Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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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.)

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Messy…And Then There’s a Stalker

Forgiven by Garrett Leigh

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Forgiven is the first book I’ve read by Garrett Leigh, and it wasn’t an entirely successful introduction, but it didn’t put me off the author either. I received an advance reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Mia and Luke had an intense on/off relationship as teens that ended abruptly when Luke joined the navy without telling her he was leaving. Mia left their hometown a few years later, moved to Paris, got married, and opened a florist shop with her husband. […]

Into the Woods We Go

(Trust) Falling For You by Charish Reid

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I was delighted when Charish Reid offered an advance reader copy of (Trust) Falling for You in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed her previous books The Write Escape and Hearts on Hold. She writes entertaining and heartfelt romances set in academia and centers them around Black women. In (Trust) Falling for You, the humanities department at a small liberal arts college goes on a week long team building retreat. Yolanda and her nemesis, Samuel, have to bunk together and are matched as team building […]

Cannonball After Dark, Katrina Jackson Edition

Office Hours by Katrina Jackson

Grand Theft, N.Y.E. by Katrina Jackson

Beautiful & Dirty (The Family Book 1) by Katrina Jackson

Pink Slip (The Spies Who Loved Her #1) by Katrina Jackson

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Katrina Jackson has been one of my favorite discoveries this year. She is a college professor who writes high heat, queer, often polyamorous, diverse stories. Her stories are centered around black women and their desire. Very few of her interracial relationships involve white people. I would love it if someone smarter than me wrote a thesis on the genius of Katrina Jackson. I can see it, but I can’t explain it. Of the books of hers I have read, I would only describe Office Hours as […]

CBR Diversions – Your Personal 2020 Round Up

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I’m giving Jake credit for this diversion. His Best of…post is something we should all feel welcome to do. The very fact that we made through 2020 deserves a celebration. Would you like to celebrate by creating your own Best of 2020 Books post? Great! We have some suggestions that will make your post easier on the reader’s eye. First, book titles should be italicized. The most viewed review post of 2020 was Sophia’s review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. Second, lists […]

At some point, every love is a tragedy.

Ever After Always (A Bergman Sister novel) by Chloe Liese

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Ever After Always is the third book in Chloe Liese’s Bergman Brothers series. You don’t need to have read the first two books, but they are quite good, so you should read them. I received this as an advance reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Aiden and Freya have been married for almost 10 years and are still very much in love. Their marriage is still falling apart. When the book opens, Freya has asked Aiden to leave their home to […]

Exeunt, Pursued by a Werebear

Big Bad Wolf by Suleikha Snyder

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At the beginning of this year, I reviewed Suleikha Snyder’s short story anthology, Prem Numbers, and said Snyder wrote “radical hope and face sitting.” I’m a fan of her work. She is not a low angst author. Her lovers are passionate. Her stories have all the angst and agony of love in a world that will punish people for looking the wrong way and loving the wrong way. She carves out pockets of safe space for her characters to love in and it feels like […]



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