense ·
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