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A prolonged sense of unease…

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reed

July 1, 2019 by Niki 3 Comments

CBR11BINGO Square: Cannonballer Says – I read this book because Bea Pants’ Review struck my interest! I tend to post reviews in fits and bursts, so I’m not as active on the CBR11 page as I had hoped.  When I post my reviews, I try and look around at recent reviews, both for curiosity and to get some ideas for my TBR pile.  This sometimes leads to hopscotching around to previous reviews by the same, person etc.  I’m not sure exactly how I saw Bea Pants’ […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #IainReed, bad twist, cbr11bingo, Fiction, Suspense, thriller

Niki's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #IainReed, bad twist, cbr11bingo, Fiction, Suspense, thriller ·
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Human Nature vs. Theme Park

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven

June 23, 2019 by Claire Badger Leave a Comment

This was everything I want an audiobook to be, and I could barely stop listening to it. So far, it is my favorite audiobook of the year. The voice acting is fantastic, with two actors reading for dozens of characters, and the excitement and thrill the book promises is actually delivered. You know what’s coming at the end, the interview with the subject we’ve all been waiting to hear from, and it’s as chilling as you could hope it will be. It’s a bit slow […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: documentary book, fantasticland, horror, Max Brooks, mike bockoven, thriller, World War Z

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: documentary book, fantasticland, horror, Max Brooks, mike bockoven, thriller, World War Z ·
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Best Selling Bore

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre

June 15, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I don’t have good luck with standard best sellers or literary fiction. I decided to try Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy because the premise sounded interesting and I hear the author do a radio interview for the latest installment in the series not too long ago. My first reaction to this novel was: “How could something this boring have possibly been a best-seller?” George Smiley spends a lot of time thinking about the past, doing paperwork, and talking to random acquaintances. He used to work for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: best seller, british spy, george smiley, john lecarre, thriller, tinker tailor soldier spy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: best seller, british spy, george smiley, john lecarre, thriller, tinker tailor soldier spy ·
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Often those that criticize others reveal what he himself lacks

The Rumor by Lesley Kara

June 7, 2019 by Classic 1 Comment

Please note that I received this book for free via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on June 18, 2019.  So I liked the general idea on how a rumor can catch fire and burn innocent people. However, I think Kara didn’t go far enough with it. Also some of the book read as repetitive after a while with Joanna thinking everyone was the child killer Sally McGowan in hiding. And then we have the reveal (which […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Lesley Kara, mystery, Suspense, The Rumor, thriller

Classic's CBR11 Review No:121 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Lesley Kara, mystery, Suspense, The Rumor, thriller ·
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Two Types of Breakdown

The Breakdown by B.A. Paris

June 7, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I do have to say that I liked parts of the book. I think the biggest reason why I only gave it 3 stars was that Cass seemed beyond ridiculous and naive at times. Can we get a strong female character in a suspense book for once who doesn’t do things like go out into the dark in search of a killer? We women do have common sense. Also it didn’t make a lot of sense to me why she didn’t want to go to […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: B.A. Paris, mystery, Suspense, The Breakdown, thriller

Classic's CBR11 Review No:120 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: B.A. Paris, mystery, Suspense, The Breakdown, thriller ·
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Reminded Me of Under the Dome…Not a Good Reference Point

Sleeping Beauties by Owen King

May 31, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

I don’t know what to say here besides this new Stephen/Owen King mash-up was disappointing. I read “Under the Dome” eons ago and I really wish that my Amazon review had been pushed to Goodreads. I recall that I was flabbergasted that no one had reigned in King since that book was 1,074 freaking pages. I read that over two days back in 2009 when I was traveling to Afghanistan for work and recall that at one point I was awake for two days just […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, horror, owen king, sleeping beauties, Stephen King, thriller

Classic's CBR11 Review No:119 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, horror, owen king, sleeping beauties, Stephen King, thriller ·
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