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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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CBR 14 BINGO – Week 3 Check-in

August 4, 2022 by Emmalita 16 Comments

Welcome to the Week 3 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. This week’s mood: Fire! I set tortillas on fire, Kansas set Justice Alito’s dreams on fire, and a bunch of you are cooking with fire.   Please check your tags and make sure you are using cbr14bingo. Ale – 4 reviews anana – 1 review andtheIToldYouSos – 1 review ardaigle – 1 review BlackRaven – Blackout booktrovert – 8 reviews Classic – 7 reviews CoffeeShopReader – 6 reviews […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo

Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo ·
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It was one thing to shtup a willing man on a Friday night at a bar down the mountain, it was another thing entirely to have that man sniffing her vegetables in the produce section of the Campbell Co-op.

Hot Lumberjack by Aviva Blakeman

August 3, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Aviva Blakeman’s Hot Lumberjack starts in one of my favorite ways – with a bang. You know immediately that Abi and Ilan are so wildly attracted to each other that during an argument they end up having sex in her car. While Abi is feeling weird about it, she finds out that Ilan’s company is the company clearing trees behind her neighborhood to get the land ready for more development. Which she is also against. And she would very much like not to be woken […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Aviva Blakeman, Hot Lumberjack, Small Town Campbell series

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:83 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Aviva Blakeman, Hot Lumberjack, Small Town Campbell series ·
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I want to document the way food transforms the lives of people as people transform food.

Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty

August 2, 2022 by Emmalita 2 Comments

July did not go the way I thought it would. instead of moving out of a very stressful 6 weeks dealing with health issues, I got drop kicked into a very stressful month of needing to find a new place to live, packing and moving and managing a whole bunch of people’s emotions. I meant to get Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew reviewed a month ago, but it was beyond my ability. The review I would have written is […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, historic foodways, KosherSoul, Michael W Twitty, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:82 · Genres: Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, historic foodways, KosherSoul, Michael W Twitty, NetGalley ·
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“Are you threatening me with a good time, Drew Sullivan?” “I don’t make threats, Dr. Kelley. I make promises.”

The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon

August 2, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I have enjoyed Farrah Rochon’s Boyfriend Project series a lot and The Hookup Plan has been one of my most anticipated reads this year. In the first book, The Boyfriend Project, Rochon created three women who meet and become friends when they all find themselves dating the same guy. The three – Samiah, Taylor, and London – make a pact to be friends and hold each other accountable as they strive to work on different areas of their lives. Dr. London Kelly, a pediatric surgical […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Farrah Rochon, NetGalley, The Hookup Plan

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Farrah Rochon, NetGalley, The Hookup Plan ·
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CBR 14 BINGO – Week 2 Check-in

July 28, 2022 by Emmalita 9 Comments

Welcome to the Week 2 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. This week I stared into the void and to my surprise, there were The Spice Girls singing about friendship.   Again, big thanks to MsWas, andtheIToldYouSos, faintingviolet, teresaelectro for running Bingo while I move to the other side of the river (the Colorado River). Friendship may never end, but this move will. Real soon. Congratulations to BlackRaven for being the first to complete her […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: cbr14bingo

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: cbr14bingo ·
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Kill me or save me, but do something.

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

July 22, 2022 by Emmalita 2 Comments

I love Tasha Suri’s books. They are rich with rage and want and hope. The Jasmine Throne is all of that. It is so far up the alley of so many Cannonballers that I am shocked that I am the first to review it here. The Jasmine Throne focuses on three women, the subjugated nation of Ahiranya, and the Empire of Parijatdvipa. Priya is a maid in the Regent of Ahiranya’s palace in the city of Hiranaprastha. Malini is the sister of the newly crowned Emperor […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: Shiromi Arserio, Tasha Suri, The Burning Kingdoms series, The Jasmine Throne

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:80 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: Shiromi Arserio, Tasha Suri, The Burning Kingdoms series, The Jasmine Throne ·
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