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“You’re going to fuck up, but most of the time, that’s all right”

December 26, 2016 by Malin Leave a Comment

I wasn’t initially going to get this book. While I’ve seen Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda, possibly the two films that Mara Wilson is most famous for, I haven’t really watched any of the others she was a child star in, nor do I follow her Twitter or writing career as an adult. It just didn’t seem like this would be all that interesting to me. Nonetheless, this book got a lot of positive write-ups from people with good taste, including Patrick Rothfuss and Wil Wheaton […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autobiography, CBR8, celebrity, Malin, Mara Wilson, moive star, Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame

Malin's CBR8 Review No:124 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: autobiography, CBR8, celebrity, Malin, Mara Wilson, moive star, Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame ·
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    on The Daevabad Trilogy: “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.”
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    on More lady pirates please.
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