Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Sara Cate can do no wrong for me

The Anti-Hero by Sara Cate

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Adam Goode is the eldest son of the most prominent preacher in Austin. Think Joel Osteen’s level of mega-church. Adam writes sermons for his father and is seen by everyone as his future successor. All of this blows up in his face, however, when he finds out his father is a member and part owner of a local sex club. Adam then decides to stop trying to be the “good boy” everyone sees him as, and starts filming sex tapes with a tattoed, pink-haired girl […]

I Will Read Anything With Dragons!

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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Fourth Wing is the story of Violet Sorrengail, a cadet in the Basgiath War College. She was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, but her mother, a general, decided that she had to enter the Rider Quadrant. DRAGON RIDERS? I AM SO IN! A lot of Cadets die during the training, and Violet isn’t physically up to a lot of the challenges, because she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). That is never explicitly stated in the book, but a close friend of mine has it, so […]

We Create Our Own Monsters

Carrie by Stephen King

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

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Carrie Carrie White is a high-school student who is an outcast. She lives with her religious fanatic of a mother and is very much alone. One day, while taking a shower in gym class, she gets her first period. Since her mother never taught her about the menstrual cycle, she thinks she is dying and starts hysterically screaming and crying. The other girls find this hilarious and start throwing pads and tampons at her, jeering to “plug it up”. Then suddenly, a lightbulb explodes. The […]

A mystery complete with recipes!

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

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Lila Macapagal has had to move back to her hometown and work at her Aunt’s restaurant. As if that wasn’t bad enough, she has to serve food to her douchebag ex-boyfriend, who thinks of himself as a food critic. He writes terrible reviews of the family restaurant, yet insists on constantly eating there. One day, after Lila serves him some special desserts she made, he drops dead. The police immediately make Lila their only suspect. To make matters worse, the ex’s stepfather is the restaurant’s […]

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Sexy, sexy, snakes!

Entranced by the Basilisks by Lillian Lark

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It’s been a long time since I posted a review, and even longer since I read this book, so I’m a little fuzzy on the details. Life got in the way, but I have a little more spare time now, so prepare for a deluge of reviews of books I read as far back as April! This is the third book in the Monstrous Matches series, but you don’t have to have read the previous two to understand this one. You should though, because they […]

Obscure Sex Fantasies Don’t Have to Make Sense

Reckless Heir by Jenika Snow

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Listen, is this book good? No. Not really. It’s got a weird obsession with a particularly Victorian idea of virginity, and only the loosest possible concept of the physical logistics of real human sex. It’s distracting. These people need, like, so much sex ed. And also probably to see several doctors. And then to hire somebody to come and clean ALL of their furniture. But is this book compelling? Yeah, actually. Like, I get it. Until somewhat recently, I really didn’t see the appeal of […]



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