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Instead of making me want to read Harry Potter, I’m left wanting the first seven books in this series.

March 5, 2017 by ingres77 4 Comments

I’ve been holding off on reading this and Kindred Spirits because I don’t want to live in a world without an undiscovered Rainbow Rowell book. I love her writing that much. And it is because of the Cannonball Read that I even know she exists. It’s astounding to me that something as good as Fangirl or Attachments or any number of other great novels could exist at the same time as me, and I wouldn’t just know about them because of some vague, shared cultural […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: carry on, Don Quixote, fanfiction, Harry Potter, Rainbow Rowell

ingres77's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: carry on, Don Quixote, fanfiction, Harry Potter, Rainbow Rowell ·
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Note to self: Never question Rainbow Rowell.

February 13, 2017 by scootsa1000 10 Comments

Last week on Instagram, Rainbow Rowell posted a photo of a book she had just finished and recommended. The cover of the book looked a bit ‘twee’ to me, and I filed it away in the back of my mind, a book for a rainy day. I went and I judged a book by its cover, instead of listening to the all-powerful words of Queen Rainbow. I’m sorry. I’ve learned my lesson. The next day, I saw it randomly, unshelved, just sitting there at the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: bellweather rhapsody, cbr9, kate racculia, Rainbow Rowell, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR9 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: bellweather rhapsody, cbr9, kate racculia, Rainbow Rowell, Scootsa1000 ·
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Going back in time

February 1, 2017 by Debcapsfan 12 Comments

4.5 stars It appears to me from reading reviews and comments that Landline is a lot of people’s least favorite Rainbow Rowell book. I really liked it though. A lot of reviews commented that they did not like Neal, the main character Georgie’s husband at all. He’s surly and not great at communication and seems to hate everyone and tolerate Georgie when they first meet. Personally, I can understand that feeling. A lot of people are terrible. When Neal in the present takes their two kids […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, Rainbow Rowell

Debcapsfan's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, Rainbow Rowell ·
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Bonus review: Happy New Year!

December 31, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

I know I said yesterday that number 134 was going to be my last review of the year, but that was before I remembered that there was a Rainbow Rowell short story out there in the world that I hadn’t read. Also, it has it’s own entry on Goodreads, so even though it’s part of a bigger anthology, My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (eleven of which I have yet to read), I don’t feel reviewing it is cheating. 135 is a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, contemporary fiction, Malin, Midnights, My True love gave to me, New Year's Eve, Rainbow Rowell, romance, short story, Young Adult

Malin's CBR8 Review No:135 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, contemporary fiction, Malin, Midnights, My True love gave to me, New Year's Eve, Rainbow Rowell, romance, short story, Young Adult ·
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You make infidelity sound like a hole in the sidewalk.

October 30, 2016 by borisanne Leave a Comment

Another Cannonball Read Rainbow Rowell Success Story! This is my first Rainbow Rowell novel, and I would not have found her so quickly were she not a huge CBR favorite. And I get it, but also I don’t? She is undeniably a damn delight. But more to point about this specific book, the part of me that’s still mad that “Bridget Jones’ Baby” ended with a fucking wedding is really bummed out that Lincoln (our hero) ends his Attachments journey to emotional health and adult sustainability […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: breakup, email, Rainbow Rowell, rom com, romance, Rowell, Y2K

borisanne's CBR8 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: breakup, email, Rainbow Rowell, rom com, romance, Rowell, Y2K ·
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Harry Potter Fanfiction

October 20, 2016 by Sophia 11 Comments

If someone had told me to read some Harry Potter fan fiction, I would have politely declined. It goes to show how much I like Rainbow Rowell that as soon as I learned ofCarry On (2015), I put it on my to-read list. I will give anything by Rainbow Rowell a chance. I’ve never heard of Rowell specifically stating that Carry On is based on Harry Potter, but the similarities are undeniable. Simon Snow is an orphan who grew up in various group homes and foster homes […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: Harry Potter, Rainbow Rowell, Sophia

Sophia's CBR8 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: Harry Potter, Rainbow Rowell, Sophia ·
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