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About Malin

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Constantly overworked Norwegian secondary school teacher, Geek and reading enthusiast. Married. Mother of little boy, born February 2018. Two cats. The Cannonball-veteran (the only participant - as far as I know - who has participated every year since CBRII). Loves fantasy, kissing books and YA. Strongly opinionated about many things. Perpetually behind on reviews.

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His wife is acting different and it smells like infidelity

Full spredning: en legeroman (Natural Causes) by Nina Lykke

March 29, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Elin has worked as a GP in the centre of Oslo for more than two decades. She’s married to Aksel, an orthopedist who seems obsessed with either cross country skiing in the winter and roller skis in the summer. They met during med school, and have lived in the same house long enough to see the little residential area that used to be full of idealistic and progressive residents become distinctly upper-middle class (as have they). They are now empty nesters after their two daughters […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Award Winning, CBR13, contemporary fiction, Full spredning, Malin, natural causes, Nina Lykke, Norwegian

Malin's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Award Winning, CBR13, contemporary fiction, Full spredning, Malin, natural causes, Nina Lykke, Norwegian ·
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“It sounds like your dream broke, and you’ve been picking up shattered pieces and blaming yourself when your hands bleed.”

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

March 25, 2021 by Malin 2 Comments

Eve is the youngest and seemingly flightiest of the three privileged Brown sisters. She’s always felt like the odd duck in the family, neither as focused nor as intelligent as her two older sisters and completely unable to settle on anything for very long. When she abruptly closes down her wedding planning business after one single event (a generally very successful wedding, that nevertheless descended into some chaos after Eve took it upon herself to liberate all the doves that the bride had wanted, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, Act Your Age Eve Brown, autism, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, Malin, neurodiversity, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters

Malin's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, Act Your Age Eve Brown, autism, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, Malin, neurodiversity, Talia Hibbert, the Brown Sisters ·
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Sadly, yet another Alyssa Cole hero kind of unworthy of his heroine

How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole

March 25, 2021 by Malin 3 Comments

3.5 stars Official book description: When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it’s nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong.   A king must rule with an iron fist, and newly crowned King Sanyu was born perfectly fitted for the gauntlet, even if he wishes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, Anxiety, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, How to Catch a Queen, Malin, royalty, Runaway Royals

Malin's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, Anxiety, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, How to Catch a Queen, Malin, royalty, Runaway Royals ·
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“You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn’t, he sent men to come and take it away.”

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

February 26, 2021 by Malin 4 Comments

The Night Watch of the sprawling city of Ankh-Morpork consists of only three people (although people might question if Nobby Nobbs is entirely human) led by the depressed and shambolic Captain Samuel Vimes. No one is more surprised than he when he finds out that they have a new recruit from the mountains who actually volunteed for the Watch. No one ever does that. The fact that young Carrot Ironfunderson claims to be a dwarf, even though he’s 6 foot 2 and seems to keep […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR13, discworld, dragons, funny, guards guards, heroes, Malin, romantic, Satire, Terry Pratchett

Malin's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, CBR13, discworld, dragons, funny, guards guards, heroes, Malin, romantic, Satire, Terry Pratchett ·
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The found family narrative works better than the romance

Love at First by Kate Clayborn

February 23, 2021 by Malin 1 Comment

3.5 stars Disclaimer! I got this book as an ARC from NetGalley. That has in no way influenced my review. Sixteen years ago, Will Stirling first cast eyes on Nora Clarke and was instantly smitten. He was standing under a shaded tree, listening with a sinking heart to his mother pleading with the uncle he hadn’t even realised existed, while she was up high on a balcony, throwing little tomatoes at thieving squirrels. Cut to the present day, when Will is an overworked doctor and has […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, Contemporary Romance, found family, grief, Kate Clayborn, Love at First, Malin, NetGalley

Malin's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR13, Contemporary Romance, found family, grief, Kate Clayborn, Love at First, Malin, NetGalley ·
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