Emmalita – Page 30 – Cannonball Read 17

Are you ready to think about tomorrow?” he asked.

The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond

February 16, 2024 by Emmalita 4 Comments

I do love a heist, and Gwenda Bond’s The Frame-Up is a good story wrapped around a heist. I think it’s a standalone, but I would not say no to more of this crew doing their version of a heist with magic in the future. Dani Poissant has been working solo in the decade since she turned her art thief mother in to the FBI. She’s a Robin Hood style grifter – targeting bad people, taking their money, and giving a big chunk of it to […]

“You ready to go be friendly?” He says “friendly” like someone might say “roasted” or “impaled.”

The Friendship Study by Ruby Barrett

February 13, 2024 by Emmalita 2 Comments

The Friendship Study was a lovely read that made some choices near the end that I didn’t love. The first thing that I loved about this book is the cover. It’s gorgeous and really conveys the feeling of the book. I don’t usually care much about covers, but this one is an A+. In 2021 I felt like all the books I was reading were about grief. This year the theme has been loneliness. Grief is still a big factor in so many books, but […]

All I did was phone you. Then be in the same restaurant as you. Then watch you from across a crowded coffee place. Then follow you down a street when it’s getting dark and there’s no one else around and oh okay right yeah I’m seeing it now yep it’s dawning on me…

When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein

February 6, 2024 by Emmalita 9 Comments

I don’t even know how to talk about this book. One of the things I loved best about it was the way Charlotte Stein used words to illuminate her characters, but I’m reading an advance reader copy so I’m not supposed to quote from it. I’m going to have to share a quote though because otherwise I’m just going to blather a bunch of dumb words at you. She saw it happen, almost immediately. All in one big rush, like he couldn’t contain it. Her […]

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Circles of Humanity: Being Human Together by Jone Johnson Lewis

February 5, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I read Jone Johnson Lewis’ Circles of Humanity: Being Human Together last week in preparation for my monthly Restorative Justice Circle practice. I found it clear, concise, and enormously helpful. I’ve been active with the Ethical Society of Austin for several years, and have waded in the shallows of involvement with the national organization, the American Ethical Union (AEU). Apart from the personal relationships I’ve built, I find ethical humanism fits well with my own ethos of how to move best in the world. In […]

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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

February 4, 2024 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Tia Williams has just made me like a fated lovers romance. Not like. Love. Lovers who are destined for each other is one of my least favorite tropes, but WIlliams makes this work for me. She throws in the right mix of magic and logic, and gives us achingly human characters. Now is the perfect time to read this. A lot of the action takes place in February 2024. Williams grounds her magic in the leap year, almost making me believe in the magic of […]

“Get in, loser, we’re going to The Saloon!”

Mickey Chambers Shakes it Up by Charish Reid

January 31, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Mickey Chambers Shakes it Up was a fun read. Mickey is a human ray of sunshine and a delight to spend time with. She is an adjunct faculty member at a university. Her love interest, Diego, is a bar owner and returning college student who isn’t good with people and just starting to come back to life after his wife died 5 years previously. When Mickey realizes she isn’t going to be able to afford to pay for the prescriptions she needs to manage her […]

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