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“Shay had always had one of those faces meant for smiling. Not every face was meant for smiling but Shay’s was one of them.”

In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

August 7, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars CBR17 Bingo: I (A book title beginning with I) Official plot summary: When Shay Zucconi’s step-grandmother died, she left Shay a tulip farm—under two conditions. First, Shay has to move home to the small town of Friendship, Rhode Island. Second—and most problematic, since her fiancé just called off the wedding—Shay must be married within one year. Marriage is the last thing in the world Shay wants but she’ll do anything to save the only real home she’s ever known. Noah Barden loved Shay […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, farming, friendship, friendship Rhode Island, grief, Jason Clarke, Kate Canterbary, Kit Swann, Malin, Parenting, self esteem issues, small town life

Malin's CBR17 Review No:51 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, farming, friendship, friendship Rhode Island, grief, Jason Clarke, Kate Canterbary, Kit Swann, Malin, Parenting, self esteem issues, small town life ·
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This was sadly a complete dud

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

June 10, 2025 by Malin 4 Comments

2.5 stars Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Katie Vaughn is worried about being fired, so she lies about being able to swim, and is persuaded to go to Key West to film a recruitment video about the coast guard. There she meets Tom “Hutch” Hucheson, the seemingly perfect older brother of her co-worker Cole, who has not been informed that his brother has weaselled out of filming the video. Katie is also pretty much […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, cbr17, coast guard, Contemporary Romance, Florida, Katherine Center, Malin, NetGalley, self esteem issues, social media, The Love Haters

Malin's CBR17 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, cbr17, coast guard, Contemporary Romance, Florida, Katherine Center, Malin, NetGalley, self esteem issues, social media, The Love Haters ·
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Two Reviews for Category Part Two

Meesh the Bad Demon #2: The Secret of the Fang: (A Graphic Novel) by Michelle Lam

City of Dragons V02 Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel by Jaimal Yogis

July 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Obviously Meesh the Bad Demon #2: The Secret of the Fang: (A Graphic Novel) by Michelle Lam is cbr16bingo Part Two because it says it is a Book Two in the title!  As is City of Dragons V02 Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel. However, while I enjoyed both sequels, I was not as “into it” as book one. Still I like both and recommend them for the younger crowd, though there is some “spooky” to both, and especially in book one City of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr16bingo, demons, dragons, family, friendship, Jaimal Yogis, Michelle Lam, self esteem issues, Social Themes, Vivian Truong

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:316 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: cbr16bingo, demons, dragons, family, friendship, Jaimal Yogis, Michelle Lam, self esteem issues, Social Themes, Vivian Truong ·
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“Hannah had a playlist consisting of 308 love songs and not one of them could describe this moment accurately. Not even close.”

Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

October 10, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Seven months ago, Hannah Bellinger left the little fishing town of Westport, Washington to go back to her life in Los Angeles. Her former socialite sister, Piper, stayed behind, happily engaged to a gruff crab fishing captain. While her sister at first mainly argued with and then fell like a ton of bricks for the gruff captain, Hannah spent quite a lot of time with his second in command, the very handsome Fox Thornton. Because of his womanizing ways, Hannah very quickly decided that no […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, Contemporary Romance, crab fishing, Hook Line and Sinker, Malin, movie sets, self esteem issues, small town life, Tessa Bailey, The Bellinger Sisters

Malin's CBR15 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, Contemporary Romance, crab fishing, Hook Line and Sinker, Malin, movie sets, self esteem issues, small town life, Tessa Bailey, The Bellinger Sisters ·
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