Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“We might be useful, but we shall most certainly be improper.“

The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray

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I am enjoying Claudia Gray’s Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney mystery series so much. This second outing in the Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney mysteries feels heavier than the first. In The Murder of Mr. Wickham, the victim was one of Jane Austen’s least sympathetic characters. I certainly don’t advocate for murdering people, but Mr. Wickham’s violent demise did not cause distress. In The Late Mrs. Willoughby, we get no such comfort. Mrs. Willoughby may not be the nicest or most charming person, but she is […]

Unimaginative but fine

Smashed by Adam Walton, Brett Walton

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I had never heard of Adam and Brett Walton before I downloaded Smashed: 60 Epic Smash Burgers and Sandwiches for Dinner, for Lunch, and Even for Breakfast – for Your Outdoor Griddle, Grill, or Skillet. They have an outdoor grilling YouTube channel called the Waltwins. I’ve watched a few of their most popular videos and they are fine. They are fine and so is their cookbook. The bulk of the cookbook is beef burgers and I’m going to tell you a secret – anything you […]

“It’s not fair that evil bosses are just oppressive losers in real life.”

Second Chance with the Demon by Chace Verity

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When your terrible boss tells you he would never screw you over and that you are the most important employee, things are about to get really bad at work. The more of Chace Verity’s books I read, the more I love them. Their characters are soft, accepting, respectful, funny, and extremely horny. hen they get to the point where they are having sex, there is so much joy. Chrystal loves writing video games even though the small company she works for is rife with toxic […]

“Face-sitting, cowgirl, and the Upstanding Citizen position,” Mabel reminded her, popping in like the chorus of an extremely horny Greek play.

Codename Charming by Lucy Parker

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It has never taken me three days to get past the first 20% of a Lucy Parker novel before. It might be my brain, it might be the book. Regardless, by the end, I was enjoying it very much. Much like Pet and Matthias, Codename Charming and I had a rough start, but we worked it out. Pet De Vere  endeared herself to Princess Rose when she stepped between an assailant and Rose’s fiancee, Johnny at the end of Battle Royal. Johnny’s personal protection officer, […]

Empathy had saved more worlds by far.

Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Lords of Uncreation is one of my most anticipated books of the year. Adrian Tchaikovsky is a master and The Final Architecture series is such a joy to read. And when I say it’s a joy to read, I do not mean it is fluffy or happy. It is not. But the writing is immersive and gripping and the smallest detail is so well considered. Tchaikovsky pulls it all together and gives us as happy an ending as we could expect. We open with Andecka […]

Jana belted out the lyrics with feeling, emotion, and, more than anything else, joy. She let go of all her inhibitions, didn’t think at all about how terrible she sounded or what the aunties and uncles were thinking right now.

Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron

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I started Jana Goes Wild and then decided I needed to go back and read Kamila Knows Best, a book I own, but hadn’t read. Reading the two back to back was a great decision. Kamila Knows Best is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma, with Jana and Anil in the Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill roles. Jana Goes Wild, set some 5 years later, is the resolution of their story. If you haven’t read Kamila yet, you don’t absolutely need to, but you should […]



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