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 are either the strangest kind people I’ve ever met, or the kindest strange people I’ve ever met.”

The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long

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A second chance romance at the Grand Palace on the Thames. Plot: Magnus is a national hero and has a solid income, so when he set his sights on Alexandra, whose family was in dire straits, he knew he could win her. He didn’t really bank on her having an opinion on the matter, and a disastrous wedding night led to what they both considered a permanent separation. He fled to the continent to continue his military service, and she retreated from society to avoid putting a […]

Another Western take on Russian history, but a worthwhile read

Russia: The Wild East: A History, Part Two: The Rise and Fall of the Soviets by Martin Sixsmith

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I didn’t care for the flavour Sixsmith added to his take on the far history of Russia, yet here I am reading his sequel, covering the entire Soviet empire, start to finish, and enjoying it. In his first book, Sixsmith wrote from the perspective of “Western” approach = good, “Eastern” approach = bad. Everything bad about Russia was therefore the result of the Mongol occupation and its lasting effects on the Slavic mentality. But there are no Mongols here, and Sixsmith actually lived through the […]

“No research, just vibes.”

Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade

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A workplace romance that somehow manages to sidestep all the icky problems that can arise and instead gives us a lovely friends to lovers story spanning years of building respect and community and supporting each other?! Will wonders never cease. Plot: Maria is huge in Sweden and curious about the professional challenge of becoming huge in Hollywood as well. Peter has been doing Fat Guy roles for two decades and is desperate for a chance to shine as a leading man. Neither knows of the […]

“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

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You did it. You have defeated my contrarian nature and coerced me into reading Maas. It was fine l guess. Plot: Today’s Very Special Girl is a ruthless infamous assassin but don’t worry, she’s only ever killed for good people – you know, the kind that can pay for fancy assassins. Our Very Special Girl is coerced into a competition (to the death, of course) to decide who will be the Evil King’s blade by his super hot and not at all evil son who […]

“You’ll be the best Earl of Arse ever.”

The Earl Who Isn't by Courtney Milan

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The third instalment in the Wedgeford Trails series. Plot: Andy loves Lily. Lily loves Andy. One problem: Andy is the real heir to the Earl of Arsell, and if his good for nothing father gets wind of his existence, all of Wedgeford is in danger. So it’s probably for the best that Lily got shipped back to Hong Kong to be raised “properly” by her grandmothers. And it his life seems a little empty now, that’s nothing he can’t deal with by sharing his heart […]

The framework for a modern social contract

What We Owe Each Other by Miouche Shafik

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A modern attempt at fleshing out a philosophical underpinnings for a social contract. This is a good faith effort to split the ideas of what it means to live in a society, and what ought it mean, from modern politics. Shafik is clearly trying to make her case accessible whatever your political stripes, but this book makes it apparent that her understanding of political views other than her own is still nascent. In essence, this book is little more than the idea that societies should […]



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