Emmalita – Page 33 – Cannonball Read 17

Thank you for letting someone else remember this moment, treasure it with a hand against my belly.

Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

December 4, 2023 by Emmalita 4 Comments

Well this was lovely and exactly what I needed in this moment. Fellow Cannonballer LB was asking in another group we share what to call a surprise pregnancy trope. I realized that I also had an arc of the book they were asking about, and that I desperately wanted to read a surprise pregnancy book. For reasons, I had been thinking a lot about two recent deaths that I hadn’t allowed myself to mourn because my relationships with both people were so complicated and thorny. […]

Sunshine tightly wound meets grumpy tightly wound, everyone comes undone

Wild Life by Opal Wei

November 30, 2023 by Emmalita 1 Comment

What happens when a burnt out, high strung cancer researcher runs into an anxious, handsome, recovering boy bander with a private island and a elderly cougar? Shenanigans, wild animal attacks, a massive storm, run-ins with the law, and the complete abandonment of The Plan. Zoey Fong already has an M.D., but she is in a prestigious doctoral program to be a cancer researcher so she can cure cancer in kids like her sister. She hates her program, her lab mate, and the mug collection she […]

“Dr. Matthew Vine,” she said, then raised a mocking eyebrow. “The Third. How wonderful.”

At First Spite by Olivia Dade

November 28, 2023 by Emmalita 2 Comments

What do you do when your fiancé dumps you after you quit your job and bought him the Spite House of his dreams? Athena Greyson moves to into the spite house in Harlot Bay, finds a job and starts rebuilding her life. The problem is, the spite house is very very close to her ex’s brother’s house. The brother, Dr Matthew Vine the f*cking Third, who frequently objected to the engagement and encouraged Johnny to break-up with Athena. The houses are not only very close, […]

#GivingTuesday

November 28, 2023 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Thank you all! It’s #GivingTuesday so please consider making a donation to Cannonball Read! Your donations help us keep the lights on here, and help us continue to donate to the American Cancer Society. During this season of thanks I want to express my appreciation for you and Cannonball Read. Your ongoing support of the American Cancer Society is helping us to end cancer as we know it for everyone. –Loretta Hackney, Leadership Annual Giving Manager, American Cancer Society Whether you want to shout “F*ck […]

Book Mail from Jake!

November 27, 2023 by Emmalita 3 Comments

Thank you! I’m so excited to add to my Murderbot Diaries collection and I get a new book to discover. Sure, I already have Artificial Condition as an ebook and an audiobook, but what if the internet disappears, or, more likely, I don’t have access to wifi and I need the wit and wisdom of SecUnit? I’ve heard of Ross McDonald, but haven’t read any of the classic mystery writer’s work. I’m looking forward to finding out more about “one of the most intricate plots […]

Horny Dragon Book

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

November 15, 2023 by Emmalita 6 Comments

I am very fond of Kit Rocha’s books. When asked what they wanted readers to get out of their books, the two authors who make up Kit Rocha, Donna Herren and Bree Bridges, said hope and joy. I think they deliver. I found them in 2019, and I genuinely do not know how I would have made it through the last few years without the chaotic, supportive, and fiery communities they have built. Their new series, Bound to Fire and Steel, is pure romantasy (fantasy+romance). […]

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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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