Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A very sweet YA romance with queer characters

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan

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#CBR11 Bingo: Rainbow Flag (author is a lesbian, as is the main character) This book would also fit nicely into the “Youths!” and “Own voices” squares on the bingo card. Official book description: Leila has made it most of the way through high school without having a crush on anyone, which comes as something of a relief. Her Persian heritage makes her different enough; if word got out that Leila liked girls, life would be twice as hard. And what would her parents think? It’s bad […]

“You can have anything once you admit you deserve it”

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

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#CBR11 Bingo: Own Voices (the book is about a trans girl, written by a trans woman) (Can also easily fit into the categories of Youths!, Award Winner and/or Rainbow Flag) Official book description: Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she’s determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can’t help but start to let him into […]

My first foray into Penny Reid’s writing

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid

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#CBR11 Bingo: Reading the TBR (have been on my TBR list since 2015) Neanderthal Seeks Human – 3.5 stars There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and 3) She doesn’t know how to knit. After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can’t help wondering what new torment […]

A kissing book with SCIENCE!

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

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4.5 stars #CBR11 Bingo: Science! One of the protagonists is a scientist and his scientific experiments plays an important part throughout the story. Official book description: Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least, that’s what he and most of the village believes. A brilliant scientist, he hides himself away in his family’s crumbling estate, unwilling to venture into the outside world. When an annoyingly handsome man arrives at Penkellis, claiming to be Lawrence’s new secretary, his carefully planned world is turned upside down. […]

But we inherit it.

The Travelers by Regina Porter

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CBR11 BINGO: Listicle (Read it Forward’s Favorite Reads of June 2019) This is a unique and wonderful book that I don’t think anyone could feel ambivalent about. It is definitely a novel that you will either love or hate. The title kept popping up all over the place so when the library had it on display I snatched it up. So glad that I did. “The Travelers” is a sweeping saga following the lives of several different families who are interrelated to one another by blood […]

“…a young plant that has yet to toughen fully.”

The Cactus by Sarah Haywood

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CBR11 BINGO: Summer Read Yep. It’s another of Reese’s Hello Sunshine picks for my book club this month. Again, I hate to admit that she really does make good selections. I’ve read seven of them so far and each of them was pretty darn good. Susan Green is a very regimented, no nonsense woman with an overly organized life to show for it. Even her personal relationships verge on contractual. Her lack of sentimentality places a barrier firmly between her and her co-workers, boyfriends and […]



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