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Such Promise, So Disappointing

Modern Sourdough: Sweet and Savoury Recipes from Margot Bakery by Michelle Eshkeri, Patricia Niven

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I spent many years yearning to bake bread and feeling intimidated by yeast. I went to work at a bakery, I thought to make cake, but no, I made bread. Trial by fire. I am no longer intimidated by yeast and have now been baking bread professionally and at home for 15 years. Sourdough, though, remains intimidating. I have never successfully kept a starter going long enough to actually bake a loaf of bread. When I saw Michelle Eshkeri’s Modern Sourdough on NetGalley, I knew it was time to try again.  This is an honest review. I completely fell in […]

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9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:67 |

Not Steve Rogers, but dammit I liked him anyway

Say My Name (Devil's Bastards MC) by Aviva Blakeman

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I’ve been sitting on this review for a while, at a mental impasse how to describe the highs of the excellent quality writing in Say My Name versus issues that are particular to this period in time and how it impacts my pop culture consumption. Something unrelated finally illuminated for me that my conflict is about what I want in a male romantic lead and how much I enjoyed the book even though John isn’t the hero I’m looking for. I don’t have any secret desire for a bad boy to come roaring into my life on a motorcycle, but I’m […]

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9/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:66 |

#NotAllMen, Historical Romance Edition

Once A Spy by Mary Jo Putney

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I have to stop doing this to myself. I have got to stop picking up Mary Jo Putney books. When I first started reading romance openly, I loved Mary Jo Putney because her characters had conversations with each other and talked about mental health issues in historical romance. I have changed and grown in the last 20 – 25 years and Mary Jo Putney’s books have not. If you are looking for the comfort of a familiar Putney narrative – Once A Spy delivers. If you are looking for anything else, you should probably not read this. I received this […]

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9/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:65 |

Grandma flexed her arm. “Ride or die.”

Sapphire Flames: A Hidden Legacy Novel by Ilona Andrews

Diamond Fire: A Hidden Legacy Novella by Ilona Andrews

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Sapphire Flames was a nice way to return to the Ilona Andrews fold. I was unhappy with the final Kate Daniels book and stopped reading Ilona Andrews for many months. I did buy the novella, Diamond Fire, but I was still too mad about Magic Triumphs to really get into it. When Sapphire Flames was released, I reread the novella and then dove into the novel. And then I went back and reread White Hot and Wildfire. I would not suggest trying to read these books without reading the previous Hidden Legacy books. There will be some spoilers for the first […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:64 |

September is Halfway There, Ooo-ooo Livin’ On a Bingo!

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It’s September Check-In time for the CBR11 Book Bingo Reading Challenge! I’m sorry it’s late. I have a terrible cold, but I am hopped up on cold medicine so let’s do this thing.   There are 46 Cannonballers playing, and you have posted over 450 reviews. This post is a place for you to ask questions, ask for recommendations for categories, and find a review buddy if you need one. You can always post your questions in our Facebook group – Cannonball Read Book Chat, or on Twitter @cannonballread. This is also where we post important administrative issues. Administrative Stuff […]

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9/7/2019 |

It’s a perfect story, how mommy saved daddy

Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez

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Lush Money is a very promising debut from an author I’m looking forward to seeing more from. Recently, I’ve been drawn to low drama romances with characters whose lives are imaginable. Lush Money is high drama and features a self made billionaire and the heir to a small European Kingdom. I loved it. Roxanne Medina is a self made billionaire. She wants a child, wants the child to have a father, but doesn’t want to put in the effort a romance would require. Mateo Esperanza is the heir to the throne of a small Kingdom next to, or possibly surrounded […]

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8/31/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:62 |

A Frustrating Enemies to Lovers Romance That Ended With Me Saying “WTF?”

Their Festive Island Escape by Nina Singh

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I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I love the enemies to lovers trope. The best enemies to lovers stories are full of sparks, passion and banter. Sexual tension fuels animosity until love wins out. Their Festive Island Escape has none of that. It’s also not “festive.” I don’t like it when I don’t like a book. I feel bad, like I failed as a reader. I don’t know what Nina Singh was going for, but I don’t think she got it. Celeste Fajadi has been very successful in marketing, but comes from an impoverished background. On […]

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8/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:61 |

You Don’t Need a Pasta Machine

American Sfoglino: A Masterclass in Handmade Pasta by Evan Funke, Katie Parla, Eric Wolfanger

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Evan Funke and Katie Parla’s American Sfoglino: A Masterclass in Handmade Pasta is a book you will want to have as a hardcopy and maybe also as an ebook. It is an aspirational cookbook, with it’s beautiful photography. If you aspire to make pasta at home without a pasta maker, it is also a very practical cookbook. Through photography and description, Funke shows how to make some of the master doughs and pasta shapes of Bologna. If all you want to do is dream and look at beautiful pictures of food, this book has you covered too. Funke is a […]

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8/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:60 |


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