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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A political novel that fails to take a stance on politics?

On the Corner of Love and Hate by Nina Bocci

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Umm, a book with politics and romance? Sign me up. Unfortunately, this is already a very difficult subject to get right, and when you add an enemies to lovers trope, a notoriously difficult storyline to get right, it’s a tough line to walk. Plot: Emma and Cooper were best friends as kids. Then Cooper turned out to be a womanizing, selfish asshole, Emma turned out to have the maturity of a 4 year old, and they grew apart. So now they work together in an economic development […]

A hero who is bad at sex. You heard it here first.

The Player and the Pixie by L.H Cosway and Penny Reid

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I’ve been on the hunt for unusual stories in romance, and this very much ticks the box. A hero that is legendarily trash in the sack. WHAT! Plot: Lucy is a manic pixie dream girl and sister to Ireland’s most infamous rugby player (hero of book 1 in the series). Her brother’s arch nemesis is fellow player Sean, who is known for endless one night stands and some classic nemesis conduct from the previous book. He decides the next step in his nemesis book is […]

“I’m made of strong stuff”

Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis

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Dear Emmie Blue is a book for dreamers. It is sweet and gentle, even as it tackles some serious stuff. Plot: Emmie is a lonely, traumatized kid when, in a desperate bid for companionship, releases a balloon with her email address into the sky in England. That balloon is found by Lucas, a British kid who’d just moved to France and was deeply homesick. They become best friends. At the start of the book, Emmie thinks she’s meeting Lucas to confirm that after 14 years […]

The Brothers Grimm’s Six Swans retold – and well

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

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Do you love old myths and sprawling, inventive low fantasy epics? Did you really enjoy Circe and wished there was a whole genre of retellings? Well, I’ve got a book for you. Plot: Sarcha is the seventh child and only daughter of the ruler of Sevenwaters. When her father, who has been mostly absent her entire life, brings home a new wife who happens to be an evil sorceress who tries to kill Sarcha and her 6 brothers to gain control of their land, Sarcha […]

Christina Lauren goes full Nicholas Sparks

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

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Christina Lauren is hit and miss for me. Lauren’s novels are always well written and edited and have a strong emotional core. If you like *intensely* angsty stories, plot and character consistency be damned (no shade), I think you may really enjoy this book. Plot: Macey’s mom died, so her dad bought them a vacation home to give her a place to relax when she was overwhelmed by life. Next door lives Elliot, a kid who really loves to read. Macey also loves reading. They […]

A 12 year old’s erotic poetry and more!

I Want to Be Where The Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

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This is a niche book for a niche crowd, but if you’re in that niche… Hooey are you in for a crazy ride. Much like the author, it’s short, funny, and doesn’t pull its punches. If you’ve seen Crazy Ex Girlfriend, you know what you’re getting. Bloom talks about her struggles with mental health, her obsessions with Disney, romantic love, everybody liking her, being normal, not being normal, Harry Potter (and the difficulty of being a fan right now), and spending a lot of time […]



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