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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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The entire series is free, as long as you already have Audible Plus

How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper

Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper

Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues by Molly Harper

Selkies are a Girl's Best Friend by Molly Harper

Always Be My Banshee by Molly Harper

One Fine Fae by Molly Harper

July 22, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR13 Bingo: Home (so many of the various characters come from very unstable family backgrounds and are only too happy to settle in Mystic Bayou, having finally find somewhere they can properly call home) This is going to be a bulk review for the first six stories (four novels, two novellas) in the Mystic Bayou paranormal romance series by Molly Harper. I listened to all the books in audio, as they are available as part of the Audible Plus catalogue. Considering that I already pay […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: Always Be My Banshee, CBR13, cbr13bingo, contemporary fiction, curses, Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues, Home, How to Date Your Dragon, Love and Other Wild Things, magic, Molly Harper, mystery, Mystic Bayou, One Fine Fae, paranormal romance, Psychics, Selkies are a Girl's Best Friend, shapeshifters

Malin's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: Always Be My Banshee, CBR13, cbr13bingo, contemporary fiction, curses, Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues, Home, How to Date Your Dragon, Love and Other Wild Things, magic, Molly Harper, mystery, Mystic Bayou, One Fine Fae, paranormal romance, Psychics, Selkies are a Girl's Best Friend, shapeshifters ·
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Drop whatever you’re doing and read this book right now

The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan

May 20, 2021 by Malin 2 Comments

Disclaimer! This was an ARC granted to me by the author, which has in no way influenced my review. I had also pre-ordered the books many months ago, because Courtney Milan is an auto-buy for me, every time. Amelia Smith is a Chinese woman raised by English missionaries in China. When she was just a little girl, her birth mother, a woman fleeing during one of the many conflicts in the country, asked Mrs. Acheson, the woman who Amelia has thought of as her mother […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: BIPOC, CBR13, China, colonialism, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, Racism, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga

Malin's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: BIPOC, CBR13, China, colonialism, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, Racism, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga ·
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A sweet, but ultimately slightly unconvincing romance – the rest of it was great, though

Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne

May 15, 2021 by Malin 6 Comments

3.5 stars Ruthie Midona is mid-twenties going on old-age pensioner, dressing like a Golden Girls-cosplayer, and has dedicated the last six years of her life to the Providence Luxury Retirement Villa. She doesn’t just work the front desk there and go out of her way to make life flow smoothly for the residents, she also lives on-site and hasn’t really had any complaints. In her spare time, she cares for the endangered turtles who populate the grounds of the retirement community, having given up on […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, Contemporary Romance, Malin, sally thorne, Second First Impressions, Turtles

Malin's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR13, Contemporary Romance, Malin, sally thorne, Second First Impressions, Turtles ·
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“Is Tommy Lee Jones 20 or 100 in this movie?”

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West

May 10, 2021 by Malin 9 Comments

Official book description: New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle’s alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy West returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion King trust Mufasa–who is a lion–to look out for their best interests? Why […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR13, cinema, essays, funny, Lindy West, Malin, movies, non fiction, Pop Culture, shit actually

Malin's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR13, cinema, essays, funny, Lindy West, Malin, movies, non fiction, Pop Culture, shit actually ·
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“We are never feckless”, I told her coldly. “We are full to the brim with feck.”

An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn

May 10, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is book 6 in an ongoing series. There will be minor spoilers for earlier books in the series. You can read these without having any background, but it’s always best to start at the beginning, which happens to be A Curious Beginning.    Intrepid lepidopterist and sometime crime solver Veronica Speedwell and her grouchy partner and now lover Revelstoke Templeton-Vane (goes by Stoker) are working on preparing a memorial exhibition at the Curiosity Club for one of its recently deceased members, pioneer mountain climber […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, romantic, royalty, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian

Malin's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: CBR13, Deanna Raybourn, historical fiction, Malin, mystery, romantic, royalty, Veronica Speedwell, Victorian ·
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His wife is acting different and it smells like infidelity

Full spredning: en legeroman (Natural Causes) by Nina Lykke

March 29, 2021 by Malin 1 Comment

Elin has worked as a GP in the centre of Oslo for more than two decades. She’s married to Aksel, an orthopedist who seems obsessed with either cross country skiing in the winter and roller skis in the summer. They met during med school, and have lived in the same house long enough to see the little residential area that used to be full of idealistic and progressive residents become distinctly upper-middle class (as have they). They are now empty nesters after their two daughters […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Award Winning, CBR13, contemporary fiction, Full spredning, Malin, natural causes, Nina Lykke, Norwegian

Malin's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Award Winning, CBR13, contemporary fiction, Full spredning, Malin, natural causes, Nina Lykke, Norwegian ·
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