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“He was riding a tiger. He might as well enjoy it.”

Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by K.J. Charles

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I hope that my life continues to be full of K.J. Charles books that do not disappoint me. I know I’ve still got about half her back catalogue to go through, and I hope all those unread books are just as fun to read. This one is a romance, of course, but it’s also a heist novel featuring Alec, the estranged son of a duke out to make his father pay for the damage he’s caused Alec and his siblings, so Alec hires two notorious thieves to take priceless jewels from a practically uncrackable safe, in a hard to reach […]

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4/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

I think I just wanted this to be a novel.

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5) by Alyssa Cole

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I liked this little novella less upon finishing it than I do now. It’s been a month since I finished it; should have written a review at the time. Story of my life, print it on a t-shirt. But in fairness to me, I was a bit distracted that weekend from the annual wonderfest known as the Tucson Festival of Books, a beautiful celebration of literacy and imagination and yummy food that is always held on or near my birthday, so happy birthday to me. And Alyssa Cole was there that weekend! So I got to meet her, and it […]

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3/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:33 |

“Maybe I still haven’t become me. I don’t know how you tell for sure when you finally have.”

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

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This is one of those books I can appreciate more intellectually than feel in my gut, though I think I’m going to chalk that up more to the style than anything else. I wasn’t in the mood for a slow, thoughtful, book that is more traditionally literary in style than I usually prefer. This book is LONG as well, almost 500 pages. Which is on the high end for contemporary YA. Aside from my own style preferences, I have no complaints. It’s a beautifully written story about a girl coming of age in the 90s in the Midwest, and coming […]

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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:31 |

Between the Oceans and the Mountains is a Wild Forest.

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel GenderQueer: A Memoir is a beautiful gift to the world, filled with pain and compassion. Maia uses the Spivek pronouns e/em/eir, so I use them consistently through the review.  I hope I am using them correctly. I got this from Netgalley and this is an honest review. GenderQueer: A Memoir is gently vulnerable and revealing. Kobabe was born into a family that didn’t enforce gender roles and seems to be supportive of their children becoming who they are. Maia was assigned female at birth (AFAB), but as e grew up, e ran into more and more questions […]

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3/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 |

The least toxically masculine thing you will ever read.

Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1 by Ngozi Ukazu

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So if you go over to Goodreads and scroll down the first page of reviews, you’ll see that nearly every review starts along the lines of, “THIS WAS SO ADORABLE.” Or “THE CUTEST EVER I’M DYING.” And now that I have read this, I too, can sympathize. This was monstrously precious. I am compelled to say this because of how cute. Check, Please! is a sweet little web comic that is finishing up later this year. It follows Eric “Bitty” Bittle, a former champion figure skater turned college hockey player, as he goes through his four years at Samwell University. […]

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1/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

Sadly, a disappointment after I’d been looking forward to it for years.

Pulp by Robin Talley

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I liked this well enough, but I’m beginning to wonder if Talley isn’t a one-hit wonder for me. I LOVED her first book, but the ones I’ve read after have just been meh. I’m especially sad because as soon as I heard the premise for this book I immediately wanted it in my hands (a young girl from our time who is a lesbian begins researching lesbian pulp fiction from the 1950s for a school project, and fixates on a particular author, and the narrative is split between her and the author from the 1950s; it’s part historical fiction, part contemporary). I just […]

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12/31/2018 's CBR10 Review No:171 |

Swashbuckling ladies who are scientists go on an adventure.

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2) by Mackenzi Lee

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I think I am in the minority in liking the first book in this series better. I just liked Monty as a narrator so much, whereas everyone else (even several people who didn’t like the first book at all) have really liked this one, and Felicity, better. And she is awesome, no doubt. This series overall is really fun, but I had the same problems with this one that I did the first one, but times about a thousand. It’s about a year after the events of Gentleman’s Guide, and Felicity is living in Edinburgh, trying to get admitted to […]

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11/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:143 |

Science fiction I actually enjoyed!

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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#CBR10Bingo: Cannonballer Recommends (this was a CBR Book Exchange gift from Yesknopemaybe (my paperback copy), it has also been favourably reviewed by MathildeHoeg, ingres77, dAvid, badkittyuno, belphebe, emmalita, narfna and faintingviolet, among others) Rosemary Harper is trying to escape her old life and doesn’t want anyone tracking her down. She pays a lot of money to get a new identity and gets a job on a run-down and patched up spaceship, where no one from her old life would ever think to look for her. Aboard the Wayfarer, with its eclectic, but mostly affectionate crew, she finds a sense of community and […]

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11/8/2018 's CBR10 Review No:95 |


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