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The Backup by cheeryos

December 29, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

The Backup by cheeryos “Poor Ronan here might as well be celibate. How long has it been?” She whispers theatrically, “I think he’s saving himself for Vin Diesel.” Ronan shoves her to shut her up. She’s wrong, anyways. He had always wanted to be Vin Diesel growing up. Which, naturally, meant that he’d wanted to fuck Paul Walker. Now that it’s been brought up, he notices that Adam kind of fits into the Paul Walker mold, with his blue eyes and tanned face and wheat-stalk […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cheeryos, christmas, Dysfunctional Families, emotionally constipated, fake dating, fanfic, fanfiction, friends to lovers, gay romance, Maggie Stiefvater, New Year's Eve, pining, queer romance, romcom, Slow Burn Romance, the Dreamer Trilogy, The Raven Cycle

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:52 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cheeryos, christmas, Dysfunctional Families, emotionally constipated, fake dating, fanfic, fanfiction, friends to lovers, gay romance, Maggie Stiefvater, New Year's Eve, pining, queer romance, romcom, Slow Burn Romance, the Dreamer Trilogy, The Raven Cycle ·
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Good book for the new year. Sort of.

January 17, 2017 by cheerbrarian 1 Comment

I have been a fan of Nick Hornby since I read “High Fidelity.” I came at it after having seen the film, and they can both really standalone as solid entertainment. I later read “About a Boy” and enjoyed that as well, so this is my third Hornby, and I liked it just as much as the first two. The subject matter could be a bit of a downer, especially for this time of year, but it really just depends on your perspective. I have […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: A Long Way Down, New Year's Eve, Nick Hornby, suicide

cheerbrarian's CBR9 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: A Long Way Down, New Year's Eve, Nick Hornby, suicide ·
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Bonus review: Happy New Year!

December 31, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

I know I said yesterday that number 134 was going to be my last review of the year, but that was before I remembered that there was a Rainbow Rowell short story out there in the world that I hadn’t read. Also, it has it’s own entry on Goodreads, so even though it’s part of a bigger anthology, My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (eleven of which I have yet to read), I don’t feel reviewing it is cheating. 135 is a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, contemporary fiction, Malin, Midnights, My True love gave to me, New Year's Eve, Rainbow Rowell, romance, short story, Young Adult

Malin's CBR8 Review No:135 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, contemporary fiction, Malin, Midnights, My True love gave to me, New Year's Eve, Rainbow Rowell, romance, short story, Young Adult ·
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