Monthly Archives: July 2022

“So are you glad I plunged in after you now?” – A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Posted on July 29, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Camel/Adapt Square (Adapting to a family chock full of magic when you only have a drop/Adapting to a new job and a whole magical world you did not know existed. A whole lot of adapting going on.) Witty … Continue reading →

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“…they’ll eat us if we’re convenient.” – The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Posted on July 29, 2022 by leedock

CBR14BINGO: Monster Square (Kaiju=monster for the most part but a handful of monstrous people involved as well. This would have never been something that I would have picked up but when Cannonballers recommend, you listen. Perhaps I should have used … Continue reading →

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“…you don’t have to be single to be independent. And you don’t have to be married to be loved.” – Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Posted on July 29, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Cozy Square (I slated this one for the New Square, but when I thought about how reading this book made me feel, Cozy hit the spot. Also, it includes a cozy little mystery.) I read and really enjoyed … Continue reading →

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“They share a lot, astronomy and childhood. Both are voyages across huge distances.” – Bewilderment by Richard Powers.

Posted on July 23, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Minds Square (all about the mind, memories and raising a neuroatypical child) Powers is on the list of writers whose grocery lists I would read. Few can write the kind of prose this man can about the natural … Continue reading →

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“Ursa Major was fictional, only the shape of a bear bounded in stars. ” – Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

Posted on July 23, 2022 by leedock

CBR14BINGO: Star Square (Stars in the title, main character named after a star, all sorts of star gazing and other starry business) Joanna is a graduate student studying the nesting habits of birds at a remote cabin used by her … Continue reading →

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“Are we not all things.” – King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Posted on July 23, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Series (first in a duology and part of the Grishaverse series of books) I have probably already sufficiently raved about the Grishaverse books written after the initial triology, but here I go again. Nikolai was a favorite character … Continue reading →

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“Now that I’m older I know that life is not about what keeps you safe, but what you keep safe, and that’s what matters most.” – Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim

Posted on July 23, 2022 by leedock

CBR14 BINGO: Heart Square (And so begins one of my favorite times of the year: CBR Bingo! This is a literal “heart” square filler as every character with a heart has it broken.) I wanted to like this one more … Continue reading →

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