Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Nart is an avid romance reader who dabbles in other stuff when she has the spoons. When she’s not reading she’s a bureaucrat both professionally and as an activist because she’s a masochist. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Nart's Quick Questions interview.)

Nart's Reviews:

“I love that the vagueness of “we lost our receptionist” implies he quit, died, or wandered into the woods where no one could find him.”

What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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A first rate second chance romance. Plot: Dani is a late bloomer. Dealing with severe health issues as a kid has left her parents overprotective and her world was narrowed to meeting her physical needs, but others’ emotional needs. Still, after a bad breakup and a job loss, she finds herself taking on an opportunity to work for a start up in Amsterdam, an ocean away from her loving but controlling parents. Unfortunately, her cloistered childhood has left her without some necessary real world skills, […]

“Imagine going to market if everyone lived forever. We might never get the best eels.”

My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long

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I don’t know what happened. I’ve been reading this series entirely out of order, and entirely not on purpose, but fortunately this series doesn’t punish you too much if you take a circuitous route through. Plot: Catherine’s dad is dying. He should know, he’s a doctor. Her mom had died a few years prior, and her dad is deeply anxious about her future. So despite her desire to stay close to him, she agrees to take some of the minuscule funds they have and do […]

“And now it was time to get fucked by a robot to meet her unborn child.”

Margo's Got Money Trouble by Rufi Thorpe

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  A story about perseverance, forgiveness, and the answer to the question of what Pokemon is your dick  most like. Plot: Margo has been floating through life with little in the way of inter or introspection. At 20, she’s plowing her way through community college and her literature professor, though neither with any serious enthusiasm. Since her 37 year old prof was really confident about the pull out method, she winds up pregnant, and against every piece of advice, she decides to keep the baby. Why? […]

“Courage is a muscle. You strengthen it with use.”

Savor It by Tarah DeWitt

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A sweet, slow burn, small town romance. Plot: Sage was born and raised in Spunes, Oregon, and self appointed small town ambassador. History teacher by day, hobby florist and animal rescuer by night, Sage has a small life that she loves dearly, even if her lack of ambition is was ended her last relationship to town golden-boy Ian Somethingorother. The ambassador is then challenged by the arrival of a new, short term resident – Fisher Lang, disgraced Michelin star chef and first rate loather of […]

“He was, after all, still a trainee, even if he was simultaneously head of HR.”

Human Resources by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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In this short story, Tchaikovsky explores the somehow already well trodden field of AI, and specifically the ways in which technology replacing people might create (or exacerbate) a crisis of meaning and community. Tim was hired on as an intern at Holring and Baselard’s HR department, and within the year found himself the last remaining member of it. Everyone else have been made redundant by various AI modules. Everyone Tim interacts with, in fact, is an artificial intelligence of some kind, that have all been […]

“Seems it’s pretty hard to write a compelling book when the reader already knows how it ends.”

The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

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The unexpected, highly requested sequel to the Love Equation. Plot: Fizzy is a successful romance novelist who has hit a brick wall, inspirationally speaking. She absolutely loves love, but at 37, she’s only had one real relationship under her belt, and as it turned out, she was the other woman in it. She wasn’t in love, and she is starting to wonder whether she ever will be. So how is she supposed to write about it? So when this cardboard cutout of a Hollywood producer […]



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