Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

About Emmalita

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

Emmalita's Reviews:

An Alien Fake Dating/Pursued by a Bounty Hunter Romance

Love Code by Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre’s Strange Love was one of my favorite reads last year.  Zylar of Kith Balek looked like the Predator from Alien vs Predator, but really he was a cinnamon roll of sweetness. He accidentally kidnapped the human, Beryl Bowman and her dog, Snaps, after being misled by his ship’s AI, Helix. Love Code is Helix’s story. Helix was kind of an ass in Strange Love, but I was interested to see how an AI was going to become a romantic main character. When Love Code opens, Helix […]

Evidence of My Insanity

100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen by Sarah Kieffer

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Hello, my name is Emmalita (not my real name), I am lactose intolerant (true) and I love dairy (true), especially butter (sadly, very true). I can eat very small amounts of dairy without pain, but I am not a person naturally inclined to moderation when it comes to things I love. I have spent years ignoring the effect dairy has on my body, but my body has said, “NO MORE.” I do my best to live without butter, cream, and cheese, and I’ve found a […]

Earning Pink

The Knockout by Sajni Patel

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I feel slightly disadvantaged reviewing Sajni Patel’s, The Knockout – I’m not Indian American, I know nothing about Muay Thai, and I haven’t been a teenager in a long, long time. That said, I enjoyed The Knockout. I’ve had it sitting in my NetGalley queue for months because it was suppose to come out last year, but the pandemic pushed it back. I received this as an advance reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Once I started reading I realized that […]

CBR Diversions – Whale Hello There!

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Welcome to January 2021! What a year the last two weeks have been. Four years ago I wrote a post in which seasoned Cannonballers gave advice to new Cannonballers. I hope it helped a few people, and it’s all still good stuff. This year we thought we would start off with a chance for new folks and veterans to introduce yourselves, tell us what you are looking forward to reading, and ask any questions about Cannonball Read that come to mind. In that vein, there […]

Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing Partially

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help by KC Davis

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Note: I have also reviewed a revised and expanded edition of this book due out in late April, 2022.   I believe deeply in letting go of shame*, especially when it comes to house work. There are a lot of reasons why house keeping can get away from you and putting a lot of shame on yourself about it is unnecessary and counter productive. I know this deeply and truly about other people. It is much much harder to apply those beliefs to myself. A […]

Worth the Wait! Thank You NTE!

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Yay! My Holiday Book Exchange books arrived!!!! NTE selected some really excellent books. After hearing Roselle Lim talk on an author panel I have been dying to read her books. Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck & Fortune and Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop are beautiful books and I can’t wait to read them. I reviewed an arc of A Touch of Stone and Snow last year and really wanted a physical copy for my shelf. Look at how pretty they all are!!!!!!



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