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Noir by Christopher Moore

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy

Summary: San Francisco. Summer, 1947. A dame walks into a saloon . . .It’s not every afternoon that an enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy “Two Toes” Tiffin tends bar. It’s love at first...

Odd Hours by Dean Koontz

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy

Summary: Strange times need strange heroes. Odd Thomas lives always between two worlds. He can see the lingering dead and knows that even in chaos, there is order, purpose, and strange meaning that invites our understanding but often thwarts it. Intuition has brought...

Slade House by David Mitchell

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy

Summary: Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door. Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you’ll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and...

The Dark Glamour by Gabriella Pierce

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy, Romance

Summary: Jane Boyle married her prince charming and moved into his upper east side castle–but she didn’t get her fairy-tale ending It’s hard to live happily ever after when you discover your demanding and controlling mother-in-law is literally a...

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Fantasy, SciFi

Summary: Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived...

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

by Bubbly Bibbly | Aug 23, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy, Romance

Summary: Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass and cedar palace on an island in British Columbia. Jonathan Alkaitis works in finance and owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it’s the beginning of their life...