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Great Characters, Messy Plot

Reunited by the Badge by Deborah Fletcher Mello

August 8, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. When he discovers his patients’ lives are threatened, Dr. Paul Reilly can turn to only one person: Simone Black. She will have his back, even if they don’t agree on much else. But as the former lovers work together to track down the evildoers who are tampering with medications, they rediscover unexpected feelings for one another…even as an enemy wants to silence them permanently. I wanted to like this book so much – a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Deborah Fletcher Mello, NetGalley, Reunited by the Badge

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:55 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Deborah Fletcher Mello, NetGalley, Reunited by the Badge ·
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cover of Middle School Matters

How to enjoy parenting your middle school student

Middle School Matters by Phyllis L. Fagell

August 8, 2019 by J Leave a Comment

Every phase of parenting has unique joys and challenges. As the parent of a ten year old, I’m going to say that this phase we’re in right now–the tween phase–is the first time I am legitimately terrified of messing up my kid. Some of it’s due to the era we live in. Twelve years into this grand experiment of putting the internet in our pockets and we don’t have norms yet for how and when to bring kids online. (Frankly, they’re already there, so it’s […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: NetGalley, Parenting, Phyllis L. Fagell

J's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: NetGalley, Parenting, Phyllis L. Fagell ·
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Blackenized fashion

Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day

July 31, 2019 by J 1 Comment

Were you fly? Flyness wasn’t about how handsome you were, although that helped, or about how expensive your clothes were, although that helped, or what brand they were. … Power was fly, and fly was power. I only learned who Dapper Dan was recently, in the context of hearing about his partnership with Gucci after years of being raided and copied by major European luxury brands. The short version of who he is and why he’s known: Dan was a hustler who had made a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Daniel R. Day, NetGalley

J's CBR11 Review No:18 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Daniel R. Day, NetGalley ·
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Jen Gunter Has a Vagenda

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Jennifer Gunter

July 28, 2019 by Emmalita 7 Comments

When I saw The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr. Jennifer Gunter offered on NetGalley, I jumped all over it. This is an honest review in exchange for an ARC. The book is available August 27. You should buy it or ask your library to buy many copies. Dr. Jen Gunter is one of my favorite Twitter follows. She is smart, funny, and beacon of light in dark times. The Vagina Bible is exactly what I […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Jennifer Gunter, NetGalley, The Vagina Bible

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:52 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Jennifer Gunter, NetGalley, The Vagina Bible ·
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I might struggle and freeze, but if I have to crawl to reach the truth, I will.

The Bewildered Bride by Vanessa Riley

July 28, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Vanessa Riley writes diverse romances set in Regency and early Victorian England. As she says on her website: Yes, Black People existed in the Regency. In London there were over 10,000-20,000 that lived in London during the time of Jane Austen.  The number has been estimated to be as high as 30,000 across England, Scotland, and Ireland. So with less than 28 dukes during that time period, who are you more […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Advertisements for Love series, diverse regency, historical romance, NetGalley, The Bewildered Bride, Vanessa Riley

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:51 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Advertisements for Love series, diverse regency, historical romance, NetGalley, The Bewildered Bride, Vanessa Riley ·
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A Puppy Pile of a Romance

Puppy Christmas (Forever Home Book 2) by Lucy Gilmore

July 27, 2019 by Emmalita 6 Comments

This is an honest review in exchange for the ARC from NetGalley. I don’t remember why I requested Puppy Christmas from NetGalley, but I’m so glad I did. Lila Vasquez and her sisters train puppies to be service dogs. They have donated a puppy, plus six weeks of service training to a nonprofit, who have awarded the puppy to Emily Ford, a 6 year old with a degenerative hearing condition and her single father Ford. We won’t be discussing the fact that Lucy Gilmore named […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Lucy Gilmore, NetGalley, Puppy Christmas

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:50 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Lucy Gilmore, NetGalley, Puppy Christmas ·
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