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.)

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“You’re the only person I’m nice to. If you weren’t around, I’d have no redeeming qualities.”

You, Again by Kate Goldbeck

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An attempted When Harry Met Sally for the modern world. It isn’t, but nothing is. Plot: Ari is an unsuccessful comedian who is secretly fucking her roommate when her apparent boyfriend, a spoiled chef named Josh, shows up to make her dinner. They hate each other on sight. They meet again, by chance, over several years, and eventually find friendship, but these two like to throw sticks into their own spokes too much. Shenanigans ensue. I don’t really look into books much, which has come […]

“I felt I was becoming scientifically interesting.”

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darkness was not required reading in any of my English classes and frankly, seemed like a huge bummer, so I never got around to it. But my husband was a big fan, so 17 years later, here I am, catching up. It was not what I expected. Plot: Charles Marlow is looking to make a name for himself as an explorer uncovering new lands, and so, this being the colonial period, he secures an assignment for himself in Africa. He is warned by […]

“Sometimes being heroic means showing uncommon grace in the face of untenable circumstances.”

The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long

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The first of the Pennyroyal Green series, which follows a generations long blood feud between two of England’s oldest family, possibly started by the theft of a cow. Plot: Colin Eversea has always been a bit of a bull in a china shop but has always managed to charm his way out of serious consequences. Then he was framed for murder, and suddenly he found himself on the way to his hanging. Thankfully, some was very invested in Colin’s wellbeing, and he was saved, rather […]

“Even in the midst of a bad decision, I could still live in the moment. And the moment was fine.”

Bittersweet by Sarina Bowen

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This book was a trial. I’ve enjoyed a lot of Bowen’s writing and so kept waiting for this book to pull up. To be fair, it did a little at the end, but it didn’t save it for me. Plot: Griff was a promising college athlete who, just as he was about to make the leap into professional sports, had to quit to go back to take care of the family farm. There he made a life for himself, which he was satisfied with. Until […]

“Time to wreak some old-lady havoc on these motherfuckers.”

Uncharted by Adriana Anders

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Come for the story, stay for the bad ass arthritic lesbian godmother. Plot: Following immediately from the events of Whiteout, the first in this series, Leo, the team’s pilot, has been tasked with finding a man said to be holding onto another sample of the virus. The person she finds is definitely not that guy, but her best trail to him. Also her only chance of surviving the Alaska wilderness with a private army on their tail. Shenanigans ensue. Like the first in the series, Uncharted […]

A romantic hero who is a spectacular loser in bed

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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Plot: Chandler is a journalist moonlighting as a ghost writer for D list celebrities trying to cling to relevance and not even making enough money to afford a place to rent at market value, instead crashing at her cousin’s house. So here she is, at maybe not rock bottom but feeling pretty lousy and this guy who is nice and funny and clever and good looking appears out of nowhere for a night of fun. Only two problems: one, he’s leaving the next day, and […]



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