Author Archives: C.A. Jacobs

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About C.A. Jacobs

Just another crazy person, masquerading as a writer.

Book Review: Adrift In Starlight by Mindi Briar

Posted on January 1, 2024 by C.A. Jacobs

One of my favorite holiday traditions is to buy two copies of a book and keep one while I send the other to a friend so we can both read the same book at the same time. The first book … Continue reading →

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You Have To Start Somewhere

Posted on December 31, 2023 by C.A. Jacobs

I feel more and more as though every year gets to be a bigger and bigger dumpster fire. Life gets in the way a lot and life happens a lot, and most of it is completely outside any of our … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai

Posted on October 17, 2023 by C.A. Jacobs

Earlier this week, I read The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (fantasy, 368 pages). “As a waterweaver, Nehal can move and shape any water to her will, but she’s limited by her lack of formal education. She desires nothing … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

Posted on October 13, 2023 by C.A. Jacobs

Yesterday, I read A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (fantasy, 119 pages and 128 pages). A Spindle Splintered: “It’s Zinnia Gray’s twenty-first birthday, which is extra special because it’s the last birthday she’ll ever have. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Renegades Trilogy by Marissa Meyer

Posted on July 19, 2023 by C.A. Jacobs

Last week, I read Marissa Meyer’s Renegades series, consisting of Renegades, Arch-Enemies, and Supernova (Young Adult Science Fiction, I guess? With a cumulative word count of 1572 pages). “The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies – humans with extraordinary abilities … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Posted on July 9, 2023 by C.A. Jacobs

Last month’s fantasy/science fiction book club was a short Young Adult book and therefore we were encouraged to read a second, much longer, adult fantasy novel, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. “The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are trying … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: the Glass Onion

Posted on January 7, 2023 by C.A. Jacobs

This week, I watched the Glass Onion. I’ve been seeing a lot of screenshots, thoughts, gifs, and other media concerning this movie since it came out and I was curious to watch it. I wanted to like this movie. I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Posted on January 6, 2023 by C.A. Jacobs

Several months ago, my once-local library started a Fantasy / Science Fiction book club. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke was the fantasy book chosen for December 2022. I don’t have the book anymore, as the book club books are checked out … Continue reading →

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Book Review: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Posted on December 1, 2022 by C.A. Jacobs

It’s been a long, long time since I’ve posted anything, let alone a book review. It’s not that I haven’t been reading. It’s more that I just haven’t taken the time to learn the new formatting options here. About two … Continue reading →

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Another day

Posted on May 9, 2022 by C.A. Jacobs

The results have come back from two of the three poetry contests I submitted to at the end of 2021 and I have so far not even been a finalist, which is mildly depressing. So I am editing again with … Continue reading →

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