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.)

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You Can Swim Against The Tide

The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang

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It’s ridiculous how much story is contained in this short novella. It’s like Hermione’s enchanted purse, it looks small but contains vast worlds and time. In 240 pages, J.Y. Yang takes Akeha and Mokoya from newborns to adults with lovers and families, and builds an empire in turmoil around them. The Black Tides of Heaven is the first four books of A Song of Ice and Fire in a novella. Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery […]

Jen Gunter Has a Vagenda

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Jennifer Gunter

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When I saw The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr. Jennifer Gunter offered on NetGalley, I jumped all over it. This is an honest review in exchange for an ARC. The book is available August 27. You should buy it or ask your library to buy many copies. Dr. Jen Gunter is one of my favorite Twitter follows. She is smart, funny, and beacon of light in dark times. The Vagina Bible is exactly what I […]

I might struggle and freeze, but if I have to crawl to reach the truth, I will.

The Bewildered Bride by Vanessa Riley

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I received this as an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Vanessa Riley writes diverse romances set in Regency and early Victorian England. As she says on her website: Yes, Black People existed in the Regency. In London there were over 10,000-20,000 that lived in London during the time of Jane Austen.  The number has been estimated to be as high as 30,000 across England, Scotland, and Ireland. So with less than 28 dukes during that time period, who are you more […]

A Puppy Pile of a Romance

Puppy Christmas (Forever Home Book 2) by Lucy Gilmore

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This is an honest review in exchange for the ARC from NetGalley. I don’t remember why I requested Puppy Christmas from NetGalley, but I’m so glad I did. Lila Vasquez and her sisters train puppies to be service dogs. They have donated a puppy, plus six weeks of service training to a nonprofit, who have awarded the puppy to Emily Ford, a 6 year old with a degenerative hearing condition and her single father Ford. We won’t be discussing the fact that Lucy Gilmore named […]

Meal

Meal by Blue Delliquanti, Soleil Ho

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From this graphic novel I have learned that I should not request graphic novel ARCs from NetGalley. I have to read them on my laptop, which is not great for such a visual medium. This particular ARC had watermarks over the pages which made them even harder to read. I did receive this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. You should take my review with a grain of salt, because there were things working against my experience which you would not have if […]

They Each Had to Throw Themselves Overboard

Three Part Harmony (Plot Twist) by Holley Trent

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I really enjoyed Three Part Harmony. Menage isn’t really my interest in romance. I have a hard enough time believing two people can make it work, anything beyond that strains credulity. Holley Trent really makes it work in this book. I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The cover of this book is a lie. None of these characters are babies. They are each adults struggling with the stuff that adults struggle with – success, failure, motivation, and still trying […]



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