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Some non-Sandman Slim from Richard Kadrey

The Grand Dark by Richard Kadrey

Dead Set by Richard Kadrey

August 23, 2019 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

I am a big fan of the Sandman Slim series, especially the narration by MacLeod Andrews who just NAILS the character. Thus, I tried some of the author’s other books, The Grand Dark and Dead Set. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect and yet I feel that my expectations were met. Both books deal with grim worlds and the occult. I think I could identify them as Kadrey books even without knowing, but that might be some really strong hindsight bias. I read The […]

More teens taking on social justice, Australian edition!

Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough

August 14, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Far and Away! This book is set in Australia, which according to a random internet website, is about halfway around the world from me. Will Everhart loathes her life at her new stuffy school Rosemead girls’ academy. She’s always fought loudly on the side of injustice, leaving her a little lonely and unliked at her public school, but that’s only exacerbated here. Even though the principal has got an eye on her, and even though her grades are failing, she still can’t keep […]

Redemption for the Great Library

Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine

August 10, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 12 (Youths!) I have to admit I’d really gotten close to giving up on The Great Library Series. The last volume was pretty bad; it had little action, and a lot of the characters started to look bad or empty. Thankfully, many of those issues were resolved in Smoke and Iron (Great Library #4). Smoke and Iron begins where Ash and Quill left off. Jess and his twin Brandon have switched places, and “Brendan” goes to the Great Library to hand over Morgan (beloved […]

Cute cooking manga that took a dark turn, comes to a sweet conclusion

Kitchen Princess Vol. 7 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 8 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 9 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

Kitchen Princess Vol. 10 by Miyuki Kobayashi (story by), Natsumi Ando (manga by)

August 3, 2019 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

I have previously reviewed Volume 1 and a combined review of Volumes 5 and 6 in the series. Kitchen Princess starts with the main protagonist, Najika, changing schools to find her flan prince. A boy that saved her life by offering flan and hope when Najika was at her darkest after becoming orphaned at a young age. She was raised by Hagio-Sensei in Lavender House, a group home for orphaned children in Hokkaido, Japan. Najika has a natural talent in the kitchen. With one taste […]

“Can ambiguous social situations kindly go fuck themselves?”

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

July 31, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Pajiba! This book was briefly reviewed on Pajiba here, seems we feel similarly! Leah Burke seems to be on an even keep as she navigates senior year, stepping closer to her future college career at the local state school, where she’ll even have her friend Abby there. But naturally things start to shake up, as tends to happen in senior year. First, Abby and Nick break up. Abby doesn’t think their relationship can hold-up long distance, and Nick is heartbroken – as is […]

Silver in more ways than one

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

July 27, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo Review 6 (Remix) I am loving this Bingo thing; it’s forcing me to pick up things I’ve been wanting to read but have hesitated to start for various reasons. Spinning Silver is one of these books. I really loved Naomi Novik’s Uprooted fairy tale retelling, and Spinning Silver does a lot of the same things. The biggest change though is also my biggest complaint. Verdict: Spinning Silver is a distant silver to Uprooted‘s gold. Spinning Silver is a mix between a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin […]

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