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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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She was pretty sure she wasn’t experiencing cardiac arrest.

How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly

February 20, 2024 by Emmalita 3 Comments

I would read Anita Kelly’s grocery list. I loved How You Get the Girl. It’s just…perfect. Julie Parker is coaching a girls high school basketball team, which is fun and rewarding, but she feels adrift and left behind everywhere else in her life. Her twin sibling, London, from Love & Other Disasters, is in a committed relationship and is doing work they love. Her best friend, Ben, from Something Wild & Wonderful, is getting ready to move from Nashville to the Pacific Northwest to live with his love, […]

Filed Under: Romance, Sports Tagged With: advance readers copy, Anita Kelly, basketball, How You Get the Girl, NetGalley, queer romance

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:13 · Genres: Romance, Sports · Tags: advance readers copy, Anita Kelly, basketball, How You Get the Girl, NetGalley, queer romance ·
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We can listen for chords and cadences in the air.

How to Write a Song that Matters by Dar Williams

September 5, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I love listening to or reading about how artists create. Dar Williams is a phenomenal singer/songwriter. I’ve seen her live in small venues on a couple of occasions and she’s a lovely presence. In May 2020 she released “Something to Get Through” and the video includes signs from therapists. It’s a great song to breath to when panic starts to overwhelm. How to Write a Song That Matters puts on the page Williams songwriting retreat. I’m sure that the retreat is more rewarding in person, […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: advance readers copy, craft, Dar Williams, How to Write a Song that Matters, NetGalley, songwriting

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:97 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: advance readers copy, craft, Dar Williams, How to Write a Song that Matters, NetGalley, songwriting ·
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Well, when she put it like that, the sitcom caper seemed reasonable. Responsible, even.

Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay

August 18, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Tracey Livesay’s Like Lovers Do is a fantastic friends to lovers romance. I tried so hard to put this book down the night I read it, but I could not. I received this as an arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Dr. Nicole Allen is finishing up her orthopedic surgery residency as Chief Resident at Johns Hopkins and getting ready to start a Fellowship at Duke. Once Nic is through her Fellowship, she will be one of a few Black women in at […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance readers copy, Like Lovers Do, NetGalley, Tracey Livesay

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:66 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance readers copy, Like Lovers Do, NetGalley, Tracey Livesay ·
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