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A very good graphic novel about a very difficult topic

Ubesvart anrop (Unanswered Call) by Nora Dåsnes

October 30, 2021 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars Official book description (translated by me): Oslo, late summer 2011 Barely a month after the terror attacks on the 22nd of July, Rebekka and Fariba are starting high school. Rebekka doesn’t know any of the people who died, and thinks she should be one of the ones who are ready to claim back their peace of mind. So when Fariba signs up for the Labour Party Youth Movement, Rebekka tries to get involved with drama club, with Daniel with the curly hair, with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: 22 July 2011, Anxiety, CBR13, Fiction, friendship, Graphic Novel, Malin, Nora Dåsnes, Norwegian, ptsd, romantic, Ubesvart anrop, Young Adult

Malin's CBR13 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: 22 July 2011, Anxiety, CBR13, Fiction, friendship, Graphic Novel, Malin, Nora Dåsnes, Norwegian, ptsd, romantic, Ubesvart anrop, Young Adult ·
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A book that actually made me start exercising again, despite (or possibly because of) the name

Jeg hater å trene (I hate to exercise) by Brita Zackari

September 7, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Brita Zackari is a Swedish ex-model, TV presenter, and the writer of this book – about how she absolutely and utterly hates exercising, how she first started dieting before she was ten, and how diets are the absolute worst thing you can do to your body, but the patriarchy and modern society pretty much brainwash us into thinking we need to be thinner and fitter and that diets are a way to achieve that. As she says in the book, female bodies very rarely get […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Brita Zackari, CBR13, exercise, funny, I hate to exercise, Jeg hater å trene, Malin, non fiction, Norwegian, Self-help

Malin's CBR13 Review No:34 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: Brita Zackari, CBR13, exercise, funny, I hate to exercise, Jeg hater å trene, Malin, non fiction, Norwegian, Self-help ·
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Growing up brown in Norway is no picnic

Hør Her'a! (Listen here!) by Gulraiz Sharif

July 27, 2021 by Malin 2 Comments

CBR13 Bingo: Free (borrowed at the library) Official book description (translated by me): It is summer vacation and fifteen-year-old Mahmoud is imagining long days on the bench outside his building with his friend, one-eyed Arif. This summer will be different, however, because the family is getting a visit from Uncle-ji from Pakistan and Mahmoud’s job will be to show his uncle around. Uncle-ji is very surprised at what he sees in Norway, and what is going on with Ali, Mahmoud’s little brother, who is not […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR13, cbr13bingo, contemporary fiction, culture clash, free, Gulraiz Sharif, Hør Her'a, Immigration, LGBTQIA, Malin, Norwegian, Young Adult

Malin's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CBR13, cbr13bingo, contemporary fiction, culture clash, free, Gulraiz Sharif, Hør Her'a, Immigration, LGBTQIA, Malin, Norwegian, Young Adult ·
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Black Lives Matter in Norway too

Eg snakkar om det heile tida (I talk about it all the time) by Camara Lundestad Joof

Ikkje ver redd sånne som meg (Don't be afraid of people like me) by Sumeya Jirde Ali

July 25, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Eg snakkar om det heile tida (I talk about it all the time) – 5 stars Official book description: I call a friend. Did the man in the bar call me a black b*tch when I didn’t want to give him my number? That time we had arranged to drink beer, but we drank tequila instead? She goes quiet. No. He called you the n-word. Thank you, I say. Thank you for remembering. I talk about it all the time is a witness statement, an […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: auto-biographical, Camara Lundestad Joof, CBR13, Eg snakkar om det heile tida, essays, Ikkje ver redd sånne som meg, Malin, non fiction, Norwegian, Nynorsk, prejudice, Racism, Sumeya Jirde Ali

Malin's CBR13 Review No:23 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: auto-biographical, Camara Lundestad Joof, CBR13, Eg snakkar om det heile tida, essays, Ikkje ver redd sånne som meg, Malin, non fiction, Norwegian, Nynorsk, prejudice, Racism, Sumeya Jirde Ali ·
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His wife is acting different and it smells like infidelity

Full spredning: en legeroman (Natural Causes) by Nina Lykke

March 29, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Elin has worked as a GP in the centre of Oslo for more than two decades. She’s married to Aksel, an orthopedist who seems obsessed with either cross country skiing in the winter and roller skis in the summer. They met during med school, and have lived in the same house long enough to see the little residential area that used to be full of idealistic and progressive residents become distinctly upper-middle class (as have they). They are now empty nesters after their two daughters […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Award Winning, CBR13, contemporary fiction, Full spredning, Malin, natural causes, Nina Lykke, Norwegian

Malin's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Award Winning, CBR13, contemporary fiction, Full spredning, Malin, natural causes, Nina Lykke, Norwegian ·
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Sadly, one of my biggest disappointments of the year

Gul book (Yellow Book) by Zeshan Shakar

December 27, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description (any errors in translation are mine): Mani is a newly graduated economist and has just secured a job at the Ministry of Education and Research. He is a young man who lives with his father in a flat at Haugenstua, in the east of Oslo, and has a girlfriend he thinks he’s going to marry someday. Preferably, he’d like to use his abilities in the private sector, where the prestige and the money lies, because he’s painfully aware that both his girlfriend […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #ownvoices, cbr12, contemporary fiction, culture clash, Gul Bok, Immigration, Malin, Norwegian, Yellow Book, Zeshan Shakar

Malin's CBR12 Review No:86 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #ownvoices, cbr12, contemporary fiction, culture clash, Gul Bok, Immigration, Malin, Norwegian, Yellow Book, Zeshan Shakar ·
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