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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Think of ingredients like household cats – if they’re helping, you can always add more.

The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food you can make so you don't die by Zilla Novikov, Rachel A. Rosen

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We wish we could come into all your homes and take care of you. But that’s called “breaking and entering” and apparently it’s illegal? Cooking is one of the greatest and most consistent joys of my life. Even so, there are times when I have so little energy that the best I can do is the bare minimum. Since I am white knuckling my way through life with chronic depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and a neuro-spicy brain, I have certain staples that I keep on […]

CBR15 Bingo-Week 8 Check-in

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Welcome to the Week 8 wrap-up! I hear pumpkin spice season has begun. To be honest I’m having a hard time feeling it. You can view the kick-off post with the categories, rules and card here. The Players: ardaigle – 7 reviews BlackRaven – 25 reviews, BLACKOUT carmelpie – 16 reviews, 2 Bingos Carriejay – 7 reviews CoffeeShopReader – 13 reviews Debcapsfan – 3 reviews Dome’Loki – 1 review drmllz – 4 reviews ElCicco – 8 reviews elderberrywine – 5 review Esme – 1 review faintingviolet – 1 review […]

So tell me, little sister: What are you prepared to do, for what you want?

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

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When I posted my review of She Who Became the Sun a couple of people mentioned they were afraid to read He Who Drowned the World. Friends, you are right to be afraid. As Shelley Parker-Chan tweeted recently, “emotional books that feel like a gut punch”—hey, that’s my brand!” Because we know that this series is a retelling of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we know that our protagonist, Zhu Yuanzhang, will defeat her enemies by the end of the book, and that her […]

CBR15 Bingo-Week 7 Check-in

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Welcome to the Week 7 wrap-up! My big message this week is check your tags, and make sure you are using cbr15bingo and not any variation of that. As an aside, isn’t it nice that you are collecting books read and reviews written and not, say, indictments? Good job on that. You can view the kick-off post with the categories, rules and card here. The Players: ardaigle – 7 reviews BlackRaven – 25 reviews, BLACKOUT carmelpie – 13 reviews, 1 Bingo Carriejay – 7 reviews CoffeeShopReader – […]

Willpower alone won’t guarantee survival.

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

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Shelley Parker-Chan and Natalie Naudus (narrator) kicked my head in with She Who Became the Sun. It took a bit to get into the book, listening for 20 minutes here and there, but by the time I hit the 3 hour mark I had a hard time stopping so that I could sleep, and even then I dreamed about Zhu Chongba, General Ouyang, and Ma Xiuying (I am reliant on Wikipedia for spellings because I don’t have the text). The unnamed girl who takes over […]

CBR15 Bingo-Week 6 Check-in

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Welcome to Week 6! I bought an air fryer this week because it’s too damn hot to turn on the oven (also, when I tried to turn on my oven it didn’t turn on, so an air fryer until we figure out what’s happening with the oven). So far I’ve baked bread, roasted potatoes and brocoli, and way too much fried chicken. What should I make next? You can view the kick-off post with the categories, rules and card here. The Players: ardaigle – 7 […]



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