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CBR15 Bingo: Edibles

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

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CBR15 Bingo: Edibles (this book features both a lot of food and quite a few drugs) Lila Macapagal used to live in Chicago and dreamed of opening her own restaurant, but both her business and relationship failed miserably. She’s back in her hometown, helping to run her tita (aunt) Rosie run the family restaurant, where they serve Philipino food. Unfortunately, Lila’s ex-boyfriend is a food critic and seems determined to come back, again and again, to sample the food and write scathing things about the […]

#CannonBookClub October Book Club Announcement

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Banned Graphic Novel Book Club Discussion Now Open – Join us today for the discussion! Last year when we decided to have a Banned Books Book Club the timing felt right – it was the 40th anniversary of the creation of Banned Books Week and nationally we were seeing an uptick in challenges against books for a variety of reasons. The uptick turned out to be a tidal wave unprecedented since ALA started keeping statistics – 2022 had the highest number of challenges ever and […]

Hot Fun in the Summertime (#CannonBookClub, June 2023) Discussion Post—Romance Edition

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(You know, you should probably also check out the discussion post for our Hot Fun in the Summertime cozy mystery selection, Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala.) The Romance Extravanga Whether you’re a returning CannonBookClub participant or a newbie, welcome! This is the place to discuss the three (count-em, THREE) Hot Fun in the Summertime romance selections. You don’t have to be registered for CBR15 to comment below, but there are a few ground rules: The topics are numbered, so please refer to them […]

Hot Fun in the Summertime (#CannonBookClub, June 2023) Discussion Post—Mystery Edition

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(Be sure to check out the discussion of the Hot Fun in the Summertime romance selections: Georgie, All Along; Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute; and Never Been Kissed.) Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries, Book 1: Arsenic and Adobo Whether you’re a returning CannonBookClub participant or a newbie, welcome! This is the place to discuss Mia P. Manansala’s Arsenic and Adobo. You don’t have to be registered for CBR15 to comment below, but there are a few ground rules: The topics are numbered, so please refer to […]

#CannonBookClub June 2023 Discussion Topics

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Hot Fun in the Summertime #CannonBookClub discussions are now open. Join us to talk in the comments about our three romances or the cozy mystery selection; and Zoom with us Saturday June 24 @ 7PM EST. If you haven’t gotten your invite, contact us. Hello, Cannonballers! I’ve posted zero reviews, and it’ll probably stay that way (yay for repetitive stress injuries!). But I will be very excited to talk with you about our 4 selections on Saturday! Hope to hear from (and chat with) some of you this coming […]

I need to feel certain in who I’m kissing. I mean, a kiss isn’t just a kiss to me.

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

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I was so excited when Never Been Kissed was selected as one of the Cannon Book Club Hot Fun in the Summertime books. I hope you, dear reader, will join our discussion on June 23&24. Timothy Janovsky has been on my list of authors I’d like to read for a while. In the large field of m/m (all male love interest) romances, he is one of a few men writing. Even rarer, he is a traditionally published author writing m/m new adult romantic comedies. To […]



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