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.)

Emmalita's Reviews:

She was Feeling Irrationally in Love

Acute Reactions by Ruby Lang

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Ruby Lang is one of the romance authors I follow on Twitter. One of my goals this year is to actually read the books they write. I’m mad at myself for not snapping up Acute Reactions last year. It’s so good. The plot starts slowly as Lang introduces Petra and Ian, bringing them together as doctor and patient and then separating them into their lives. There are some significant roadblocks to their relationship: Petra is Ian’s physician, there are professional issues. Ian has a girlfriend Ian […]

There is No Such Thing as Failure in This Endeavor

Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman

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Cleaning, weight and money are three minefields strewn with emotion bombs and judgement shrapnel. I grew up in a house where all house cleaning was accompanied by temper tantrums (my dad), recriminations (my mom), and tears (me). In fact, if you read enough of my reviews you will get the impression that I grew up in a crazy, chaotic home and you will be correct. As an adult, housework has been fraught with emotion and often felt overwhelming. It is a place in my life […]

He might fear God, but he still loves boobs.

Jane Doe: A Novel by Victoria Helen Stone

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I follow a lot of authors on twitter. Every once in a while a bunch of writers will start talking about one book. A couple of months ago, that book was Jane Doe. Authors, all women but from several genres, were reveling in Jane’s darkness and her passion for revenge. Jane has diagnosed herself as a psychopath. She doesn’t feel emotions the way normal people feel them. It makes her good at business but bad at relationships, with one exception. Steven hurt the only person Jane […]

Buttermilk Onions Cheese Life Lessons

Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat, Wendy McNaughton

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The lovely and amazing narfna was my CBR10 Book Exchange gifter last year. She shopped from my wish list and bought Salt Fat Acid Heat. I love cooking and cookbooks. I have worked as a chef professionally, but all my training has been at home and ad hoc in bakeries and small food shops. Samin Nosrat’s training has been in some of the best kitchens in the world. When I read how she got her job at Chez Panisse I was horribly jealous and thought, […]

He looked like heroism and hedonism’s beautiful bastard.

Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder

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I was scrolling through Twitter one day last week and happened on an author (@mel_thegreat) live tweeting her read of a romance novella by Suleikha Snyder (@suleikhasnyder), another romance writer I follow. I follow a lot of authors on twitter, and a large subset of those authors write romance. They are delightful. But back to the thread. I had seen the book advertised on Amazon for $.99, but hadn’t been motivated enough to buy it. Mel’s enthusiasm for the book and the bits of language she tweeted convinced me to go get it.

This was America. No One was Lost in America

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The whole time I was listening to the audio version of Drew Magary’s The Hike, I wasn’t sure why I was listening, and yet I could not stop. It was a weird mix of my thing and so not my thing. When I was finished, I wasn’t sure what the point was, but weeks later, I’m still thinking about it. I was initially drawn to it because I remembered Scootsa1000’s review, and that she had really liked the crab. Funny. Surreal. Foul mouthed talking crab. […]



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