Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“God, if she caught feelings, she was going to have to kick her own ass.”

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

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4.5 stars CBR16 Sweet Books: Cozy 48-year-old Maggie’s son has recently moved away to college and now she’s stuck in the big house she got in the divorce some years earlier, in a town where she barely knows anyone. She’s unapologetically grumpy and doesn’t actually want to expand her social circle. She worries about her son in college, however, and keeps trying to challenge him to socialise and make friends. He turns the table on her and demands that she do the same. She has […]

“My name’s Willa, and I believe I have your dog.”

Do Me a Favor by Cathy Yardley

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Do Me a Favor begins as all great books do, with a dog. Okay, that’s probably not true of all great books, but this one does begin with Willa finding a dog in her garage during a thunderstorm. The dog, named Noodle, belongs to Hudson’s semi-adult son. Hudson comes to get him (a couple of times because Noodle loves a garage adventure) and Hudson and Willa start to connect. I really enjoyed Cathy Yardley’s Ponto Beach series, but I am loving her books with older […]

Her grin was tiny but evil. Adorably evil, if that was a thing.

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

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I liked Role Playing so much! The main characters are only a few years younger than I am, and more of this, please! I am very sad to say that this isn’t out until July 1. You should put it on your Summer TBR, because it is excellent. Maggie and Aiden’s relationship is inadvertently driven by two mother/son relationships. Maggie makes an effort to be more social as part of a pact with her son, who is a freshman in college. She is worried that […]

Vinh not being sure of something was kind of like concrete turning into Jell-O.

Ex Appeal by Cathy Yardley

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Ex Appeal is the much anticipated (by me) third instalment of the Ponto Beach Reunion series.  In the first two books, Love, Comment, Subscribe and Gouda Friends, we’ve seen Vinh Doan and Emily MacDonald in the background. They were high school sweethearts who went off to college together and then Vinh broke up with Emily when she needed him most. If you are a longtime romance reader, you know they are definitely getting back together. It’s a classic set-up. In the years since their break-up, […]

Doesn’t get any feta than this!

Gouda Friends by Cathy Yardley

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After adoring Love, Comment, Subscribe, I knew I had to read the next book in the series ASAP. Friends to lovers is a favorite trope of mine, and seeing that it involved two other members of the Nerd Herd? I was so excited! And it definitely lived up to the first book, full of humor, romance and a thoughtful exploration of some of the hurdles facing late 20-somethings. While this is the second in a series, it can be read as a standalone. “I am […]

“Beauty influencer and game geek. It’s not intuitive.”

Love, Comment, Subscribe by Cathy Yardley

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Is this the part where I confess that I don’t get the whole YouTuber thing? Because, ok, while I’d heard lots of praise for this book, I wasn’t sure about whether I’d be interested in a romance with two influencer MCs. Luckily, this book drew me in with all of its geeky, cute glory. “I don’t know. Beauty influencer and game geek. It’s not intuitive.” “We’re not that different, though,” he said, and he wasn’t quite sure why he was making his case; at least, […]



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