Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“If eyes were the windows into the soul, Delilah’s had long been shuttered.”

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

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4.5 stars CBR16 Sweet Books: New (author and series) CBR16 Book Bingo: Pride Delilah Green grew up in Bright Falls, in the care of her wealthy, but emotionally cold stepmother (after her father died), and never managed to forge a connection to her always perfect stepsister Astrid either. Astrid had her two best friends, Claire and Iris, and more than once Delilah overheard them saying mean things about her. When she got the chance, she left Bright Falls for New York and has rarely been back […]

A Purrfect Beginning Chapter Book

Casebook of a Private (Cat's) Eye by Mary Stolz

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Eileen O’Kelly is a female gumshoe in Boston at the turn of the century.  She’s also a cat as are most the of the characters in the book.  As the only female private eye in Boston and having just opened her agency that year, work is a little thin on the ground.  But mysteries both large and small find her, and Eileen does her best to solve them, sometimes finding more than a few surprises along the way. This beginning chapter book is perfect for […]

A Gentle Exploration of Getting Help With Your Mental Health In a Magical Setting

I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle

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After moving to London for her dream job making potions, young witch Joana seems to have it all.  She’s got a great group of friends and a lovely boyfriend.  Sure, her boss is a jerk, work is stressful, and figuring out housing is a pain, but really, she doesn’t have much to complain about.  Really.  Except exhaustion, sadness, and doubt take their toll, and Joana needs help to figure out how to take care of and accept herself. This is a graphic novel that I […]

“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 […]

New Jackie Lau with Fake Dating – I was automatically in!

Love, Lies, & Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

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I make a habit of reading Jackie Lau books when I can, and being able to read Love, Lies, & Cherry Pie as an ARC was something I just couldn’t pass up, particularly when the logline for the book is a Pride and Prejudice retelling having a good time with some tropes (Lau tends to always have more than one in her work). The tropes in question are fake dating, forced proximity, and enemies to lovers, and I think Lau did a good job with […]

“We are messes and we are messed up and I don’t want to go through this world without the one person I can’t hide from and who can’t hide from me.”

The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

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CBR16 Sweet Books: Excited (this is one of my most anticipated releases in the first half of the year) This book really doesn’t stand alone. It is the second half of a duology that started with The Stolen Heir, which came out last year. If you haven’t read that one, it’s probably best to skip this review and return once you’ve caught up. Prince Oak, heir to the throne of Elfhame, finds himself a prisoner in the dungeons of Queen Suren (or Wren, as he […]



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