Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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Well adjusted women with happy childhoods don’t f—- mobsters.

Run Posy Run by Cate C Wells

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I have come to accept that there is no trope I won’t read if written by the right author. I don’t love dark romance and I don’t love mafia romance, but I can’t say I won’t read dark mafia romances, because I have read Run Posy Run multiple times. I’ll read mafia romances by Cate C. Wells and Katrina Jackson, and a few other writers. I first read this last year, but couldn’t figure out how to talk about it without sounding like I’m giving […]

Wrapping up the Cannonball Read 15 Passport Challenge

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Thank you so much to everyone who took the CBR15 Passport Challenge! It was intended to be a low-key, self-directed, year-long challenge, and I hope it was fun for you. You can see the challenges and rules here. The Travellers: BlackRaven booktrovert carmelpie Debcapsfan ElCicco elderberrywine Jake jomidi Kit Moonstar kittenkong42 Leedock LittlePlat Malin Merryn Mobius_Walker narfna persnickity chick Pooja reginadelmar teresaelectro The Chancellor There will be another year-long, self-directed challenge for 2024 – the CBR 16 Sweet Books Challenge. Let me know what you […]

It’s beautiful because it’s melancholy. It’s a complicated kind of beauty.

Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday

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I am struggling with getting my review of Jenny Holiday’s Canadian Boyfriend right. I really enjoyed it. It’s a romance surfing on big waves of grief and trauma. For a big chunk of the book Mike and Aurora have a quasi employer/employee relationship that some people will, reasonably, consider a hard no. I want to put all this up front, because it’s important information for readers, and I don’t want my whole review to be about the things that might put a reader off of […]

Naina Kumar Makes a Familiar Story Her Own

Say You'll Be Mine by Naina Kumar

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Say You’ll Be Mine is Naina Kumar’s debut novel. She takes a familiar story, the fake engagement for reasons, and through her characters makes it her own. As a romance reader, I am happy to read the same basic plot over and over again. I do want to read books with fleshed out characters and a strong author voice. Naina Kumar does that beautifully. Meghna gets a shock when she’s invited to her college boyfriend Seth’s wedding. She hadn’t know he was serious about anyone […]

Buckle Up, It’s Time to Submit Your Best/Worst of the Year!

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Deadline Now Extended through Monday Dec. 18, 2023! Submit the three best and one worst books you read during 2023 below. Include links to your posts so people can read your reviews. The books may have any publication date, you just need to have read them this year. You don’t have to have reviewed it yet! If you have something you must tell the world about any of the books, add your comment. Please submit your choices by Saturday December 16, 2023 Monday December 18! Then watch for our yearly wrap-up post. […]

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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

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Recently, the way I use audiobooks has changed. I most often listen to books I’ve already read in print, rather than my previous habit of listening to long sci-fi and fantasy, or non-fiction books. I blame the pandemic, which has permanently changed my brain (I miss tv shows and movies, but my brain won’t go there). Regardless, I acquired the audiobook version of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and listened while I baked batches of cookies and loaves of bread. No apple cakes or pies, though. […]



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