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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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A retired football player and a bossy virgin find love in Texas

July 31, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

The ridiculously named Bobby Tom Denton was Chicago Stars’ famous quarterback until he sustained a career ending knee injury. Now he’s unsure of what he’s going to do with his life, and deeply frustrated about it. When the tenacious and bossy Gracie Snow turns up on his doorstep and announces she’s going to escort him to his hometown Telarosa (formerly Heaven) in Texas to start shooting the action movie he agreed to star in. Gracie’s spent most of her life living a sheltered existence, working […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Chicago Stars, Contemporary Romance, Heaven, Malin, Mrs. Julien, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Texas

Malin's CBR6 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Chicago Stars, Contemporary Romance, Heaven, Malin, Mrs. Julien, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Texas ·
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Gin Bianco is an assassin. She won’t shut up about it, in fact

July 31, 2014 by Malin 7 Comments

Gin Blanco is an assassin. She goes under the name The Spider. Her weapon of choice is knives and she’s very good at her job, something she will rarely shut up about, even in times when people are trying to kill her. Gin lives in a world where there are a number of elementals, controlling fire, ice, earth, air, water, stone, even electricity and the like. Gin is a stone elemental and can also control ice. If you forget, she’ll remind you every third chapter […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR6, assassins, Elemental Assassin, Jennifer Estep, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Spider's Bite, vampires

Malin's CBR6 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, assassins, Elemental Assassin, Jennifer Estep, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Spider's Bite, vampires ·
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A jock and a bimbo meet at a funeral. Later they fall in love

July 31, 2014 by Malin 1 Comment

Phoebe Sommerville is a bundle of daddy issues and sexual hangups, masquerading as a drop-dead gorgeous blonde bombshell. Clever, sensitive and oh so very vulnerable, Phoebe learned long ago that the best way to keep men at a distance and getting her own way is by pretending to be a sexy airhead. Estranged from her horrible father since she was 18, having done as much as she could to shock him, Phoebe is shocked to realise that even after his death, he is trying to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, American Football, Chicago Stars, Contemporary Romance, It Had to Be You, Mrs. Julien, Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Malin's CBR6 Review No:77 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, American Football, Chicago Stars, Contemporary Romance, It Had to Be You, Mrs. Julien, Susan Elizabeth Phillips ·
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The world started upside down. I’m just trying to set it right side up.

July 16, 2014 by Malin 12 Comments

6 stars, or A++ I’m not kidding, you guys. It’s that good! Disclaimer! I got an ARC of this through NetGalley, in return for a fair and unbiased review. I would also like to point out that I pre-ordered this book as soon as I could, so all the ARC did was save me another four interminable days of waiting to read the book. As for unbiased, I don’t know if I can ever be unbiased where it comes to Courtney Milan, because I love her writing […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, the Brothers Sinister, The Suffragette Scandal, Victorian, Women's rights

Malin's CBR6 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, the Brothers Sinister, The Suffragette Scandal, Victorian, Women's rights ·
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A contemporary romance, with PTSD and a bit of a Mary Sue

July 15, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

Summary from Goodreads, cause I’m lazy:   He’ll help unleash the new woman in her…   Special Ops soldier Griffin Reid doesn’t exactly have happy memories of growing up in Sunshine, Idaho. He’s only come back to recover from a war injury, and while he refuses to admit he’s in a weakened state, he finds comfort in the last person he’d expect.   Kate Evans teaches fourth grade science in Sunshine, the place she’s always called home. Dreaming of graduate school and a happily-ever-after, she’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, Animal Magnetism, Contemporary Romance, Jill Shalvis, Malin, Rumor Has It

Malin's CBR6 Review No:74 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, Animal Magnetism, Contemporary Romance, Jill Shalvis, Malin, Rumor Has It ·
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He kissed her like he was drawing a perfectly straight line. He kissed her in India ink.

July 15, 2014 by Malin 2 Comments

I don’t actually have the words to properly summarise the plot for this book, because I have so many feelings about it. Formulating them is going to be difficult enough. So I’m going to take the easy way out, and rely on the blurb: Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it’s been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply – but that almost seems beside the point now. Maybe that was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, contemporary fiction, landline, magical realism, Malin, Rainbow Rowell

Malin's CBR6 Review No:73 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, contemporary fiction, landline, magical realism, Malin, Rainbow Rowell ·
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