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A is for Anchovy

Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes and Stories by Nigella Lawson

April 9, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

A book is often many years in the making and over the last year, I have read many authors reflecting on the strangeness of trying to write and release books during a global pandemic. Writing a cookbook, especially one that envisions family gatherings and entertaining around a table of food must have been particularly challenging. A couple of the essays in Nigella Lawson’s Cook, Eat, Repeat refer to the lockdown she is experiencing while writing. I’m glad she included those mentions because it adds a pathos […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: advance reader copy, Cook Eat Repeat, NetGalley, Nigella Lawson

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:29 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: advance reader copy, Cook Eat Repeat, NetGalley, Nigella Lawson ·
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So Many Tiny Hearts of Light

Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

April 1, 2021 by Emmalita 4 Comments

One of my most common anxiety dreams is having to do something I have already done well, but I can’t remember how I did it. I start off confident and everyone around me is confident and full of expectation. It slowly becomes clear that I don’t know what I’m doing. My panic grows as I feel everyone’s disappointment. Charlie Jane Anders turned my nightmare into the premise of a space adventure. Imagine that you grow up knowing you are the clone of an intergalactic leader […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: advance reader copy, charlie jane anders, NetGalley, Victories Greater than Death

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: advance reader copy, charlie jane anders, NetGalley, Victories Greater than Death ·
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A Cathartic Marriage in Trouble Romance

Shame by Ainsley Booth

April 1, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Ainsley Booth’s Shame took me back to the year I lived in a friend’s house while she and her husband were grappling with his infidelity. I was not the person harmed, of course, but it was a strange situation navigating the intense emotions and trying to be supportive without being a prop. Reading Shame was a catharsis I didn’t know I needed. It’s angsty, painful, and very messy, but ultimately kind and healing. Booth prioritizes Grace over Luke, though they both have POV sections. Throughout […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Ainsley Booth, cheating, marriage in trouble, NetGalley, Shame

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Ainsley Booth, cheating, marriage in trouble, NetGalley, Shame ·
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You Can Go Home Again

Anchored Hearts by Priscilla Oliveras

March 18, 2021 by Emmalita 4 Comments

I enjoyed Priscilla Oliveras’ Island Affair last year and was happy to be approved for an advance reader copy of the second book in the series. Anchored Hearts is a slow burn second chance romance. Anamaria, the only Navarro daughter, is our main character. She is a fire-fighter/EMT like her father and brothers, but also has a fitness and nutrition side hustle that’s starting to become a full time job. Her first love and first heartbreak, Alejandro is reluctantly back in Key West recovering from a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Anchored Hearts, NetGalley, Priscilla Oliveras

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Anchored Hearts, NetGalley, Priscilla Oliveras ·
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Leaning More Towards Loathe than Love

To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters

March 12, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Oof. I thought this was going to be just another romance that I didn’t love but I didn’t hate and was maybe a victim of my pandemic brain. At the 78% mark, Waters turned it around to an “I cannot recommend this book at all.” Right up top I’m going to address my main issue. Waters has a side character who is revealed to be a lesbian and then the main character immediately tells her friends after swearing them to silence. And then she does […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, historical romance, Martha Waters, NetGalley, To Love and To Loathe

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, historical romance, Martha Waters, NetGalley, To Love and To Loathe ·
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