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“Maybe the real question is why are your friends so turn-into-pigsable?” BINGO

Circe by Madeline Miller

July 23, 2019 by Malin 5 Comments

#CBR11 Bingo: Remix  (Would also work for Award Winner, Listicle (was on a ton of Best of 2018 lists) and/or Cannonballer Recommends) Official book description: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. When love drives Circe […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: #fantasy, #remix, Award Winning, Cannonballer Recommends, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Circe, greek mythology, historical fiction, listicle, madeline miller, Malin, The Odyssey

Malin's CBR11 Review No:51 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: #fantasy, #remix, Award Winning, Cannonballer Recommends, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Circe, greek mythology, historical fiction, listicle, madeline miller, Malin, The Odyssey ·
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Science fiction I actually enjoyed!

November 8, 2018 by Malin 3 Comments

#CBR10Bingo: Cannonballer Recommends (this was a CBR Book Exchange gift from Yesknopemaybe (my paperback copy), it has also been favourably reviewed by MathildeHoeg, ingres77, dAvid, badkittyuno, belphebe, emmalita, narfna and faintingviolet, among others) Rosemary Harper is trying to escape her old life and doesn’t want anyone tracking her down. She pays a lot of money to get a new identity and gets a job on a run-down and patched up spaceship, where no one from her old life would ever think to look for her. Aboard […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, adventure, Aliens, Cannonballer Recommends, cbr10bingo, family, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna, romantic, science fiction, Wayfarers, yesknopemaybe

Malin's CBR10 Review No:95 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, adventure, Aliens, Cannonballer Recommends, cbr10bingo, family, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna, romantic, science fiction, Wayfarers, yesknopemaybe ·
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