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“You bring the morning with you. You’re the light, sweetheart.”

Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti

February 2, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo 25: Recommended by a friend (see, Des, I finally read it!) Buzzwords 2025 Cover Challenge: Foliage Peter Kent has lived most of his life in America, and certainly never expected to inherit a dukedom. Now he’s the Duke of Stanhope and desperately trying to be granted custody of his younger half-siblings, both of whom treat him with disdain and claim they are perfectly happy living with their decrepit guardian. It doesn’t help his case that Peter’s inexperience with English high society keeps […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Alexandra Vasti, buzzwords cover, cbr17, historical romance, library, Malin, Ne'er Duke Well, Nowhere Book Bingo, plot moppets, Regency, the Belvoir Library

Malin's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Alexandra Vasti, buzzwords cover, cbr17, historical romance, library, Malin, Ne'er Duke Well, Nowhere Book Bingo, plot moppets, Regency, the Belvoir Library ·
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We finally get Alice and Blackwood’s story

My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase

January 18, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo 25: A book that takes place entirely outside the US Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. My views are my own. Spoiler warning! Because some of the issues I have with this book can’t really be addressed without me spoiling some parts of the plot, skip the parts of the review on my website that I’ve marked with spoiler tags until you’ve actually finished the book. While this is the third book in the series, most of the action takes place […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: cbr17, Difficult Dukes, historical romance, Loretta Chase, Malin, My Inconvenient Duke, NetGalley, Nowhere Book Bingo, Victorian

Malin's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: cbr17, Difficult Dukes, historical romance, Loretta Chase, Malin, My Inconvenient Duke, NetGalley, Nowhere Book Bingo, Victorian ·
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I’m glad the author is enjoying international success

Stargate - en julefortelling/Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi

January 18, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo 25: Local author (the story takes place about 15 minutes from where I work) The full review of this on my blog contains spoilers so if you don’t want to know how the book ends, and why I can’t rate this book higher, skip the paragraphs I’ve highlighted. Ten-year-old Ronja and her sixteen-year-old sister Melissa are used to disappointments, living alone with a father who only occasionally sobers up long enough to hold down a job for a month or two. They’re […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adapted into movie, alcoholism, audio book, Brightly Shining, cbr17, contemporary fiction, Ingvild H. Rishøi, magical realism, Malin, neglect, Norwegian, Nowhere Book Bingo, poverty, Sad, Stargate - en julefortelling, Young Adult

Malin's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adapted into movie, alcoholism, audio book, Brightly Shining, cbr17, contemporary fiction, Ingvild H. Rishøi, magical realism, Malin, neglect, Norwegian, Nowhere Book Bingo, poverty, Sad, Stargate - en julefortelling, Young Adult ·
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“Now did you think it all through? All these things will catch up to you…” (Double bingo)

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

October 20, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo: From a genre you’ve never read (true crime) CBR16 Bingo: Fiasco (Theranos was a massive fraud and a fiasco) I’ve owned this book since 2020 and am pretty sure I picked it up in an e-book sale because of the many Cannonball reviews I’ve read about it over the years. Not being particularly interested in the tech world or medical science, and certainly, not someone who reads a lot of business news, I didn’t really hear about this case as it was […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: audio book, bad blood: secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fiasco, fraud, intimidation, investigate journalism, John carreyrou, Malin, non fiction, Nowhere Book Bingo, tech, Theranos, true crime, Will Damron

Malin's CBR16 Review No:59 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: audio book, bad blood: secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fiasco, fraud, intimidation, investigate journalism, John carreyrou, Malin, non fiction, Nowhere Book Bingo, tech, Theranos, true crime, Will Damron ·
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“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name…”

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

September 22, 2024 by Malin 1 Comment

3.5 stars Nowhere Books Bingo: Banned books (Wasn’t published until 27 years after Bulgakov’s death, and only then in a censored version. ) CBR16 Bingo: Cult (cult classic, and there’s the whole Devil and his entourage as a central plot point – that’s pretty cultish, right?) I can’t remember exactly how long The Master and Margarita has been on my TBR list, but it’s certainly more than twenty years. A quick glance on Goodreads shows me that 15 of my friends have rated it four […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, 20th Century, Allegorical, banned books, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Communism, cult, cult classic, historical fiction, horror, literary classic, Malin, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nowhere Book Bingo, political satire, The Master and Margarita, the soviet union

Malin's CBR16 Review No:57 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, 20th Century, Allegorical, banned books, CBR16, cbr16bingo, Communism, cult, cult classic, historical fiction, horror, literary classic, Malin, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nowhere Book Bingo, political satire, The Master and Margarita, the soviet union ·
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Cats don’t really feature prominently in this narrative (Bingo)

Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart

September 10, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo: From the decade I was born (1970s) Smart Bitches Book Bingo: Published in 2000 or earlier (first published 1976) CBR16 Bingo: Vintage (published 48 years ago) Briony Ashley is working in Portugal when she recieves word that her father has died, in what appears to be a hit-and-run accident. Her father didn’t die instantly, but had time to ramble some strange and slightly mysterious things, among them a warning that Briony needs to be careful. She goes home to what is now […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: 1970s, CBR16, cbr16bingo, ESP, historical fiction, magical realism, Malin, Mary Stewart, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Romance, Smart Bitches, Touch Not the Cat, vintage

Malin's CBR16 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: 1970s, CBR16, cbr16bingo, ESP, historical fiction, magical realism, Malin, Mary Stewart, mystery, Nowhere Book Bingo, Romance, Smart Bitches, Touch Not the Cat, vintage ·
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