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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A delightful scifi Sherlock retelling with aliens and disability rep.

A Study in Black Brew by Marie Howalt

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They say life is a string of chances held together with grit and guided by passion, and who am I to disagree? If you are looking for a retelling to read on Sherlock Holmes Day (May 22), I would recommend Marie Howalt’s A Study in Black Brew. It’s a scifi setting, on a queer-normative world with multiple species. The plot is pretty straightforward as a retelling of A Study in Scarlett (except no dogs, or helpless pets are killed), but Howalt has made choices that […]

I give up

Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts

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I think La Nora’s next book should be about serial killers who flip houses and not the cops who catch them. There were two places in Hidden Nature where it felt like Nora Roberts was interested in what she was writing – the home renovation and the icky serial killers. Ok, there was a third area where she perked up – when she was writing about dogs. But, I think we all agree that the dogs and the serial killers should be kept separate. Her […]

And right then and there, I knew there was hope. I’ve never grabbed on to a feeling so fast or so tight.

Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt

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  Tarah DeWitt’s Left of Forever, is a lovely second chance after divorce romance. I love a good second chance romance, and especially one that is post divorce. They are such a great canvas for exploring hope, growth, acceptance, and forgiveness. Left of Forever does that all well with big heaps of yearning and one of my favorite microtropes, a man who goes to therapy. Left of Forever is focused on character and jumps around a bit in time before we get to the reconciliation road trip. […]

This is a Murderbot reaction post. All opinions are welcome. Eye contact is not.

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Our long wait is over! Let’s talk about the Apple TV+ Murderbot streaming series. The first two episodes are available, and the third goes live this weekend. So what did you think? Are you a book reader, or is the TV adaptation your first direct experience? What did you like? What did you hate?

But how do I get from learning his name to getting a kiss so I can possibly break this time-loop curse?

Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau

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I started reading Jackie Lau in 2019. While that may not seem like much, but it’s been a long 6 years, and Lau’s books consistently bring me joy. Time Loops and Meet Cutes might be the best book Jackie Lau has written yet. It has classic Jackie Lau elements: an FMC who is all in her head and trying to figure out this curveball life has thrown, complicated family, the glorious food of Toronto, and Lau’s own unique author voice. This is the first book […]

A Nymph, An Immortal Pirate, And the God of Love and all Growing Things go do Diplomacy

Daughter of Tides by Kit Rocha

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Kit Rocha is near the top of my list when I need books that will distract me and feed my soul some hope and joy so that I can go back out into the world. Seriously, if you want to read about community building and mutual aid with a generous helping of queer normativity and sex positivity, Kit Rocha has several different series that will give you that. I pretty much always have a Kit Rocha book open. Daughter of Tides starts a new duology […]



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