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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Ardent reader of pretty much anything, including the backs of shampoo bottles. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Pooja's Quick Questions interview.)

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Surf and Secrets in Malibu

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

January 12, 2022 by Pooja 8 Comments

‘The Malibu fire of 1983 started not in the dry hills but on the coastline. It began at 28150 Cliffside Drive on Saturday, August 27—at the home of Nina Riva—during one of the most notorious parties in Los Angeles history. The annual party grew wildly out of control sometime around midnight. By 7:00 a.m., the coastline of Malibu was engulfed in flames. Because, just as it is in Malibu’s nature to burn, so was it in one particular person’s nature to set fire and walk […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: family, Fiction, historical, popsugar, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: family, Fiction, historical, popsugar, Taylor Jenkins Reid ·
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No Country For Grieving Mothers

Stolen by Tess Stimson

January 10, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

‘But Lottie is alive. My daughter is alive. She’s tenacious, determined, ferocious. She couldn’t be extinguished without creating a disturbance, a rent in the fabric of the world that I would feel.’ Alex’s three year-old daughter Lottie is kidnapped from a destination wedding in Florida, vanishing into thin air under the negligent eyes of the guests. Sympathy for grieving Alex turns to suspicion as the case progresses. This story, told from the viewpoints of Alex, reporter Quinn, and a mysterious abductor, takes an unusual approach […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: abduction, ARC, NetGalley, Suspense, Tess Stimson

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: abduction, ARC, NetGalley, Suspense, Tess Stimson ·
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Petticoat Government

Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries by Nan Sloane

January 9, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

‘I told him I was not a felon, and that I would not be treated as one. His answer was, that there were many women in Newgate who had been well off, and who were obliged to sleep on the floor: there have been two hundred at once sleeping on those mats. Two hundred did you say? Yes. Then more shame for you. Had I been one of them I would have excited a rebellion against you…’ The years between the advent of the French […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, ARC, feminism, Nan Sloane, NetGalley, politics

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, ARC, feminism, Nan Sloane, NetGalley, politics ·
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Too much plot makes not a good thriller

Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

January 7, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

“I’m sorry, Avery. I love you, and we’ve been on some wild rides together. But this one might be too crazy for me to jump aboard.” Victoria Ford, the chief suspect in a murder investigation, died when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. Now, twenty years later, her remains have been identified, and Avery Mason, the journalist reporting on the story, realizes there is more to the case than anyone realized. Guys, I really wanted to like this book. Though I felt iffy about 9/11 […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Suspense Tagged With: 9/11, ARC, audiobook, Charlie Donlea, crime, NetGalley, popsugar, Suspense, thriller

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Audiobooks, Suspense · Tags: 9/11, ARC, audiobook, Charlie Donlea, crime, NetGalley, popsugar, Suspense, thriller ·
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A desi retelling of Austen’s Emma

Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron

January 6, 2022 by Pooja 6 Comments

Kamila has a pretty great life – a job she loves, friends she adores and who adore her, a wonderful dog, and of course Rohan, her childhood friend who’s always been by her side. Nothing needs to change. Right? Right? I adored this book. Partly because I love Austen’s Emma and enjoyed picking out its echoes here, but what sold me most on this book are the characters. Kamila is a heroine I loved rooting for, one who felt authentic with her joy and her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, diverse books, Farah heron, friends to lovers, NetGalley, popsugar

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, diverse books, Farah heron, friends to lovers, NetGalley, popsugar ·
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