exes – Cannonball Read 17

Now I’m craving scones, tea, and a nap in a cozy railcar

The Mimicking of Known Successes: The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #1 by Malka Older

September 8, 2024 by carmelpie 3 Comments

CBR16 Bingo: Earth Day A man vanishes off the platform on the edge of the planet. No one saw him leave but his sudden disappearance is noticed by the small community of people who call this sparsely populated platform home. Mossa, an official investigator, is sent to find out what happened to him. After her initial search turns up nothing but a small lead, she travels to Valdegeld and seeks out Pleiti, a classical Earth researcher and her ex-girlfriend. The story is told from Pleiti’s […]

When you reach the part where the heartaches come the hero would be me. But heroes often fail.

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

August 7, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR16Bingo: Fiasco We start in L.A. where Mira gets dumped by her boyfriend of six months. They were set up and started dating after their matchmaker, Hema Auntie, agreed to continue to work with Mira even though Mira had rejected the last twelve matches. Afterward, Mira is sitting in her car and attempting to breathe through yet another disappointment when she receives a call from an attorney’s office. This starts a series of events that has her reconnecting with one of her first matches, Naveen, […]

Enter the IKEA-verse

FINNA by Nino Cipri

March 25, 2024 by carmelpie 7 Comments

“Of course Jules was alive, they had never faced a challenge whose ass they couldn’t kick, and they had the stores of righteous rage that all retail employees collected.” ― Nino Cipri, Finna “It’s okay,” Jules said. They looked….not calm, exactly, but not scared. They looked, as they had for most of their trip, thrilled that they weren’t getting misgendered while answering customers’ stupid questions about how much weight a towel rod could really hold. ― Nino Cipri, Finna Ava works at LitenVärld and she […]

Just Because You’re A Therapist, Doesn’t Mean That You Know What You’re Doing With Your Life

Tell Me Everything by Laura Kay

December 12, 2022 by Abi Leave a Comment

Natasha is a mess. A very specific type of queer mess. She’s a therapist, and if she’s being honest, she would have a lot to say to herself if she was one of her own clients. As is, she’s finally moving out of the place she’s been sharing with her ex even since they broke up, continuing to be flatmates in the time since, moving out as Georgia wants to move her current girlfriend in instead. Then she meets a girl at work, kind of. […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
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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