Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Hannah, you are the only thing in a room that makes it possible to breathe.”

For Never & Always by Helena Greer

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When she was little, Hannah Rosenstein’s parents traveled all over the world, and the only place she ever felt safe and settled was at the Christmas tree farm owned by her father’s great-aunt Cass. At Carrigan’s Christmas Tree Farm, she would also get to spend time with Levi, whose parents were the cook and groundskeeper at Carrigan’s and who in practicality ran the farm for Cass. When Hannah got older, she persuaded her parents to let her go live at Carrigan’s so she could go […]

“Reading a book makes a sexy someone even sexier.”

Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese

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3.5 stars Official book description: Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot have nothing in common except a meet-disaster and the mutual understanding that they couldn’t be more wrong for each other. But when the people closest to them play Cupid and trick them into going on a date, Jamie and Bea realize they have something else in common after all—an undeniable need for revenge. Soon their plan is in Fake date obnoxiously and convince the meddlers they’re madly in love. Then, break up spectacularly and dash […]

CBR15 Bingo: Europe (triple Bingo)

Folk med ångest (Anxious People) by Fredrik Backman

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#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books from different countries (set in and written by a Swedish author, read in Swedish) CBR15 Bingo: Europe (see description for Passport Challenge) Official book description (translated by me): Folk med ångest (literally translated as People with anxiety, official English title Anxious People) is an unusually messy comedy about a hostage drama during an apartment showing, where a failed bank robber locks themselves in with an overly enthusiastic realtor, two bitter IKEA-addicts, a mean multimillionaire, a sad lady, a very pregnant woman, […]

This isn’t too Sirius

Maple’s Theory of Fun by Kate McMillan

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I was looking at an online review site that I can easily use, and I saw this brightly done  cartoon cover.  It was as if Lizzy McGuire and Diary of a Wimpy Kid had a book. It was Maple’s Theory of Fun. At first, I thought it was going to be about a girl trying to show us how to have fun. A “how to” so to speak, but then all crap breaks loose. Well, it is about how to do that, but the girl […]

Part romance, part memoir

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

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Official book description: When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides that if he wants an open relationship, then she does, too. Translation: She’s going to embark on a string of one-night stands. The more unacceptable the men, the better. That’s where tattooed, motorcycle-riding […]

Even grownups have fears

Melvina Whitmoore (More or Less a Horror Story) by Faith Capalia

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cbr15bingo Adulthood: Melvina is an adult, but has relatable issues for all of us. I was looking for a book that was a smidgen more spooky when I picked up Melvina Whitmoore (More or Less a Horror Story). Not that I wanted horror (after all it was a picture book for kids), but something “spooky” (like a ghost who says boo a lot and shakes some chains, or something like that). Instead, we get a story of Melvina Whitmoore who is afraid of everything (spiders, […]



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