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:

A mix between the Unhoneymooners and the Hating Game, but not as good.

Shipped by Angie Hockman

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The fluffiest of fluffy romances. The description calls it somewhere between the Unhoneymooners and the Hating Game, and that’s bang on. Plot: Henley is a classic Type A workaholic. She has a full time job as a marketing manager for a cruise line where she pulls long hours and has a heavy part time course load in an MBA program, leaving time for nothing else. Graeme is a social media manager that works remotely in Michigan. They’re both up for the same promotion and are […]

“It’s as impossible as perfecting my jambalaya-cheesecake fusion dish!”

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

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Fluff perfection. Plot: April is a geologist and fan fiction author for a popular TV show. In a quest to live more authentically, she shares a picture of a cosplay outfit she created for her favourite character on Twitter. Being a curvy lady, her image goes viral. One of the people who notices is one of the main actors on the show, who wades in to fight off the fat shaming bullies and as a show of support, as her out on a date. Also, […]

“I still had to learn that knowing was not enough.”

Zami by Audre Lorde

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I’m a bad feminist, because somehow I managed to reach my 30’s without ever having heard of Audre Lorde before. In a way, I’m also grateful for it, because I don’t think my brain could have really taken in her work a decade ago. If you have not read her work, don’t wait as long as I did. Lorde’s preferred method of expression is poetry and this is evident throughout the book. Every word feels deliberate, agonized over, in a way that might make the […]

Stolen treasure, religious cults, and a second chance romance

Hidden Sins by Selena Montgomery

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Do you love old pulp detective stories about buried treasure and cults? Well, have I got the book for you. Plot: Mara Reed is a confidence artist with a heart of gold, trying to clear One Last Score before buying an island somewhere and retiring. Her last job? Finding a mysterious 70 year old treasure of stolen Spanish gold. And avoid the very well funded people trying to kill her long enough to do it. Her first love, who she robbed and abandoned about 20 […]

Dr. House as the Beast? Yeah, that tracks.

When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloise James

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Have you ever wanted to read a Beauty and the Beast retelling that stars Dr. House? Well, Eloise James has you covered. Plot: The Earl, Dr. House (his name is Piers but he is literally just House minus the drug addiction) has a reputation of being a monster with a short temper, but he’s tolerated because he’s a brilliant doctor and a future duke. Linnet is The Most Beautiful Woman in England, daughter to a beautiful woman that was infamously generous with her affections, which […]

“All the Creme de la Meh will not make a bulldog look like a Chihuahua.”

Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho

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Did you love Crazy Rich Asians? Did you wish you love it but couldn’t connect with the two dimensional characters and weak plotting? Has your love of books about rich people kind of mellowed in the last year because of the *gestures at everything*? I’ve got a book for you. Plot: Andrea Tang is being crushed under the weight of her family’s expectation. She loathes her job as a corporate lawyer, which she has because her mother told her that was her sole career option, […]



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