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“No one told me the trail would be vertical.” “Maggie, there are sheep hanging out all around us. Sheep don’t do vertical.” “Sheep are very nimble. They’re basically puffy goats.”

Bad Reputation by Emma Barry

October 1, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I enjoyed Bad Reputation so much. Zagging away from her prickly characters in Funny Guy, Emma Barry gives us two sweetheart characters and puts them in a situation where they must pine respectfully for a big chunk of the book. The yearning is delicious. When they are done with the yearning, they make consent sexy. When the book begins, Maggie’s beloved career as a high school drama teacher is over and she is tired of being the face of the fight against censorship. When she […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Bad Reputation, Emma Barry, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:60 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Bad Reputation, Emma Barry, NetGalley ·
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Instead of hiding their skeletons, the witches invited them to tea and fed them coffee cake.

Deja Brew by Celestine Martin

October 1, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Deja Brew was a perfect read for me at this particular moment. I’ve enjoyed this whole cozy series centering the Caraway family of witches in the fictional magical town of Freya’s Grove on the Jersey shore. Celestine Martin blends magic, family (good and bad), rediscovering fun, finding your authentic self, and a heartachingly sweet (and spicy) romance. Sirena is a kitchen witch who has lost her confidence in the kitchen and is burnt out from the constant grind of work. After a terrible October where […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Celestine Martin, cozy romance, Deja Brew, Elemental Love series, NetGalley, witches

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Celestine Martin, cozy romance, Deja Brew, Elemental Love series, NetGalley, witches ·
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If ever there was a person who could make me say “what the hell” and simply live my best life for a single night, it would be the tatted goddess Shae

Love and Sportsball by Meka James

September 26, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I enjoyed Love & Sportsball so much. It is a refreshingly adult workplace romance between a newly hired athletic trainer and the star player on a women’s pro basketball team in Atlanta. The two have a one night stand and then are surprised to meet a couple of days later at work. Shae is delighted and ready to start a romance. Dijah is horrified and wants to keep it professional. Here’s the wonderful thing about this book: Shae is disappointed but she doesn’t try to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Sports Tagged With: advance reader copy, Atlanta Cannons series, Love and Sportsball, Meka James, NetGalley, sapphic romance, sports romance

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: advance reader copy, Atlanta Cannons series, Love and Sportsball, Meka James, NetGalley, sapphic romance, sports romance ·
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Life on a Cult TV Show – While Also in an Actual Cult!

Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz

September 24, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR16 Bingo: Rings – A lot of people get married in this book – at least four couples, including the author Lenz to the cult leader’s son. Bethany Joy Lenz is famous for playing Haley James Scott in the cult TV show One Tree Hill, but her experience of this time is even stranger than one would expect – she was in an actual cult at the time. I never watched One Tree Hill, but with a premise like that, who cares? Besides, TV show […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, ARC, Bethany Joy Lenz, cbr16bingo, Christianity, cult, Hollywood, NetGalley, non fiction, true crime

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:95 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, ARC, Bethany Joy Lenz, cbr16bingo, Christianity, cult, Hollywood, NetGalley, non fiction, true crime ·
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“Don’t stop beginning. Begin and begin and begin. Begin endlessly—that is, without the taint of even eventual ending.”

All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess by Becca Rothfeld

September 17, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Literary critic Becca Rothfeld argues against the modern inclination toward minimalism, and insteads advocates embracing all the messy and irrepressible things that make the human existence so rewarding. I am this book’s target audience, because like Rothfeld I wonder if in the process of streamlining our world we have reached an unpleasantly bland and bloodless zeitgeist. I enjoy colorful and unusual clothes and furniture. I find the aesthetic of minimalism boring. I love the over the top pulp literature of yesteryears. I don’t want the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: ARC, art, Becca Rothfeld, culture, essays, Literature, NetGalley, non fiction, Philosophy

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:94 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: ARC, art, Becca Rothfeld, culture, essays, Literature, NetGalley, non fiction, Philosophy ·
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Unicorn Found: A Genuinely Good Dairy-free, Gluten-free Baking Book

Craveworthy Baking: Delicious Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Cakes, Cookies, Breads, and More by Danielle Cochran

September 9, 2024 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Danielle Cochran’s Craveworthy Baking is a unicorn, magical and rare. Finding good, easy recipes that are gluten free or dairy free is harder than you think, and finding both, *throws hands up in despair.* I have not only preordered this book, I have ordered a copy for a friend. Now I will confess that I’ve taken my attempts at some of the recipes a step further, I made some of them sugar free too. On Sundays I bake for family dinner, and family includes 3 people […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: advance reader copy, Craveworthy Baking, dairy free, Danielle Cochran, gluten free baking, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:57 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: advance reader copy, Craveworthy Baking, dairy free, Danielle Cochran, gluten free baking, NetGalley ·
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