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Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

July 11, 2025 by Jake 1 Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: workplace. The vast majority of the book takes place at the Buffalo Queen saloon. I love reading. And I’m a voracious reader, as my Cannonball Read review catalog can attest to. Maybe I don’t get to it as much as I have in years past but I enjoy reading and documenting what I’ve read. However, because I devour so many books, I tend to have either read or tried most of the stuff I see on listicles. It’s to […]

Filed Under: Western Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Claudia Cravens, dodge city, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Lucky Red, sex work, Workplace

Jake's CBR17 Review No:23 · Genres: Western · Tags: cbr17bingo, Claudia Cravens, dodge city, historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Lucky Red, sex work, Workplace ·
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“Every time you leave someone’s life you risk being the worst thing that’s ever happened to them, or the last thing to ever happen to them.”

Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin

July 10, 2025 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. This had so much promise, and it started off so well for me. I was delighted by the bitchy plant narrator (plus some others) that was obsessed with this woman, Neve, who runs a flower shop in an aging mall that is about to be closed and bulldozed to the ground. Our MC Shell was a good way in to the dynamic between Neve and the plant, whose […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, Eat the Ones You Love, f/f, horror, Irish author, irish literature, LGBTQIA, narfna, plant horror, queer horror, Sarah Maria Griffin

narfna's CBR17 Review No:18 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, Eat the Ones You Love, f/f, horror, Irish author, irish literature, LGBTQIA, narfna, plant horror, queer horror, Sarah Maria Griffin ·
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A lovely ending to a very original fantasy trilogy

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen

July 9, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Netgalley and Orbit Books for this ARC. My opinions, are as always, my own. This is the third book in the series, and as such, not the best place to start reading. This review may contain some spoilers for the previous two books in the series, and the place to begin is with The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy. Tanrian Marshall Rosie Fox can’t die. Or at least she doesn’t stay dead, because she’s a demigod, daughter of the Trickster. She is 157 […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, cbr17, dragons, friendship, gods, Hart and Mercy, immortality, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, Megan Bannen, mythology, NetGalley, The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam

Malin's CBR17 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, cbr17, dragons, friendship, gods, Hart and Mercy, immortality, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, Megan Bannen, mythology, NetGalley, The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam ·
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I think I prefer her contemporaries

Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday

July 6, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Thanks to Jenny Holiday, Netgalley and Tantor Audio for this ARC. My opinion is my own. Edward “Effie” Astley, Viscount Featherfinch, is a poet and a terrible disappointment to his father. Thankfully, he’s about to set off on the annual “Earl’s trip” with his two best friends, who support him come what may. So they don’t ask any questions when Effie asks them to help him store a broken printing press, nor why he’s so preoccupied with letters from a Miss Evans. Effie […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: age gap, audiobook, cbr17, Earls Trip, friendship, historical romance, Jenny Holiday, LGBTQIA, magazine publishing, Malin, Manic Pixie Dream Earl, NetGalley, Regency, road trip

Malin's CBR17 Review No:32 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: age gap, audiobook, cbr17, Earls Trip, friendship, historical romance, Jenny Holiday, LGBTQIA, magazine publishing, Malin, Manic Pixie Dream Earl, NetGalley, Regency, road trip ·
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I cried six times while reading this memoir slash podcast slash pop culture book.

Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs

May 19, 2025 by narfna 1 Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. First, here’s the blurb, because I’m not sure my review actually does a great job letting you know what the book is about: “A memoir reflecting on heartbreak, perseverance, and life lessons learned from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from the hosts of the hit podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer. Kristin and Jenny’s marriage started with an ultimatum: to further their relationship, Kristin must watch Jenny’s favorite show, Buffy […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, ARCs, audiobooks, Buffering: A Rewatch Podcast, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, divorce, Jenny Owen Youngs, Kristin Russo, Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs, LGBTQIA, narfna, narrated by the authors, non fiction, podcast to book, Podcasts, pregnancy loss, Slayers Every One of Us, television, tv

narfna's CBR17 Review No:10 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, ARCs, audiobooks, Buffering: A Rewatch Podcast, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, divorce, Jenny Owen Youngs, Kristin Russo, Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs, LGBTQIA, narfna, narrated by the authors, non fiction, podcast to book, Podcasts, pregnancy loss, Slayers Every One of Us, television, tv ·
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“Last week I considered going jogging in flip-flops just to remind myself how sex sounds.”

The True Love Experience by Christina Lauren

April 23, 2025 by Malin 2 Comments

StoryGraph Easy Reading Challenge 25: A book with two authors Felicity “Fizzy” Chen loves her life and career as a romance writer. The problem is that she’s suffering from a bad case of writers’ block, and when she’s asked about her personal life in interviews or author panels, it’s not like she can confess to never actually having been in love, right? A romance writer should surely have experienced romantic love at some point? With all of her friends happily coupled up, she’s also getting […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr17, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, dating, DNA Duo, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, reality TV, social media, The True Love Experiment, Writers

Malin's CBR17 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr17, Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, dating, DNA Duo, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, reality TV, social media, The True Love Experiment, Writers ·
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