Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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Chaotic Orbits? Yes, Please!

Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis

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After seeing Beth Revis talk about mocking a particular billionaire in her new sci-fi heist series, I saw that the Audible sale made it very very affordable. So I bought it, listened to it, and then bought the second book on sale, too. Sadly, the third book, Last Chance to Save the World, isn’t out until April. The story is great. The primary narrator, Dara Rosenberg, is a delight. The secondary narrator, David Bendena perfectly expresses his character’s frustration in each book’s epilogue. I highly […]

CBR16 Book Bingo Reading Challenge Wrap-Up

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The CBR16 Book Bingo Reading Challenge has ended (41 days ago).   Thank you so much for playing and for your patience while I was distracted by 750 paper cuts. The final tallies are below, please let me know if I missed something. It’s tough to convey sincerity with a gif, but seriously, thank you for playing, whether you wrote 1 review or 25. Next summer, I think we will do a smaller bingo game, an ING if you will. Let me know in the […]

Don’t say what the heck at me as if what I said is so absurd, Seth. Yesterday you told me vampires exist. I watched your face grow fifty extra bones and a thousand more teeth.

How to Help a Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein

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Charlotte Stein’s How to Help a Hungry Werewolf is one of the horniest books I have ever read. It is incredibly innocent and filthy at the same time. I laughed and I blushed. I also felt like this book was written just for me, which has made it very difficult to review. Cassie Camberwell doesn’t know she’s a witch until she inherits her grandmother’s house, meets her ex-best friend again, finds a notebook with recipes and brews up a potion. And it turns out that […]

These complete strangers just have NO respect for the fact that they might be your boyfriend in your head these days, sheesh.

Grow Something by Christina C. Jones

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Grow Something is a perfect novella. In a few pages Jones introduces us to two characters, puts them in the context of their families and community, and gets us invested in their relationship. This is a novella in the Equilibrium series, centered around the Mahogany Heights neighborhood, where a Black community and Black businesses thrive. When Hudson’s fiancé texts him to say she won’t be at their wedding, he takes himself to the door of Summer’s produce store and community garden, Grown. Summer has been crushing […]

Ratcheting up the tension

Twisted Shadows by Allie Therin

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Twisted Shadows is the second book in Allie Therin’s Sugar & Vice paranormal/urban fantasy series. You must read Liar City to have a clue what is happening. I had to reread it as a refresher. In Allie Therin’s alternate universe, some people are born with supernatural empathic powers. Empaths are feared, fetishized, and regulated. Empaths can read emotions, and if corrupted, can turn people into thralls. A corrupted empath no longer cares about hurting people. The US government has an operative called The Dead Man who […]

A Hanukkah Romance

The Dreidl Disaster by Stacey Agdern

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At this time of year, it can be easy to forget that there are holidays other than Christmas. I’m at best, an agnostic and I’ve had several Christmas centered romances on my kindle without trying. No shade to those books, I liked them. But I did reach out to Stacey Agdern and ask if I could get an arc of her forthcoming Hanukkah romance, The Dreidel Disaster. I enjoyed it. It’s a romance for grownups, in a responding to problems way, not in a sexy […]



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