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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Jolie had known for six months and two days that her life was now temporary.

If I Were a Weapon by Skye Kilaen

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On a near future Earth, alien ships appear and then moments later all the aliens die. As they die, clouds of nanites infect the area around the ships, killing many and leaving some with powers. Some time later, Deneve is making her way to Austin from Houston. She’s had a flash of a vision, just enough to know someone is in danger. Deneve has been on the road, unwilling to stay anywhere too long since the aliens arrived. The nanites that infect her body lead […]

Not Derivative Enough

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

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Elena Armas’ debut romance The Spanish Love Deception, has been getting a lot of attention. I’ve seen the cover on social media a lot and it recently won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut. I hate not liking a book, but I did not like it and now I have to write a bad review. Before I requested it on NetGalley, I had seen a few reviews calling it a Hating Game knock off. I read a lot of genre books. I don’t have a […]

CBR Diversions – So How’d It Go In There?

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In another shocking turn of events, 2021 is almost over. That means it is time to start thinking about the end of CBR13. There is more to the year than just your best and worst reads (did you get those in to MsWas?). How did your year go? Did you get in some good reading? Did you write the reviews you wanted to write? Did a theme emerge? What surprised you? Is there still stuff you want to do before CBR13 ends? I’ll put my […]

To Love and Be Loved. Out Loud.

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

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This book. From the cover until the very end, it was a delight. If you are looking for a fluffy romance and a fake engagement trope that features two Black queer women, pick up D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding. D’Vaughn has decided to audition for a reality show called Instant I Do as a way to force her to come out to her family. Kris has decided to audition because she wants to find love. Instant I Do is a reality show in which […]

Maybe everyone had magic and they were all just keeping it a secret from each other.

And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese Beharrie

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I feel incredibly protective of And They Lived Happily Ever After. It’s a lovely and vulnerable book and it’s been hard for me to articulate why I like it so much with out getting all “not like the other girls” about it. I am seeing it being advertised as a rom com, and it really isn’t. It is most definitely a romance, and it is funny in parts, but it’s angsty. It will make your heart ache, beautifully. Additionally, Therese Beharrie infuses some magical realism with […]



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