Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I know I’m finicky about SA stories but still…

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

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While I do think this book was major struggle city to get through for numerous plot-related issues, I’d like to give my standard disclaimer around books featuring South Asian protagonists or based on South Asian mythology: I am, unfortunately, a harder grader than I might be for stories based on other cultures. I don’t know what it is! I think it’s because I know these epic tales very well, and I can see the plot points that have always made me go ughhhmehhhhehhhhewww, and I […]

finale (for now)

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

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CW: quite a few, scroll all the way down here https://aliceoseman.com/extras/conten… To finish up my review of this delightful series, which will be finishing later this year with a fifth and final volume: things have gotten rough but I think the relationship at the core of these volumes (Charlie/Nick) lacks the strength to handle the weighty issues that Oseman is contemplating. I will freely admit that I have a bit of bias around stories that involve 16-17-18 year olds having Big Weighty Decisions, but in this […]

things do take a turn for the worse

Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

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CW: homophobia, reference to past transphobia as before, but newly we have eating disorders, reference to past self harm, past bullying As you can tell from the content warnings, things are getting serious and not in a cute “will you be my boyfriend” sort of way. Charlie has deep seated demons that are coming to light, and Nick has his issues as well. Before we get there, though, there’s a fun jaunt to Paris (because this is a UK based school, in case you forget, […]

make sure you queue up this volume after the first

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

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Herein we have the finale of the Charlie/Nick happy times story (spoiler alert: they get together). This takes us through the second part of the TV series [from after the kiss to when Nick comes out to The Queen his mom]. Much has been written about Heartstoppers being part of the “next generation” of mainstream queer stories–in a nutshell, these are stories not about coming out as queer, but about what happens afterwards. There are century if not millennia of stories about heterosexual relationships, with all sorts […]

hop on the heartstoppers is over for now but I’m obsessed train!

Heartstoppers Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

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CW: mild homophobia from clearly delineated villain characters, briefly mentioned past transphobia (I think, it might have been in a later edition) Yes, I did read this after watching the Netflix show. If you haven’t, what are you waiting for? I think it’s basically a test for androids to see if you find it adorable or EXTRA adorable. First, a public service announcement: you cannot get just this edition, or you will be bereft as it ends on a cliffhanger (if you’ve watched the show: [it […]

emily henry does it again

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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When I think of Emily Henry, I think kisses. I don’t know what it is, but the woman has the ability to write kisses really well–they feel different, they feel specific, they feel evocative. That’s not a silly thing to point out, I don’t think. In Romancelandia, there’s a lot of kisses going on so it really does take something to stand out. Suffice to say, she continues to do the same thing here, so when it comes to consistency she’s 10/10. Otherwise, of all […]



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