Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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A pop culture junkie, Katie has an addiction to tragically bad romance novels. In addition, Katie is resolute in her belief that Evans is #BestChris and doesn't understand why people live where it snows. That shit is terrifying.

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Put a little love in your heart

Heart and Hand by Rebel Carter

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Rebel Carter’s Heart and Hand was added to my TBR list after seeing a TikTok of recommendations that were intended to add diversification to your spice. It is a sweet, interracial menage set in 1880s Montana. I’m not sure why it was on SpiceTok, because while the sex scenes were plentiful and sweet, they were not particularly spicy – unless maybe a novel automatically gets lumped in that category if the main relationship is mfm? Julie is the daughter of a prince of New York’s […]

For such a warm title, this one left me cold

Smolder by Laurell K. Hamilton

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Oh, Laurell K. Hamilton… Why do you have this hold on me? Why can’t I quit you? I just finished reading her new novel, Smolder. It is the 29th installment in her best-selling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Y’all. It is nothing but an endless series of relationship therapy and sex scenes during the course of one night.  Some of Hamilton’s more recent entries in the series have been more of a return to form, more actual problem solving and monster hunting. Some have even […]

Do you find yourself comfort reading?

Encore in Death by J. D. Robb

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I’m 100% that bitch. And I don’t need a DNA test. J. D. Robb’s Encore in Death is the 56th installment in her long running futuristic mystery series. If you’re a fan of the series, it’s a perfectly adequate installment. It would not be a good entry point if you’re looking to start something new. Let’s face it, these books are comfort reading. Like most long running series, there has been extensive character development and world building. This means that there are numerous references to […]

This ain’t lesser Outlander, okay???

Wyldwood: Book One by Tava Baird

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I confess, when I was offered the chance at a free copy of Tava Baird’s Wyldwood: Book One in exchange for a fair review, I may have rolled my eyes a bit at the description. I TAKE IT BACK, OKAY? I take it back. It is a beautiful book, obviously a true labor of love. Love of history, love of magic, love of romance, love of culture. My default comparison to Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander Saga was not at all a fair one. Understandable maybe, but […]

A Very Special Christmas… or is it?

Tangled in Tinsel by Trilina Pucci

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If you have read any of the reviews I’ve posted over the last year or two, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve mentioned BookTok a good bit. Honestly, I probably spend more time scrolling through the clock app than any other form of social media right now. All of this is to preface where I’m going next: SmutTok, the part of BookTok that is for the people that like a *serious* amount of spice in their romance. As in, more pages are dedicated to sex than […]

Honestly, I don’t know where to start.

The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole

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That’s a lie. I know exactly where I should start. Seventh Grade, that’s where. It was the 1988-89 school year. I was attending a magnet school in New Orleans that went 7th-12th grade. It looked like a gothic art deco birthday cake surrounded by live oak trees. There was even a Catholic girls school across the street. Of course it was unairconditioned – the terrazzo floors were literally slimy much of the year. I’m not sure it gets much more New Orleans than that school. […]



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