Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Every year I say, "This is my year". So: this is my year! (Maybe.)

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Will you accept this…shoe?

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

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A few years ago, I discovered Julie Murphy by way of Dumplin’, which made the rounds around CBR and if I remember right, everyone pretty much loved it. If the Shoe Fits is cute – not as awesome as Dumplin’ – but still an interesting retelling of Cinderella, only without the wicked stepmother and stepsisters. (They’re much nicer in this version.) Cindy is a recent graduate of Parson’s School of Design, but she feels a bit adrift and not particularly inspired after graduation. She returns […]

Susan, can you write better romantic heroes, please?

When Stars Collide by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Sometimes I like Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and sometimes I don’t. Like, I REALLY don’t. Susan’s back with the Chicago Stars, the fictional NFL team she likes to write about. This time, Olivia, a famous soprano who performs arias all over the world, is thrown together with Tad Owns, a member of the Stars, to embark on an international tour to sell $3,000 watches. Much is made of Olivia’s penchant for overpacking, her prim and proper appearance, and her loathing of Tad. (Which is mentioned in […]

Get rid of Ryan and keep the dog

Talk Bookish To Me by Kate Bromley

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This… was not awesome. I mean, I guess it was okay, and I skimmed it over the course of a couple of days during a lovely bought of “awake-at-3am-itis,” but… well, let’s just say it was told in first person present, which I absolutely LOATHE. Kara’s best friend – whose name escapes me at the moment – is getting married next week. At the “pre-wedding party”, Kara discovers that one of the groomsmen is actually her first love, Ryan, the guy who broke her heart […]

Match.com meets Theranos but with less nefariousness and more (maybe? I don’t know) sex

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

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Last year (I think it was last year?), I read a book by Christina Lauren that involved the two romantic leads being the only two characters in the story who didn’t participate in the opening scene’s vomit-mania. It was actually pretty decent, despite the mass puking, and I knew the name sounded familiar when I downloaded The Soulmate Equation from the library, but I didn’t connect the two until I went to write my review. I’m not sure what the point here is, other than […]

A workman-like entry into the In Death series

Forgotten In Death by J.D. Robb

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Somewhere along the way, I missed this particular entry in the In Death series, J.D. Robb’s long-running set of novels set in New York in the not-so-distant future. There’s a whole cast of recurring characters, and checking in on them feels a bit like visiting old friends. In this particular installment, Lt. Eve Dallas and her partner Peabody are called to a construction site when the body of a transient woman is found wrapped in plastic in a construction dumpster. The site is next door […]

Janet has lost her mojo

Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich

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Oh dear. Where do I start? Well, let’s start here: THERE IS NO SEX. Also, more importantly, Ranger is in this story 0.0001%. Morelli is in this story 0.0005%. You know who’s around? Diesel. And freaking Wuulf. And Diesel, even though he’s like, number three in my book of Who Stephanie Should Have Sexy Times With doesn’t even have that much to do. And Wuulf doesn’t even have any real dialogue. Here’s there for like, two pages. This was…not good. I’ve lamented Janet’s half-hearted efforts […]



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