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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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This was exactly what I needed

Do the Work: An Antiracist Activity Book by W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz

May 24, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Do you fondly remember doing activity books when you were a kid? Are you still working out how to turn your antiracist aspirations into a life of action?* W. Kamau Bell ( a Black American man) and Kate Schatz (a white American woman) have put together an antiracist activity book that is perfect for adults and older teens. It is US focused, so while antiracism is necessary around the world, the specifics of history and law won’t apply. Not everyone will appreciate the nostalgic format […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, Antiracist Activity Book, Do the Work, NetGalley, W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:67 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, Antiracist Activity Book, Do the Work, NetGalley, W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz ·
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I deserve more than to be a prize

Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

May 23, 2022 by Emmalita 5 Comments

I was asked why I wanted to read Katee Robert’s Wicked Beauty and I said it was because I wanted to see a Helen who wasn’t a pawn, and definitely a Helen who got better partners than Paris and Menelaus. Wicked Beauty delivers that with a Helen who is determined to dictate her own future, and finds herself in a competitors to lovers relationship with Achilles and Patroclus. Katee Robert’s Dark Olympus series is less a retelling of Greek mythology and more in the style […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Dark Olympus, Katee Robert, NetGalley, Polyamory, Wicked Beauty

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:64 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Dark Olympus, Katee Robert, NetGalley, Polyamory, Wicked Beauty ·
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The Tender Joys of Murder and Monsters

Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders by Aliette de Bodard

Of Charms, Ghosts, and Grievances by Aliette de Bodard

May 22, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Aliette de Bodard’s Dragons and Blades series is a stand alone spin-off from her Dominion of the Fallen series. I didn’t feel like I was lacking information, but I am now intrigued enough that I want to read it. At some point during the first series, a marriage is arranged between Thuan, a lower level prince in the Imperial Family, and Asmodeus, a murder happy fallen angel. The marriage may not have initially been welcome by either party (they planned to kill each other), they […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, aliette de bodard, Dragons and Blades Series, NetGalley, novella

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:66 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, aliette de bodard, Dragons and Blades Series, NetGalley, novella ·
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Suspension of Disbelief

The Spy Switch by Karen Whiddon

May 19, 2022 by Pooja 3 Comments

Jennifer Glass has led an ordinary life so far, but when she is taken for her federal agent long-lost twin sister by an arms dealer, she is swept into the world of undercover investigation. As you can tell from the blurb, there is rather a lot of suspension of disbelief needed in this work – that Jennifer can play the role of Lania, that she is even so vital to the operation that the hero Micah would bring her in on it – though the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, harlequin, Karen Whiddon, NetGalley, Romance, Suspense

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:69 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, harlequin, Karen Whiddon, NetGalley, Romance, Suspense ·
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War seems like a wonderful way to make everyone poor and miserable

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane

May 17, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

In Wrath Goddess Sing, Maya Deane reimagines Achilles as a trans woman. It’s a beautiful, slyly funny, and blisteringly angry book. It’s such a fresh and different telling of the familiar Trojan War. Achilles is living on an island where she and women like her are welcomed and loved. She is a member of the kallai. Her sisters worship Aphrodite, though Achilles, herself, does not believe in the gods and so takes no part in worship. Her lack of belief though doesn’t protect her from […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History Tagged With: advance reader copy, Maya Deane, NetGalley, trans author, trojan war, Wrath Goddess Sing

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:60 · Genres: Fantasy, History · Tags: advance reader copy, Maya Deane, NetGalley, trans author, trojan war, Wrath Goddess Sing ·
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“Now that that is all taken care of, let’s talk about love and blackmail.”

A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña

May 17, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I landed on 3 stars for Natalie Caña’s A Proposal They Can’t Refuse. I knew there were going to be some family hijinks, because the blurb promises that Kamilah and Liam are forced into a fake engagement because their grandfather’s are threatening their dreams. I wasn’t expecting the heavy-duty unhealthy family dynamics. Caña writes an engaging story with well drawn characters. I had a hard time putting it down. But I screamed a few times because the there were moments where family members seemed to […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Romance Tagged With: A Proposal They Can't Refuse, advance reader copy, Chicago, family dynamics, Natalie Caña, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:59 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Romance · Tags: A Proposal They Can't Refuse, advance reader copy, Chicago, family dynamics, Natalie Caña, NetGalley ·
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