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Ardent reader of pretty much anything, including the backs of shampoo bottles. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Pooja's Quick Questions interview.)

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Happy or Wealthy, But Not Both

Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson

February 17, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Though you’d think money smoothes away all obstacles, it seems in the lives of these heiresses to be the thing that stands between them and happiness. Using the examples of individual heiresses to make her case, Thompson shows how the lives of heiresses evolved with the times, and what they may need to achieve happiness in their different ways. The book is broken down into four sections which deal with different eras of heiresses, from the heiress abductions of the Georgian times to the American […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, america, capitalism, England, Laura Thompson, Non-Fiction, wealth

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:35 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, america, capitalism, England, Laura Thompson, Non-Fiction, wealth ·
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Sequel-itis

Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep

February 15, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

Evie may have killed her cousin and become queen of Bellona, but her troubles are far from over. Morta continues to threaten her kingdom, and now she must make peace with Sully’s father to strengthen themselves against the enemy. There’s a mystery of sorts as Evie must figure out the culprit behind a series of assassination attempts. Using her mysterious powers and her wits, she works to solve the mystery quite quickly, and though I was able to guess the killer ahead of her I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Jennifer Estep, na, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Jennifer Estep, na, Romance ·
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I Am in Actual Awe

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas

February 13, 2022 by Pooja 7 Comments

Bryce Quinlan lives a charmed life in Crescent City, despite her dubious status as a half-human citizen of the Empire. But all that changes when her best friend is murdered viciously. Now, two years later, she discovers that most everything she believed about that murder may be a lie. I will go on record about this; I am eating my words. A few years ago, on the recommendation of my sister, I started reading the Throne of Glass series. I thought the first book was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, friendship, Romance, sarah j maas, Urban Fantasy

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, friendship, Romance, sarah j maas, Urban Fantasy ·
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Up on the Mountain, There Are No Morals

The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest by Mark Synnott

February 8, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

In search of the body of Sandy Irvine and the solution to the mystery of whether he and George Mallory ever made it to the summit, the author and his team climb Mt Everest during one of the deadliest seasons ever. I am not sure why I am drawn to stories about Mt Everest. Certainly I mean to never climb it, and I can’t quite empathize with those who are drawn to it, even if I can understand it sometimes. And books like this underscore […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, #memoir, adventure, Climbing, Mark Synnott, Mt Everest, non fiction

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, #memoir, adventure, Climbing, Mark Synnott, Mt Everest, non fiction ·
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A Flying, Glow-in-the-Dark Dinosaur in the Modern Day

Umboi Island by JJ Dupuis

February 6, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Laura is the host of Creature X, a cryptozoology show, despite being an avowed skeptic. In search of the Ropen, she and her team go to a remote island in Papua New Guinea, where they become entangled in a mystery when a dead man is found in one of their tents. Though billed a mystery, this is more of a good old-fashioned action-adventure novel, complete with martial arts, gun fights, and a far-off setting. What sets this book above many other old-fashioned action-adventure novel is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: action, adventure, cryptozoology, JJ Dupuis, mystery, papua new guinea

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: action, adventure, cryptozoology, JJ Dupuis, mystery, papua new guinea ·
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Up in the Air

Fly Girl by Ann Hood

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet by Nell McShane Wulfhart

February 5, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

I got approved for two books about flight attendants one right after another on NetGalley – so all of you must cope with a themed double post from me. Fly Girl – 3.5 stars Ann Hood became a flight attendant at TWA in 1978 and worked there for many years. In this book, she recounts the places she saw and the people she met, and how the shifting culture of air travel at the time affected her and her job. I do like to travel, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, #memoir, airplane, Ann Hood, ARC, feminism, labor unions, Nell McShane Wulfhart, NetGalley, popsugar, travel, work

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:29 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, #memoir, airplane, Ann Hood, ARC, feminism, labor unions, Nell McShane Wulfhart, NetGalley, popsugar, travel, work ·
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