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A Joyous Reintroduction to My True Love

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

January 13, 2019 by GoAllieGo 2 Comments

Long ago, I accepted my own propensity for being terrible at doing certain things “on time.” Especially if it has to do with sending mail or letters, holidays, birthdays, cards, and actually writing things down… I will probably drag my feet, get wrapped up in emotions, focus too much on perfectionism, and fail at accomplishing my postal-related goals. Six Wakes was one of my beautiful, shiny, inspiring Xmas exchange gifts from MsWas. Guess who didn’t write a post when she got her box? Me. Shameful, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #mystery, #Science Fiction, Fiction, GoAllieGo, Mur Lafferty, Suspense

GoAllieGo's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #mystery, #Science Fiction, Fiction, GoAllieGo, Mur Lafferty, Suspense ·
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Some good ideas, but the execution could use some work

October 11, 2018 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I get early reviewer lists every month from LibraryThing, and I got the chance to read and review The Portal & The Experiment: Two Novellas of Suspense by Lynn L. Clark.  I was provided this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review. The Portal Our main character Emily has inherited an antique shop from her mother, who recently passed away.  In searching for more stock for the shop, she acquires a tiger-stripe desk with a mirror. Once back in the shop, she thinks […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #CBR10, Lynn L. Clark, novellas, Suspense

crystalclear's CBR10 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #CBR10, Lynn L. Clark, novellas, Suspense ·
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And Then There Were Satanists … The Legacy

October 8, 2018 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

The Legacy, by John Coyne, is a mixture of an Agatha Christie whodunnit, as members of a house party are knocked off one by one, and an occult thriller. It’s not always clear how much of the menace is due to dark magic or just plain old greed, as six people have been elected to inherit a legacy — of vast wealth, property, and possibly, supernatural power. Coyne wrote the novel as a tie-in to the successful film starring Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot (and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: #CBR10, agatha christie, Books, horror, John Coyne, Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Suspense, the legacy

xoxoxoe's CBR10 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: #CBR10, agatha christie, Books, horror, John Coyne, Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Suspense, the legacy ·
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Bad blood carries. Bad blood comes out.

October 7, 2018 by Dusty Highway Leave a Comment

CBR10Bingo: The Book Was Better? This was another square I struggled to fill, until a flash of inspiration hit me. I remembered that I had bought Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden on a whim several months ago but never actually watched it, giving me the perfect excuse to buy and read Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and then finally watch the film. Done and done.  Sue was born in a cramped house of thieves and orphaned when her mother was hanged for murder. Mrs. Sucksby has raised […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, Charles Dickens, costume drama, crime, Fingersmith, LGBT fiction, Sarah Waters, Suspense

Dusty Highway's CBR10 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, Charles Dickens, costume drama, crime, Fingersmith, LGBT fiction, Sarah Waters, Suspense ·
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Entertaining thriller; leaned into all the wrong parts. #CBRBingo (3rd Bingo!)

September 30, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

I didn’t expect this book to blow my mind, so I had a good time reading it. It was pretty fucked up, in that what-the-hell-is-going-on sort of way. That made me read it super fast, and I was completely absorbed the whole time. But when the reveal finally happened, it just felt really clichéd the way it played out. This book is about Anna Fox, a former child psychologist, now agoraphobic shut-in, who hasn’t left her house in ten months (almost eleven), and who spends […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: A. J. Finn, cbr10bingo, murder, mystery, narfna, psychological suspense, Suspense, The Woman in the Window, thriller

narfna's CBR10 Review No:119 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: A. J. Finn, cbr10bingo, murder, mystery, narfna, psychological suspense, Suspense, The Woman in the Window, thriller ·
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“Unless one of us is lying. Which is always a possibility.”

September 29, 2018 by narfna 7 Comments

This was so much better than I thought it was going to be! And I don’t even care that I guessed most of the ending about halfway through. I ended up liking the characters so much by the end, I just wanted to hug and squeeze them all. I suggested One of Us is Lying to my book club, and as soon as they heard, “The Breakfast Club, but with murder,” they didn’t even want to listen to any of my other suggestions. Sometimes you […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: karen m mcmanus, mystery, narfna, one of us is lying, Suspense, Young Adult

narfna's CBR10 Review No:118 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: karen m mcmanus, mystery, narfna, one of us is lying, Suspense, Young Adult ·
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