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A really sweet and heart-warming comic about gay teens

Heartstopper, vol 1 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper, vol 2 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper, vol 3 by Alice Oseman

December 31, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Heartstopper, vol 1: 4.5 stars Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…?   Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn’t been too great, but at least he’s not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He’s heard a little about Charlie – the kid who was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: alice oseman, bullying, cbr12, contemporary fiction, Depression, eating disorders, Graphic Novel, heartstopper, LGBTQIA, Malin, rugby, self-harm, web comic, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:101 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: alice oseman, bullying, cbr12, contemporary fiction, Depression, eating disorders, Graphic Novel, heartstopper, LGBTQIA, Malin, rugby, self-harm, web comic, Young Adult ·
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Sadly, one of my biggest disappointments of the year

Gul book (Yellow Book) by Zeshan Shakar

December 27, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description (any errors in translation are mine): Mani is a newly graduated economist and has just secured a job at the Ministry of Education and Research. He is a young man who lives with his father in a flat at Haugenstua, in the east of Oslo, and has a girlfriend he thinks he’s going to marry someday. Preferably, he’d like to use his abilities in the private sector, where the prestige and the money lies, because he’s painfully aware that both his girlfriend […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #ownvoices, cbr12, contemporary fiction, culture clash, Gul Bok, Immigration, Malin, Norwegian, Yellow Book, Zeshan Shakar

Malin's CBR12 Review No:86 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #ownvoices, cbr12, contemporary fiction, culture clash, Gul Bok, Immigration, Malin, Norwegian, Yellow Book, Zeshan Shakar ·
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“There’s nothing quite like the futility of being seventeen in an election year.”

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli/Aisha Saeed

December 27, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Official book description: YES Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let’s face it, speaking at all to almost anyone), Jamie’s a choke artist. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes…until he meets Maya.   NO Maya Rehman’s having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: activism, Becky Albertalli/Aisha Saeed, cbr12, contemporary fiction, LGBTQIA, Malin, Multicultural, politics, romantic, Yes No Maybe So, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:85 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: activism, Becky Albertalli/Aisha Saeed, cbr12, contemporary fiction, LGBTQIA, Malin, Multicultural, politics, romantic, Yes No Maybe So, Young Adult ·
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I Don’t Care What Anyone Says, This Is Not a Romantic Comedy

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

July 31, 2020 by Tracy Leave a Comment

CBR 12 Bingo: Debut I’m still on my kick of wanting to read witty, contemporary romance, but honestly I’m starting to wonder if I have the same definition of “witty” or “funny” as other people. Just like The Hating Game and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, reviewers describe Sarah Hogle’s debut novel You Deserve Each Other as witty, funny, laugh-out-loud, etc. The thing is, witty banter and teasing, or even teasing that goes a little too far, are very different from being mean, and Naomi […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, contemporary fiction, debut author, debut novel, Not actually funny, Sarah Hogle

Tracy's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, contemporary fiction, debut author, debut novel, Not actually funny, Sarah Hogle ·
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The film is WAY better than the book

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

July 21, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

#CBR12 Bingo: Adaptation (was turned into a movie in 2015 – the film is way better than the book) (Can also be read for Debut) Official book description: Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics.   Until Greg’s mother forces him to rekindle his childhood friendship with Rachel.   Rachel has been […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: adaptation, adapted into film, cancer, cbr12, cbr12bingo, contemporary fiction, debut, friendship, Jesse Andrews, Malin, me and earl and the dying girl, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: adaptation, adapted into film, cancer, cbr12, cbr12bingo, contemporary fiction, debut, friendship, Jesse Andrews, Malin, me and earl and the dying girl, Young Adult ·
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