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Marina R.B.

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Born and raised in France, Marina R.B has been writing stories since the age of six.

At the age of seventeen, she decided to try her luck and moved to London. Her filmmaking degree in hand, she returned to France after spending 5 years in the UK, but London was always beckoning. At the end of 2019 she decided to move back to London and through the whole of 2020, she would work on editing Crystal Tear, which she had started writing when she was sixteen.

Over the years, she had learnt to speak and write in English, and it naturally came to her to translate it because it no longer felt right to have her writing in French and gradually, she started writing everything in English. At the end of 2020, she had finished the re-writing and editing of ...more

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The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

by C.S. Lewis

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I absolutely adored this book! I am always keen on a book based on history or mythology and this one made me discover the Turkish culture with its wonderful tales. The MC is very likeable and believable as a YA MC. She makes mistakes but who would no ...more
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I rarely give 5 ⭐️ because, as an author myself, I believe that there is always room for improvement. But honestly, this book was indeed perfect: the writing, the story, the characters, the representation of native Americans and the hardship they wen ...more
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Don’t get me wrong, I actually enjoyed reading this book. It has some interesting perspectives on love and life in general. But PR for this book isn’t right. It is presented as the continuity of Oliver and Elio’s love when in reality, more than half ...more
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Marina’s Quotes

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: age, fairytales, growing-up

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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: god, world

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“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: books, children-s-books, reading

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“I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
― C. S. Lewis