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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I’ve let down Aretha, Alanis, Beyoncé, and my girl Kelly Clarkson in one fell swoop.

Under One Roof by Sophie Andrews

Just This Once by Sophie Andrews

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I requested to be put on Sophie Andrews’ arc list because I really liked the three books of hers I had read. I also enjoy her on social media.  Andrews was describing Under One Roof as the kind of low angst, no third act break up, high heat romance we need in stressful times. So when I read it and had issues with it I really struggled with how to review it. I see what she’s going for, but I don’t think she makes it […]

Cannonball Read 17 Bingo: The First Check-in

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Welcome to the first monthly check-in for the Cannonball Read 17 Book Bingo Reading Challenge. The card, square descriptions, and rules can be found here. First, thank you for being here!!! Second – check your tags! the tag should be cbr17bingo with no spaces. I’ll clean up the other tags I’ve found this week. Third – check my math. I think what we’ve all learned in the past seven years of bingo is that I don’t math so good. Fourth – Y’all are amazing. BlackRaven […]

“Did you miss me?” His voice sounded like hot tea with lots of sugar. “Yes. But I can reload and try again.”

The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold by Ally Carter

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You know the meme, “some men will literally (fill in the blank) instead of going to therapy”? That’s Alex. Alex would rather cut herself off from everyone and everything to become a spy and spend years in deep cover than go to therapy. And you know I love her for it. She is competent and a mess. If you read The Blonde Identity (and you should read it if you haven’t), you know that Alex’s identical twin sister, Zoe, had no idea Alex was an operative […]

Cannonball! “Armed with a burrito, Edie rounded her car and sprinted to intercept the zombie.”

Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

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Olivia Dade may have asked herself, what if The Walking Dead had a baby with True Blood and it came out a rom com? What if fat women had post-apocalypse adventures and got the hunky vampire too? She may have asked herself those questions and then written ZomRomCom. Dade opens with Edie going after a zombie with a burrito to protect her seemingly oblivious neighbor, Chad. Chad is not only not Chad, he is also not oblivious. He is a vampire named Max* and furious […]

Cooking at its best is an improvisational art form.

Heartland Masala: An Indian Cookbook from an American Kitchen by Jyoti Mukharji, Auyon Mukharji

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I fell in love with Heartland Masala while reading an early page where Auyon Mukharji talks about developing his roti rolling skills. He shares that in the time it takes him to shape one lumpy roti, his mother can make 10 perfectly round rotis with her eyes closed. But he persists in making roti, because the only way to get better at it is to do it. I annoyed my housemate by reading this section aloud to her. Because, exactly! To get better at cooking you […]

And isn’t that all anyone is looking for in a love story—a person to keep their heart safe?

Anywhere With You by Ellie Palmer

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Anywhere With You opens with Charlie’s husband announcing that he’s leaving her while she’s drinking through a novelty penis straw. The penis straw is significant, the soon to be ex-husband really isn’t, except as a concept. Charlie and her sister, Lauren, grew up in a chaotic household with a father who seemed to like the idea of his family better than the reality of being a parent. He uprooted them, abandoned them, and then returned to repeat the cycle. Their mother seems to have gone […]



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