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Book Reviews

Carmen is Bubbly Bibbly’s official book reviewer.  She will offer summaries of books of note.

Carmen’s recommendations are awesome and insightful.

Carmen’s reviews are less like prose and more like having a conversation with her.  She always has a brilliant take on story lines and characters. Her reviews are consistently on point.  Carmen’s reviews will make you smile, especially when she has a bone to pick.

Carmen’s reviews crack open the novels, bringing them to life.

Carmen’s Rating System

1 Look – I wish I hadn’t looked.

2 Looks – I looked and didn’t like what I saw.

3 Looks – I looked and I liked it. As a matter of fact, I probably looked again.

4 Looks – An ogle. I looked and turned my head to see it from the back.

5 Looks – What’s your name and number, baby?

Stop Everything!: Episode 99

In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about titles someone has told us to “Stop Everything and read!”, and how they turned out. Let us know if you’ve ever been faced with a “stop everything” book, and how it turned out for you. And remember, the acronym for “drop...

Banned Book Spotlight: Maus Episode 97

In this episode, Carmen and Rachel talk about the graphic novel by Art Spiegelman called, “Maus”. We have talked about Maus before, but we have never dedicated an entire episode to one title.  First a little background. Maus is written and illustrated by a cartoonist...

Best of – Episode 44 – Horror

In this episode, Carmen will be doing most of the talking, and Rachel will be making comments, on various titles from the horror genre.  Let us know which book scared you the most. And remember, “Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense....

Best Of – Holiday Edition Day 13

Carmen and Rachel wish you the merriest of the season. As you do, please enjoy some of our best episodes from last year.

Best Of – Holiday Edition Day 6

Carmen and Rachel wish you the merriest of the season. As you do, please enjoy some of our best episodes from last year.

Best Of – Holiday Edition

Carmen and Rachel wish you the merriest of the season. As you do, please enjoy some of our best episodes from last year

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

Summary: Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel...

Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Summary: They are the Pipers of Cape Breton Island — a family steeped in lies and unspoken truths that reach out from the past, forever mindful of the tragic secret that could shatter the family to its foundations. Chronicling five generations of this eccentric...

Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette

Summary: Agatha has lived every day of the last nine years with her sisters: they work together, laugh together, pray together. Their world is contained within the little house they share. The four of them are devoted to Mother Roberta and to their quiet, purposeful...

Appearance of Evil by Christopher A. Lane

Summary: The author of "Eden's Gate" offers a psychological thriller with surprise twists and turns, set in the beautiful and peaceful community of Colorado Springs. The book is a stunning portrayal of nominal faith confronted with the heart's deep motives, the...

The Other Emily by Dean Koontz

Summary: A decade ago, Emily Carlino vanished after her car broke down on a California highway. She was presumed to be one of serial killer Ronny Lee Jessup’s victims whose remains were never found. Writer David Thorne still hasn’t recovered from losing the love of...

Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena

Summary: In this family, everyone is keeping secrets--especially the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there. And they don't come much richer than Fred and Sheila Merton. But even all their money...