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Finding your way out of the books and into the real world

April 5, 2015 by Malin 1 Comment

Disclaimer! I got this from NetGalley in return for a fair and honest review.  Samantha Moore has spent most of her life in foster care. Having tried to hold down a job on her own, she reluctantly accepts a scholarship offered by an anonymous benefactor, to Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. The scholarship will only be available as long as she completes her degree, and writes about her progress to the foundation, care of the CEO, who hides behind the name Mr. Knightley. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, Dear Mr Knightley, epistolary, Katherine Reay, Malin, NetGalley, romantic

Malin's CBR7 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR7, coming-of-age, contemporary fiction, Dear Mr Knightley, epistolary, Katherine Reay, Malin, NetGalley, romantic ·
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A little sad about this.

March 11, 2015 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

I have read all four of Rainbow Rowell’s novels now and I have been enamored with three of them. Landline is the fourth. Here’s what happens, basically: Georgie is married to Neal and they have two young children. He’s a stay at home dad, and she works as a TV comedy writer, currently on an awful sitcom-type show that she hates. The week of Christmas, Seth, Georgie’s writing partner, informs her that they may have a huge break in the works: a major producer wants […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: contemporary fiction, Rainbow Rowell

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: contemporary fiction, Rainbow Rowell ·
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An Abundance of Moping

March 2, 2015 by Malin 3 Comments

Colin Singleton is a child prodigy, convinced that as he ages, he becomes less remarkable with each passing day. While able to converse in eleven different languages and capable of memorising the majority of everything he reads (for hours every day), he’s not really able to adapt the reading into anything new – like a true genius would be able to. He desperately wants to make some sort of significant contribution to the world, even more so after he’s crushed when dumped by his girlfriend […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: an abundance of katherines, CBR7, contemporary fiction, john green, Malin, maths, Young Adult

Malin's CBR7 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: an abundance of katherines, CBR7, contemporary fiction, john green, Malin, maths, Young Adult ·
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I really want to see the staged version of Hold Me Closer

March 1, 2015 by Malin 4 Comments

4.5 stars (loses half a star because Will 2.0 refuses to use capital letters) Disclaimer! I was given a copy of this through NetGalley in return for a fair and unbiased review. Honesty compels me to admit that I already owned the book when I requested it, I figured being given a copy would motivate me into reading it and reviewing it more quickly. This book tells the story of two teenage boys, both named Will Grayson. They have alternating points-of-view chapters, one written by […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR7, contemporary fiction, david levithan, john green, LGBTQ, Malin, NetGalley, romantic, will grayson will grayson, Young Adult

Malin's CBR7 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CBR7, contemporary fiction, david levithan, john green, LGBTQ, Malin, NetGalley, romantic, will grayson will grayson, Young Adult ·
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The tiny blonde one is growing up and progressing as a detective

February 19, 2015 by Malin 1 Comment

Disclaimer! I was given an ARC of this through NetGalley in return for a fair and unbiased review. Readers should be aware that this is the second book of Veronica Mars mysteries. Readers should probably watch the movie (it’s on Netflix) and read the first book before reading this. If you’re not caught up, there will be spoilers in the review below. Veronica Mars is hired by the insurance agents for the Neptune Grand, to prove that one of the hotel’s staff members didn’t assault […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR7, contemporary fiction, Jennifer Graham, Malin, mr. kiss and tell, mystery, NetGalley, Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars

Malin's CBR7 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR7, contemporary fiction, Jennifer Graham, Malin, mr. kiss and tell, mystery, NetGalley, Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars ·
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Like “Taken”, but with excessively normal people.

February 16, 2015 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

Chasing the Sun  is a novel where the pieces are there, but they didn’t quite come together for me. The prose is appealing, and the premise is compelling: a woman, Marabela, is kidnapped by an insurgent group in Lima, Peru, and they are demanding ransom from her husband, Andres. Their family is upper-middle class, but Andres doesn’t have the kind of money they’re demanding, so he must scramble to liquidate any possible assets and cobble anything together that might save his wife. The catch? Before Marabela […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: contemporary fiction, natalia sylvester, peru

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: contemporary fiction, natalia sylvester, peru ·
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