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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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Two mysteries for the price of one

November 29, 2015 by Malin Leave a Comment

This book, which is quite long (longest audio book I’ve listened to to date) gives the readers two mysteries for the price of one. Back in 1984, three 12-year-olds went missing in the wood of a Dublin suburb. Search parties eventually found one of them, Adam Ryan, clutching a tree trunk in catatonic terror, several rips at the back of his t-shirt and his shoes filled with blood. His two friends, however, were gone without a trace. Adam didn’t remember anything since entering the wood […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR7, contemporary fiction, dublin murder squad, in the woods, Malin, murder, mystery, narfna, Tana French

Malin's CBR7 Review No:126 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR7, contemporary fiction, dublin murder squad, in the woods, Malin, murder, mystery, narfna, Tana French ·
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This review is mainly pictures. But pictures are worth a thousand words, right? Bam! Instant word count.

November 29, 2015 by Malin 3 Comments

When preparing to write this review, I got quite a surprise. I searched in the archives on my blog and on Goodreads to find my review of the first Hark! A Vagrant book and discovered that not only had I not reviewed it at any point, but I hadn’t even entered it as read on Goodreads. I have absolutely no idea why, as I got the first book back in 2011 and was extremely happy that Kate Beaton was finally collecting some of her amazing […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, funny, Graphic Novel, hark! a vagrant, history, kate beaton, Literature, Malin, Pop Culture, step aside pops, web comic

Malin's CBR7 Review No:125 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR7, funny, Graphic Novel, hark! a vagrant, history, kate beaton, Literature, Malin, Pop Culture, step aside pops, web comic ·
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More like When the Duke was a Terrible Bore. The heroine is good though.

November 28, 2015 by Malin Leave a Comment

This review was written with the help of Mrs. Julien’s romance review template ™. When the Duke was Wicked is a romance of the “friends to lovers” variety. The hero and heroine have known each other since they were young, as their families are very close. The heroine and the hero’s younger sisters are BFFs. The hero grieves for his dead wife and had determined that he will never love another. The heroine believes she can get the hero to re-join polite society by asking […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, historical romance, Lorraine Heath, Malin, Mrs. Julien, Scandalous Gentlemen of St.James, Victorian, When the Duke was Wicked

Malin's CBR7 Review No:124 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR7, historical romance, Lorraine Heath, Malin, Mrs. Julien, Scandalous Gentlemen of St.James, Victorian, When the Duke was Wicked ·
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The viscount and the playwright

November 27, 2015 by Malin 2 Comments

Margaret “Maggie” Delamere makes a comfortable living as the popular playwright of the most successful burlettas (because the theatre doesn’t have an official licence, every line of all the plays has to be sung by the actors) at the Imperial theatre. In the past, she’s never had any problems getting new ideas or getting her plays finished on time. Now, with the Imperial’s board of directors and the audience clamouring for the sequel to her most popular play yet, Maggie is suffering from a terrible […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, Eva Leigh, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Scandal Takes the Stage, the Wicked Quills of London, Theatre

Malin's CBR7 Review No:123 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR7, Eva Leigh, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Scandal Takes the Stage, the Wicked Quills of London, Theatre ·
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A historical romance with masks

November 27, 2015 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is the first in a new series by Lorraine Heath, featuring the Hellions of Havisham. The first of these Hellions is Nicholson Lambert, the Duke of Ashebury. He lost his parents in a gruesome train accident and was sent to the country to be raised by the Marquess of Marsden. Along with him were the Earl of Grayling and his twin brother, orphaned in the same accident. Their parents appointed the Marquess of Marsden their guardian, unaware that Marsden was driven pretty much out […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, Falling Into Bed with a Duke, historical romance, Lorraine Heath, Malin, the Hellions of Havisham, Victorian

Malin's CBR7 Review No:122 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR7, Falling Into Bed with a Duke, historical romance, Lorraine Heath, Malin, the Hellions of Havisham, Victorian ·
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Ms. Kleypas returns to historical romance

November 16, 2015 by Malin 1 Comment

3.5 stars Devon Ravenel, along with his younger brother West, are the last of a long line of rakish Ravenels. When their cousin, who neither of the brothers could stand dies, Devon unexpectedly inherits an earldom and the accompanying town house, estate and lands. The brothers show up to survey the inheritance when they discover that their cousin had only been married for three days when he managed to get himself thrown off a high-spirited horse in a fit of the legendary Ravenel temper. He […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, Cold-Hearted Rake, historical romance, lisa kleypas, Malin, Mrs. Julien, the Ravenels, Victorian

Malin's CBR7 Review No:121 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR7, Cold-Hearted Rake, historical romance, lisa kleypas, Malin, Mrs. Julien, the Ravenels, Victorian ·
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