Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

This comic is so incredibly sweet

Heartstopper, vol 4 by Alice Oseman

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CBR13 Bingo: Reader’s Choice (replaces White Whale) Charlie and Nick are getting crazier and crazier about each other, they still haven’t actually declared their feelings fully for one another. That’s one hurdle that can be monumental in any relationship, let alone between already insecure teens. While Nick’s Mum is incredibly supportive, he still hasn’t come out to his Dad, who is going to be visiting soon, and based on his brother, he’s not sure how his father is going to react. Then there’s the rather […]

I have very little to add to what other cannonballers have said about this book

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

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Bingo: The Wilds (making my 5th bingo with row 1) One fall, four Blackfeet friends go on a hunting trip, and take advantage of an opportunity to kill a large number of elk – elk that they are not supposed to be shooting. 10 years later, this terrible decision catches up with them, as something from their past is out for revenge. This book had been sitting on my shelf for a couple of months, but I moved it to the top of my to-read […]

One day, one of these books is going to knock my socks off…I hope

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

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Official book description: Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend in one fell swoop. The last thing she’s in the mood for is to rehash the story of her grandmother’s infamous summer fling with a runaway prince from Ibarania, or the investigator from the World Federation of Monarchies tasked with searching for Ibarania’s missing heir. Yet when Beznaria Chetchevaliere crashes into her life, the sleek and sexy investigator exudes exactly the kind of chaos that organized and efficient Makeda finds irresistible, even if […]

This one did not meet my expectations

Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

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This novel should have been an easy like for me. Set in New York during the pre-war and WWII period, Manhattan Beach explores women’s factory work, the dangerous world of diving, and the merchant marine. It also involves a mystery — that of the missing father. The problems for me involve both character and plot development. At the end, I was wondering why characters behaved as they did and why the significance of their actions was not better explained.  The central character of Manhattan Beach […]

I finally get around to actually reading Olivia Dade

Teach Me by Olivia Dade

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4.5 stars CBR13 Bingo: Rec’d (by Emmalita, Narfna and FaintingViolet) Official book description: Their lesson plans didn’t include love. But that’s about to change… When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens’s high school, she’s determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since a loathsome administrator gave Rose’s beloved world history classes to Martin, knowing it would hurt her. But keeping her distance from a man as warm and kind as Martin will prove challenging, even for a stubborn, guarded ice queen. Especially when she begins […]

Not a cliche

James Acaster's Classic Scrapes by James Acaster

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Bingo: self care; my go-to comfort reads are personal essays – bonus points if they’re funny, too. (And that makes bingo #4, with column 3) For me it’s a bit hit and miss whether a stand-up comedian or comedic actor’s talent translates to the written word; just because you’re funny on screen doesn’t mean you can write a funny story for readers. (Looking at you, H Jon Benjamin – some books just don’t need to be written.) James Acaster fell in the middle for me. […]



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