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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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My husband Jason and I are wonder twin cancer survivors! Sadly, all the radiation did not make us bionic...yet. I've done two quarter Cannonballs successfully now, and this year I'm going for a half. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Debcapsfan's Quick Questions interview.)

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White Privilege Pyramid Scheme

Hey Hun by Emily Lynn Paulson

February 29, 2024 by Debcapsfan 4 Comments

Hey Hun is the story of Emily Lynn Paulson’s time in an MLM. She is the narrator of her own audiobook. Emily changes the name of the MLM to protect herself from being sued, but she doesn’t really level anything particularly shocking against the company. The company uses the standard techniques of an MLM in that the people who start the MLM make money by recruiting more people into the company, and the people at the bottom of the pyramid who joined the company last […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #biography, Emily Lynn Paulson, MLM

Debcapsfan's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir · Tags: #biography, Emily Lynn Paulson, MLM ·
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A Sweet Spin on Shakespeare

Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca

February 24, 2024 by Debcapsfan 1 Comment

I am a regular listener of the podcast The Worst Bestsellers. While the hosts often read and make gentle fun of some very popular books, they also recommend books to read instead of the bestseller. This book was recommended and I really enjoyed it. Midsummer’s Mayhem is a cute confection of a book for readers ages 8-12 and loosely follows the plot of a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mimi Jackson is 11, living with her two older sisters and one older brother. One day, a new […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Featured, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Asian Heritage, Baking, magic, Rajani LaRocca, Shakespeare

Debcapsfan's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's Books, Featured, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Asian Heritage, Baking, magic, Rajani LaRocca, Shakespeare ·
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I’m the Prophecy

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

January 4, 2024 by Debcapsfan 1 Comment

Oh, how I inhaled this. What a great start to this year’s Cannonball. Black Sun is the first book in a trilogy inspired by Pre-Columbian civilizations with magic, priests, clans and Gods. Serapio is the reincarnated (maybe just returned to the land, it’s a little fuzzy) Crow God. A merchant hires Xiala, a Teek, to get him to the city of Tova. The city is preparing for the solstice, where a ceremony will be lead by the Sun Priest, Naranpa. Tova is a city of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: epic fantasy, mesoamerican, Rebecca Roanhorse

Debcapsfan's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: epic fantasy, mesoamerican, Rebecca Roanhorse ·
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And Melt With You

I'll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman

November 13, 2023 by Debcapsfan Leave a Comment

I’ll Stop the World is the debut novel by Lauren Thoman, published by Mindy’s Book Studio, the Mindy being Mindy Kaling. It’s clear from her opening note at the beginning of the book that there are twists in this book. I did get one of them because math, but I was really surprised by the second. I admit though when I know there’s a big twist in books I try not to think to hard about it because I just want to enjoy the story […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Lauren Thoman, mindy kaling, mystery, Suspense

Debcapsfan's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Lauren Thoman, mindy kaling, mystery, Suspense ·
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Kawaii Ghosts

Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (author(, Polly Barton (translator)

October 31, 2023 by Debcapsfan Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo- Asia/Oceana- BINGO! Where the Wild Ladies Are is a collection of Japanese folk tales retold with a feminist point of view. The tales all have ghosts in them, but they are mostly cute or beautiful ghosts, and not scary ghosts. The only one I thought was a bit tense was The Peony Lanterns, a story about two traveling saleswomen where things start escalating and then seppuku or ritual suicide is suggested, but not really. If you’ve ever tried to get rid of a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: #cbrbingo15, Aoko Matsuda (author(, Polly Barton (translator), Japanese ghosts

Debcapsfan's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: #cbrbingo15, Aoko Matsuda (author(, Polly Barton (translator), Japanese ghosts ·
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That’s not how any of this works….

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

October 31, 2023 by Debcapsfan Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo- You are Here I am on my couch, watching a lot of GBR, under a blanket. It’s Great British Baking Show, with murder! Oh, and set in Vermont. Betsy Martin is Prue, the bestselling author of a number of baking books and called “America’s grandmother.” She has been hosting a show called “Bake Week” for years. In this version, the baking competition takes place in Betsy’s sprawling mansion, and the contestants sleep there. There are many of GBR’s typical characters; the young one, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Cooking/Food, Mystery Tagged With: cbr15bingo, cozy mystery, Jessa Maxwell, yadayada murder

Debcapsfan's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Cooking/Food, Mystery · Tags: cbr15bingo, cozy mystery, Jessa Maxwell, yadayada murder ·
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