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“If a book is well-written, I always find it too short”

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

November 7, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars CBR17 Bingo: Black (a book with a black cover) I had completely forgotten that I read and reviewed this book back in 2016. My original review can be found here. My plot summary of the more than 200-year-old novel can be found in my previous review. Nevertheless, my reading experience this time around was different enough from earlier times that I wanted to write about some of my thoughts and observations, not to mention some of the points of discussion that came up during my […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History Tagged With: adapted into TV and film, audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, coming-of-age, family drama, historical fiction, Jane Austen, literary classic, Malin, re-read, Regency, romantic, Rosamund Pike, sense and sensibility, Sisters, social satire, the Dark Corner

Malin's CBR17 Review No:66 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History · Tags: adapted into TV and film, audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, coming-of-age, family drama, historical fiction, Jane Austen, literary classic, Malin, re-read, Regency, romantic, Rosamund Pike, sense and sensibility, Sisters, social satire, the Dark Corner ·
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“Why do I have to be nice when most of the men aren’t?” (double Bingo)

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

November 3, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Bingo 25: A book about sport CBR17 Bingo: Play (tennis) Official plot summary (finished the book in August): Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Sports Tagged With: audiobook, Carrie Soto is back, cbr17, cbr17bingo, family, female athlete, historical fiction, Latinx, Malin, professional sports, Taylor Jenkins Reid, tennis

Malin's CBR17 Review No:65 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Sports · Tags: audiobook, Carrie Soto is back, cbr17, cbr17bingo, family, female athlete, historical fiction, Latinx, Malin, professional sports, Taylor Jenkins Reid, tennis ·
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“I’m afraid I don’t know WTF. I only discovered LOL from Joyce last week” (Double Bingo)

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

November 2, 2025 by Malin 3 Comments

CBR17 Bingo: White (a book with a white cover) In a charming retirement village somewhere in the south of England, four elderly individuals solve cold cases for fun. Retired nurse, Joyce, is the last to be inducted into “The Thursday Murder Club”, as they are in need of some of her medical expertise in trying to solve their most recent case. Led by the formidable Elizabeth, who used to be a spy, aided and abetted by Ibrahim, a retired psychologist and Ron, a former trade union […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: adapted into movie, cbr17, cbr17bingo, contemporary fiction, friendship, funny, LGBTQIA, Malin, murder, mystery, old people, Richard Osman, Suspense, the thursday murder club

Malin's CBR17 Review No:64 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: adapted into movie, cbr17, cbr17bingo, contemporary fiction, friendship, funny, LGBTQIA, Malin, murder, mystery, old people, Richard Osman, Suspense, the thursday murder club ·
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Sunshine and grumpy: Christmas edition

Magically Generated by Jackie Lau

November 2, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Arts (Everett makes detailed sketches before making his amazing snow sculptures) This was an ARC from the author. My opinions are my own. Nora Blackburn no longer believes in love and is super wary of anything that might be a fraud or scam. Her previous relationship was with a man who scammed her out of thousands of dollars, and she’s determined not to be fooled again. Her state of constant hyperawareness and scepticism of everyone and everything also means she isolates herself, and she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, cbr17, cbr17bingo, christmas, Contemporary Romance, Jackie Lau, magical realism, Magically Generated, Malin, novella, snow

Malin's CBR17 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, cbr17, cbr17bingo, christmas, Contemporary Romance, Jackie Lau, magical realism, Magically Generated, Malin, novella, snow ·
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“When death stares people in the face, they revert to their true self.”

The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews

October 27, 2025 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Free (swapping out Migrant) In a world pretty much like our own, people were just going about their ordinary lives when suddenly, everything changed. Gigantic portals to some other mystical dimension began opening all over the world. It soon became clear that if the portals were left unattended for a while, hordes of horrific monsters emerged and proceeded to wreak havoc. Once specialised teams started breaching the gates, they discovered each portal contained a lot of rare and valuable minerals and resources, as […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr17, cbr17bingo, family, ilona andrews, installments, Malin, monsters, the Breach Wars, The Inheritance, Urban Fantasy

Malin's CBR17 Review No:62 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, cbr17, cbr17bingo, family, ilona andrews, installments, Malin, monsters, the Breach Wars, The Inheritance, Urban Fantasy ·
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“What we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.”

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

October 17, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo 25: A Bookish Memoir/biography CBR17 Pie Chart: Education CBR17 Bingo: Citizen (Nafisi lived and taught in Iran during increasingly more dictatorial strictures against its citizens) Official summary: Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, authoritarianism, Azar Nafisi, BIPOC, cbr17, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, cbr17bingo, dictatorship, feminism, friendship, liteature, literary analysis, Malin, non fiction

Malin's CBR17 Review No:61 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, authoritarianism, Azar Nafisi, BIPOC, cbr17, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, cbr17bingo, dictatorship, feminism, friendship, liteature, literary analysis, Malin, non fiction ·
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