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She/her. Constantly overworked teacher of Norwegian and English. Geek and reading enthusiast. Married. Mother of a growing boy, born February 2018. Two cats. The Cannonball-veteran (the only participant - as far as I know - who has participated every year since CBRII). Loves fantasy, kissing books and YA. Strongly opinionated about many things. Perpetually behind on reviews. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Malin's Quick Questions interview.)

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Please sir, I want some more

November 17, 2017 by Malin 2 Comments

From the back blurb: Susan, Esther and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, “personal experimentation”, influenza, mystery-mold, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of “academia”, they may be lucky just to make it to spring alive. Going off to university is always a time of change and growth, but for Esther, Susan, and Daisy, things are about to get […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: cbr9, giant days, Graphic Novel, john allison, Lissa Treiman, Malin, narfna, university, Whitney Cogar

Malin's CBR9 Review No:102 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: cbr9, giant days, Graphic Novel, john allison, Lissa Treiman, Malin, narfna, university, Whitney Cogar ·
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Would probably make for a pretty decent rom com

November 17, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Ali Winters discovers in short order that the lease to the house she was living in with her boyfriend has not been renewed, that her boyfriend has already moved out and doesn’t seem to want her to continue being with him, in fact he has been cheating on her for some time. She’s discovered in a state of partial undress by the actual owner of the house, while she’s leaving a very strongly worded voice mail on her boyfriend’s answerphone. When she’s also […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Contemporary Romance, It Had to Be You, Jill Shalvis, Lucky Harbor, Malin, small town life

Malin's CBR9 Review No:101 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr9, Contemporary Romance, It Had to Be You, Jill Shalvis, Lucky Harbor, Malin, small town life ·
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Couples going treasure hunting and falling in love

November 17, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

Fortune Favors the Wicked Benedict Frost is a celebrated lieutenant in the Royal Navy, but is forced to leave his naval career after an illness leaves him incapable of serving on a ship. He’s hoping to supplement his not very generous pension by having a book of his memoirs published, but that proves more difficult that he initially thought. He wants the money to provide a dowry for his younger sister, so when he hears that a large shipment of gold from the Royal Mint […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: adventure, cbr9, Fortune Favors the Wicked, historical romance, Malin, Passion Favors the Bold, Regency, road trip, Royal Rewards, Theresa Romain, treasure hunt

Malin's CBR9 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: adventure, cbr9, Fortune Favors the Wicked, historical romance, Malin, Passion Favors the Bold, Regency, road trip, Royal Rewards, Theresa Romain, treasure hunt ·
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Another lady detective in Victorian England

November 15, 2017 by Malin 2 Comments

Orphaned Veronica Speedwell has just buried the last of the two spinster aunts who raised her. She is looking forward to making her own way in the world now, exploring the world while catching butterflies, and possibly allowing herself a dalliance or two with a dashing foreign gentleman. She is shocked to discover an intruder in her home and is shortly thereafter approached by a distraught German baron who insists he has information about her past, and the she is in terrible danger. While Veronica […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: A Curious Beginning, cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian

Malin's CBR9 Review No:98 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: A Curious Beginning, cbr9, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian ·
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Finishing my The Hollows re-read

October 26, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

So I’ve been doing a re-read of all of Kim Harrison’s The Hollows books in audio since March this year. This is my review for the latter part of the series (with the exception of book 10, A Perfect Blood, which seems impossible to get in audio book format, either on Audible or in any library I’ve got access to. So with that one, I skim-read the relevant Rachel and Trent parts and moved quickly on to the next in the series. I have reviewed all of these […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Black Magic Sanction, cbr9, demons, elves, Ever After, Kim Harrison, Malin, Pale Demon, paranormal fantasy, re-read, the Hollows, The Undead Pool, the Witch with No Name, vampires, werewolves, witches

Malin's CBR9 Review No:97 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Black Magic Sanction, cbr9, demons, elves, Ever After, Kim Harrison, Malin, Pale Demon, paranormal fantasy, re-read, the Hollows, The Undead Pool, the Witch with No Name, vampires, werewolves, witches ·
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Another breezy contemporary romance from the south of France

October 22, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

Lucien Rosier grew up in a very tight knit group of cousins, with a strong sense of family. So when at eighteen, he discovered that he was in fact illegitimate, and not actually a Rosier, he ran away and joined the French Foreign Legion, where he crafted himself a new identity and support network of fellow soldiers. Fifteen years later, a determined woman has managed to locate him and figure out who he once used to be. His great-aunt wants to give him a legacy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: A Kiss in Lavender, cbr9, Contemporary Romance, France, La Vie en Roses, Laura Florand, Malin

Malin's CBR9 Review No:92 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: A Kiss in Lavender, cbr9, Contemporary Romance, France, La Vie en Roses, Laura Florand, Malin ·
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