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Runaway…

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

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Wow. So this book bounced all over the place and my brain still feels fizzy because there was a lot of things going on, but boy did I love this book! I loved Bernadette, Bee, their weird dog Ice Cream, and I loved the emails and letters between two women who I would have throttled if I ever met in real life (Audrey Griffin and Soo-Lin). This book was in parts funny and sad and back to funny again. I picked this because I wanted to know what the upcoming movie starring Cate Blanchett was about. I am definitely glad […]

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7/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 161 |

The Murder Subplot Didn’t Work

The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb

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Yeah, I know you are like well this looks like a good book, well it was except for a whole murder subplot that put it in a different category in my mind. It also at times didn’t feel realistic with what I would imagine would happen in real life with regards to Jeanne’s trial for assault of her ex boyfriend. I think I was highly amused by certain parts of the book and at times thought that Lamb had some bad messaging in here. “The Last Time I Was Me” follows Jeanne Stewart who packs up her life in Chicago. […]

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2/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 49 |

Love Story Between Two Sisters

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

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I ended up reading another book by Center and wanted to revisit her other books. I honestly liked this one, but didn’t really need the romance for the main character (Margaret). Also I am not a fan of male characters ignoring it when a female character tells you what their name is and they refuse to use it. I swear I have seen this happen in other romance books and I want everyone to just stop putting that in there. The love story to me was really between Margaret and her estranged sister Kit. It was also between these two […]

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2/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 36 |

Heckin’ Yes – The Power

The Power by Naomi Alderman

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Post-apocalyptic fiction is my my favorite genre. I am also on a kick of reading rocking female authors. Also, I love Margaret Atwood, and she mentored Alderman and has mentioned this book as one to read. Soooo, post-apocalyptic fiction with Margaret Atwood’s seal of approval should be a slam dunk for my tastes, and oh, it certainly was. In Alderman’s world, “the power” is a muscle across the collarbone of young women that allows them to send out electric shocks to animal, vegetable, or mineral. And it is a power only wielded by women. I KNOW RIGHT?! Things get real, […]

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12/14/2018 | Post by

A showgirl’s life

All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church

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This is a book that may not be for everyone – there are issues of child sexual abuse, self mutilation, drug addiction and some domestic abuse.  In saying that, it’s also a well written, powerful story of a young woman who has to battle her demons and come out of it into a better place.  It’s also a story that has strong female friendship among the glitz and glamour of old Las Vegas in the 1960s, which Ms Church portrays very well. It begins with eight year old Lily Decker finding herself as an orphan after a car crash kills […]

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5/3/2018 | Post by

Not with a bang but a whimper

This Love Story Will Self-Destruct by Leslie Cohen

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Eve has been introduced to Ben multiple times during their college years. They socialize in the same circles, but not near enough that she ever remembers him. Until the one time when it sticks, and the two fall in love. Staying in love will be a different story. I read this book weeks ago and struggled with what to say about it. This is one of those books where not a lot happens, it just meanders along until you reach the end. And then you move on to the next read. Cohen crafts a believable story of two bright young […]

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1/22/2018 | Post by

Who knew buying a small town on eBay would lead to finding your purpose in life

Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins

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I had the fortune of visiting The Ripped Bodice to see Beverly Jenkins speak about her new historical romance novel, Breathless. After the event, I was kindly invited to join the LA chapter of Mocha Girls Read book club. I’m so thankful Ms. Jenkins and my favorite bookstore introduced me to a lovely book club group! Having an in-person book club kept up my motivation to read more books to review for Cannonball Read. 🙂 Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins was the February selection and much needed palette cleanser I needed after reading The Heart Don’t Lie. The first book in the Blessings series introduces us […]

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12/29/2017 | Post by

Tweeting

It Started With A Tweet by Anna Bell

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Daisy is a dedicated marketing manager with a specialty in social media that carries over into her personal life. To wit, girlfriend is one of those Instagram every meal and beverage with no fewer than three hashtag millennials everyone complains about. She sends a funny, if risqué, tweet that is posted to a client’s account by mistake. Daisy’s sister takes advantage of Daisy’s resulting unemployment to suggest a digital detox/housework holiday fixing up a property in rural England where it will be nearly impossible to get a cell signal. Withdrawal drives Daisy into some desperate situations, often in front of […]

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12/27/2017 | Post by


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