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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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Cover of T. Kingfisher’s Hemlock & Silver

“Potatoes,” he said at last, “do not make gods.”

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

August 14, 2025 by Emmalita 5 Comments

Hemlock & Silver is a solid T. Kingfisher read. It’s a Snow White inspired fairytale, told from an unexpected point of view. There is a mystery to be solved, a helping of body horror, and a little bit of romance. The setting is very different from the world of the Temple of the White Rat, and yet it feels comfortably familiar. You don’t know where you are, but you can trust the storyteller to take you somewhere interesting (complimentary). Anja is called a healer, but […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fairytale retelling, Hemlock & Silver, t kingfisher

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:57 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fairytale retelling, Hemlock & Silver, t kingfisher ·
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“You had a chance to ask the universe for something,” Jamie says. “But instead you chose to register a complaint.”

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

August 13, 2025 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Lessons in Magic and Disaster has been so hard to review because my response to it has been deeply personal. It’s an achingly beautiful book. The ache starts in the opening paragraph, Jamie has never known what to say to her mother. And now–when it matters most of all, when she’s on a rescue mission–she knows even less.” Jamie discovered as a child that she could do magic. If she found a spot in nature at the intersection of cultivated and abandoned, and wished for […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: charlie jane anders, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, magical realism, Mothers and daughters

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:56 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: charlie jane anders, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, magical realism, Mothers and daughters ·
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Cover of Under One Roof by Sophie Andrews

I’ve let down Aretha, Alanis, Beyoncé, and my girl Kelly Clarkson in one fell swoop.

Under One Roof by Sophie Andrews

Just This Once by Sophie Andrews

August 8, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I requested to be put on Sophie Andrews’ arc list because I really liked the three books of hers I had read. I also enjoy her on social media.  Andrews was describing Under One Roof as the kind of low angst, no third act break up, high heat romance we need in stressful times. So when I read it and had issues with it I really struggled with how to review it. I see what she’s going for, but I don’t think she makes it […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Sophie Andrews

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:55 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Sophie Andrews ·
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Cannonball Read 17 Bingo: The First Check-in

August 5, 2025 by Emmalita 18 Comments

Welcome to the first monthly check-in for the Cannonball Read 17 Book Bingo Reading Challenge. The card, square descriptions, and rules can be found here. First, thank you for being here!!! Second – check your tags! the tag should be cbr17bingo with no spaces. I’ll clean up the other tags I’ve found this week. Third – check my math. I think what we’ve all learned in the past seven years of bingo is that I don’t math so good. Fourth – Y’all are amazing. BlackRaven […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: cbr17bingo

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr17bingo ·
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The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold by Ally Carte

“Did you miss me?” His voice sounded like hot tea with lots of sugar. “Yes. But I can reload and try again.”

The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold by Ally Carter

August 4, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

You know the meme, “some men will literally (fill in the blank) instead of going to therapy”? That’s Alex. Alex would rather cut herself off from everyone and everything to become a spy and spend years in deep cover than go to therapy. And you know I love her for it. She is competent and a mess. If you read The Blonde Identity (and you should read it if you haven’t), you know that Alex’s identical twin sister, Zoe, had no idea Alex was an operative […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ally Carter, Andrew Eiden, Blonde identity 2, Emily Ellet, The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ally Carter, Andrew Eiden, Blonde identity 2, Emily Ellet, The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold ·
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Cover of ZomRomCom by Olivia Dade

Cannonball! “Armed with a burrito, Edie rounded her car and sprinted to intercept the zombie.”

Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

August 2, 2025 by Emmalita 15 Comments

Olivia Dade may have asked herself, what if The Walking Dead had a baby with True Blood and it came out a rom com? What if fat women had post-apocalypse adventures and got the hunky vampire too? She may have asked herself those questions and then written ZomRomCom. Dade opens with Edie going after a zombie with a burrito to protect her seemingly oblivious neighbor, Chad. Chad is not only not Chad, he is also not oblivious. He is a vampire named Max* and furious […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Olivia Dade, ZomRomCom

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Olivia Dade, ZomRomCom ·
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