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Big reader, paltry reviewer, frequent commenter. Wrote a book and am pretty proud of it. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Alexis's Quick Questions interview.)

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Guts Raina

Guts is Great!

Guts by Raina Telgemeier

November 5, 2019 by Alexis 1 Comment

Raina Telgemeier is a comic artist who has created some all time greats (Drama, Smile, Sisters, Ghost) that fearlessly touch on topics most child/teen comics staunchly avoid – family struggles, LGBTQ characters, etc. Her latest is a semi-autobiographical story about a 12 year old who starts to struggle with anxiety. It starts one night when she throws up. The worst right? So she starts considering what caused her to throw up. Maybe she caught a bug from somebody else. Better not share snacks! Maybe it […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Comics, Graphic Novel

Alexis's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Comics, Graphic Novel ·
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Loving the IAD Series Reread

No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

April 17, 2019 by Alexis 2 Comments

The Immortals After Dark series was part of my onramp to romance that I read mumbles incoherently years ago. They aren’t perfect but they are fun although they haven’t been generally well received by some Cannonballers due to various issues including a tendency to feature ThunderSex™ . I mostly forgot about them before stumbling across Fated Mates, the delightful podcast by romance writer Sarah MacLean and romance critic Jen Prokop THAT I CANNOT RECOMMEND HIGHLY ENOUGH. (While the emphasis of the podcast is the IAD […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: IAD, Kresley Cole, Urban Fantasy, vampires

Alexis's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: IAD, Kresley Cole, Urban Fantasy, vampires ·
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rhapsodic

Good Smolder and Original Urban Fantasy

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

April 1, 2019 by Alexis 2 Comments

My strategy for surviving the Trump presidency is to hide exclusively in fun escapist books and Rhapsodic, involving a fey king and a human siren, fit the bill. Callypso is a siren who can use her voice to compel humans to do/say whatever she wants, a power she utilizes to coerce bad people to admit their crimes, stop stealing from the innocent, etc. When she was younger she bought favors from the Bargainer, a dark fey. Not just a few favors, HUNDREDS OF FAVORS. She […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr11, Romance, Urban Fantasy

Alexis's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, cbr11, Romance, Urban Fantasy ·
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Epic Romances Rarely Start With a 5 Year Stiffy

Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole

February 6, 2019 by Alexis 4 Comments

Am rereading the entire IAD series so I can follow along with the insightful Fated Mates podcast by the delightful Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop. Ironically they didn’t cover this one (or will later for reasons) so the jokes on me. This is a spoilery discussion of the book more than a proper review, so ye be warned. Myst is a valkyrie warrior, who in this world, all tend to have a special super power. Myst’s super power is using her sexuality to manipulate men. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, Alexis, consent, PNR, Romance

Alexis's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, Alexis, consent, PNR, Romance ·
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A Fun, Fluffy, but Also Terrible Read

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

January 16, 2019 by Alexis 5 Comments

Crazy Rich Asians as been at the top of my TBR pile for ages and I was THRILLED to receive a copy from the Cannonball Holiday Exchange (I still don’t know who sent these so I say to the universe – THANK you, the Cannonball Book Exchange is always a delight!) Rachel and Nick are a couple of college-professor lovebirds working at NYU who decide to spend their summer traveling around Asia as this is something that college professors do on the regular (no it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexis, Contemporary Romance, poc

Alexis's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexis, Contemporary Romance, poc ·
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Murderbot Is Not Here For Your Nonsense

October 30, 2018 by Alexis Leave a Comment

Rogue Protocol is novella #3 in the 4-book series focused on the Miscellaneous Adventures of Murderbot. Murderbot is THE GREATEST, something that Emmalita has expounded upon in her reviews. Murderbot is an organic-robot construct who was designed to provide security to teams of humans but really wants to be left alone to watch it’s favorite tv shows. There is a mysterious backstory and the theme hooking the novellas together is Murderbot’s quest to solve the mystery. It’s a funny, unique, and captivating approach to scifi […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction

Alexis's CBR10 Review No:3 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: ·
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