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Unicorn Found: A Genuinely Good Dairy-free, Gluten-free Baking Book

Craveworthy Baking: Delicious Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Cakes, Cookies, Breads, and More by Danielle Cochran

September 9, 2024 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Danielle Cochran’s Craveworthy Baking is a unicorn, magical and rare. Finding good, easy recipes that are gluten free or dairy free is harder than you think, and finding both, *throws hands up in despair.* I have not only preordered this book, I have ordered a copy for a friend. Now I will confess that I’ve taken my attempts at some of the recipes a step further, I made some of them sugar free too. On Sundays I bake for family dinner, and family includes 3 people […]

I’m a cornucopia of complexity, Sam.

Lucky Strike by Janine Amesta

September 9, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Janine Amesta’s engaging Lucky Strike is my kind of catnip – prickly marshmallows who think they are the villain, finding grace for each other and then themselves. Luna is prickly and prone to lash out. Sam has frozen his life after a car accident that resulted in his brother’s death. Luna is back in her hometown, living with her cousin and his pregnant wife in her childhood home. She is looking for an affordable place of her own and after being rejected for one rental, […]

He wanted to roll over and invite her to pet his belly, but he was in human form and it was a little too soon to be asking for that.

Fangs So Bright & Deadly by Piper J. Drake

September 7, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

In the first of Piper J. Drake’s Mythwoven series, Wings once Cursed & Bound, Marie, a witch, is helped by two nine-tailed foxes while she is a part of a team rescuing Peeraphan. We know them only as Fox Number One and Fox Number Two, but that very short scene also reveals that they work with a morally grey organization called Babel, they took part in Peeraphan’s kidnapping and then regretted it when they learned the purpose, and they are very, very impressed with Marie. It […]

CBR16 Bingo Week 9 Check-In

September 7, 2024 by Emmalita 4 Comments

Welcome to the CBR16 Bingo week 9 check-in. Check your numbers, check your tags. Ask any questions. you might have. This is the kick-off post with the card, description, and rules. The Players: BlackRaven – 25 reviews, Blackout carmelpie – 7 reviews CoffeeShopReader – 14 reviews Debcapsfan – 1 review drmlz – 4 reviews ElCicco – 19 reviews, 3 Bingos elderberrywine – 9 reviews esme – 1 review faintingviolet – 10 reviews Jake – 23 reviews, 9 Bingos KimMiE” – 10 reviews, 1 Bingo Kit Moonstar – 2 reviews LanierHgts – 1 review […]

CBR16 Bingo Week 8 Check-In

August 31, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Welcome to the CBR16 Bingo week 8 check-in. Check your numbers, check your tags. Ask any questions. you might have. This is the kick-off post with the card, description, and rules. The Players: BlackRaven – 25 reviews, Blackout carmelpie – 7 reviews CoffeeShopReader – 12 reviews Debcapsfan – 1 review drmlz – 4 reviews ElCicco – 18 reviews, 3 Bingos elderberrywine – 9 reviews esme – 1 review faintingviolet – 10 reviews Jake – 21 reviews, 6 Bingos KimMiE” – 9 reviews, 1 Bingo Kit Moonstar – 2 reviews LanierHgts – 1 review LittlePlat – 6 […]

It’s like I’m in free fall. I’m relieved, I’m happy, I’m distressed, all at once. It averages out to “okay,” though.

Three Reasons to Run by Jackie Lau

August 27, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I love a Jackie Lau novel that gets into the conflict between family expectations and living an authentic life. Lau has given Yvonne and Leo rich interior lives that they slowly reveal to one another. Yvonne is finding out who she is when she isn’t being the good girl. Leo doesn’t share much of himself, but he will for Yvonne. At the end of Four Weddings to Fall in Love, Kim sees Max’s mom, Lynne, help Yvonne flee her wedding. Lynne’s kindness and practical support […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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