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 murder of crows, a pride of lions, a judgement of ladies”

Between the Devil and Ian Eversea by Julie Ann Long

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  Oh boy, a vain heroine, bring on the one star reviews. Plot: Titania is the heiress to a fortune she cannot access until she marries to a person some guy she doesn’t know signs off on an appropriate match for her. She has had the upbringing of a lady, which is to say she knows very little about anything, but she does know that she’s pretty, and witty, and wields this knowledge ferociously to gain every morsel of power denied to her by virtue […]

“Love is a system of behaviors.”

The Earl I Ruined by Scarlett Peckham

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Big Misunderstandings and the hard work of learning that being clever doesn’t mean you know everything. Plot: Lady Constance was schooled in a convent, and in the most predictable outcome of such an upbringing, has turned into something of a belligerently scandalous adult. She has worked to amass power through one of the only tools available to women – gossip. She wields it for good, or at least what she thinks of as good. In the first book in the series for example, she used […]

“He sucked in a long breath, a symbolic attempt to siphon patience from the air of what had clearly become a rolling madhouse.”

It Happened One Midnight by Julie Anne Long

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Plot: Thomasina de Ballesteros has entranced the ton in her dedication to pull herself out of extreme poverty. She’s phenomenal at playing whatever role she needs to get what she wants, and there are untold number of lives depending on her doing just that. Jonathan Redmond is a youngest son, doomed to be of no use to anyone, and presently penniless because he’s trying to build up wealth and all his funds are tied up. But an unmissable investment opportunity makes itself known and he’s […]

“Beggin’ yer pardon, m’lady, but these pews are hard as a hangman’s heart and narrow as a rat’s bunghole.”

A Notorious Countess Confesses by Julie Anne Long

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The second weakest entry in the Pennyroyal Green series and a damned shame. Plot: The uncannily handsome and possibly slightly supernatural vicar introduced a few books ago, Adam, is drowning a little under the relentless adoration of his parishioners. This is his first time taking on such a solemn role and while he takes it exceptionally seriously, he feels woefully inadequate. His life is then further complicated by the arrival of a new resident to Pennyroyal Green, Eve, or as she is known in the […]

“I don’t know, man, seems kind of suss.”

That Time I got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

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Unapologetic wish fulfillment. Plot: Cin is a spice farmer in a small medieval village which worships a goddess that protects them from monsters. Every 15 years, heroes are selected by the goddess to protect the realm from the monsters, which creep in through portals across the world. Cin does not want to be a hero, she wants to live a quiet life with her family. This is complicated when, on the night before the ceremonial selection of the newest cast of heroes, she accidentally rescues […]

“It’s My Party and I’ll Snub Who I Want To.”

Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon

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Written be devoted (and financially limited, as they reiterate often) fans of JRR Tolkien, in 1969 (nice). It has since been published and republished and translated into twelve languages. In 2012, it got an audiobook and an updated prologue with Adam Sandler references. I honestly thought I’d love this. I love Tolkien’s world, but not enough not to poke fun at it. Or maybe precisely enough to poke fun at it? Also, as can be demonstrated by the first sentence of this review, I am a child […]



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