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book cover with girl under red duvet, lying on a pile of catholic funeral prayer cards

“On her First Holy Communion, Majella could remember sitting in the chapel for a long time, with Jesus stuck to the roof of her mouth, and her trying to peel him off with her tongue. Somehow she knew picking him off with her finger was all wrong.”

Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

January 16, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Majella is the queen of coping; she has developed a system of avoiding eye contact, she gladly relies on years-long joke exchanges orchestrated by her customers and coworkers, and she is clear about people explaining idioms and small-town customs to her as a needed relief. She is also coping with the world around her; her uncle “died for the cause”, her IRA-adjacent father disappeared years ago, her mother is lost in a haze of whiskey, and her beloved grandmother has recently been beaten to death. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: autistic voices, chip shop, ennui, irish literature, Michelle Gallen, neurodiverse narrator, Northern Ireland, slice of life, small town life, The Troubles, trauma

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: autistic voices, chip shop, ennui, irish literature, Michelle Gallen, neurodiverse narrator, Northern Ireland, slice of life, small town life, The Troubles, trauma ·
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A first impression can often be misleading

Her Pretend Christmas Date by Jackie Lau

December 28, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Disclaimer! I was given an ARC of this book by the author. That has in no way influenced my review. Julie Tam’s sister Charlotte is an engineer and has an outgoing and charming boyfriend, the guy who lived next door when they were young. She is everything their parents could want. Meanwhile, Julie works as a waitress in a Cider Bar and designs her own jewelry. She goes on a blind date with Tom Yeung, which starts out badly and ends even worse. Tom is a […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, Canada, cbr12, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, Her Pretend Christmas Date, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella, small town life

Malin's CBR12 Review No:89 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, Canada, cbr12, Cider Bar Sisters, Contemporary Romance, Her Pretend Christmas Date, Jackie Lau, Malin, novella, small town life ·
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Not as fluffy and carefree as the title and cover make it seem

Beach Read by Emily Henry

July 29, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

#CBR12 Bingo: Pandemic (read what you want) Official book description: Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.   They’re polar opposites.   In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.   Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: audiobook, authors, beach read, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, grief, Malin, pandemic, small town life

Malin's CBR12 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: audiobook, authors, beach read, cbr12, cbr12bingo, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, grief, Malin, pandemic, small town life ·
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Fake dating, friends to lovers and a hilarious game of pictionary

A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau

February 23, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

After the active interference of his parents and grandparents with the matchmaking extravaganza over Thanksgiving, Zack Wong is very worried that something similar will be repeated for Chinese New Year, especially since two of his brothers now have girlfriends, and the family seem determined that all four Wong children end up in happy couples. To make sure his family can’t meddle in his personal life a second time, he talks his good friend, Jo MacGregor, into posing as his fake girlfriend. They even go on a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Holidays With the Wongs, Jackie Lau, Malin, small town life

Malin's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Holidays With the Wongs, Jackie Lau, Malin, small town life ·
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Really made me crave some butter chicken

Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder

January 4, 2020 by Malin 4 Comments

4.5 stars This novella was exactly what I needed in the stressful weeks starting the new year, when I’m massively behind on my work (thanks, ill-timed Christmas illness), still fighting a horrible cough and cold (at this stage, I’m not entirely sure I’m not suffering from a new cold that I caught on the heels of the first one). I have so many mediocre English essays left to grade, with the deadline of the 12th of January (when all the grades for term 1 have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, bikers, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Malin, novella, small town life, Suleikha Snyder, Tikka Chance on Me

Malin's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, bikers, cbr12, Contemporary Romance, Malin, novella, small town life, Suleikha Snyder, Tikka Chance on Me ·
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