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About Malin

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Norwegian secondary school teacher, Geek and reading enthusiast. Married with two cats. Mother of little boy, born in February 2018. Cannonball-veteran. Loves fantasy, romance and YA. Pretty much hates Modernist lit and stream of consciousness writing, yet married a man whose favourite book is James Joyce's Ulysses, so there you go. Strongly opinionated about many things.

Malin's Reviews:

“Beautiful and full of monsters?” “All the best stories are.”

September 4, 2017 by Malin 3 Comments

From Goodreads: The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around – and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr9, Dreams, fantasy, Laini Taylor, magic, Malin, strange the dreamer, Young Adult

A very satisfying ending, for now. I hope there will be more books

September 3, 2017 by Malin 2 Comments

Spoiler warning! This is the third book in a series, and the review will contain spoilers for the previous two books. If you haven’t read any of the books yet, start with Burn for Me. If you aren’t caught up with the series, maybe come back for this review later. Instead of being able to spend Christmas with her new boyfriend, Connor Rogan, one of the most powerful and magically gifted men in the United States, Nevada Baylor has to rush back to her family once they discover […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Hidden Legacy, ilona andrews, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, romance, Wildfire

I would not have read this book if not for PattyKates

September 3, 2017 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars (one half star for really surprising me) After Parker Cruse found her boyfriend in bed with her twin sister, and said boyfriend went on to marry her twin, Parker has nothing but contempt for cheaters. She’s also not really on speaking terms with her sister or brother-in-law after dosing her sister with laxatives during the wedding. Having initially planned to go follow her boyfriend to college, her plans for the future were derailed for a while. Now she’s moved out of her parents’ house […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Contemporary Romance, Jewel E. Ann, Malin, PattyKates, When Life Happened

“I don’t believe anyone who is legitimately interesting can be popular as a teenager” Mel went on. “Or ever, maybe. Popularity rewards the uninteresting.”

September 3, 2017 by Malin 1 Comment

3.5 stars Elise Dembowski has always been painfully uncool at school, and spends an entire summer pretty much studying up on how to become popular, spending much of her savings in the process on a new wardrobe, without any success at all. Things may in fact have gotten even worse for her. In a moment of despair, she cuts herself pretty deeply, and while bleeding, calls a school mate, who naturally freaks out and has paramedics sent to Elise’s house. After this event, Elise’s divorced […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: alienation, cbr9, contemporary fiction, Depression, Leila Sales, Malin, music, This Song Will Save Your Life, Young Adult

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