Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“What I am is an adult woman with agency and the tools to make choices. Feel free to, you know, treat me accordingly.”

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

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Nowhere Book Bingo: One-word title CBR16 Sweet Books: Exciting (This was one of my most anticipated book releases of the first half of 2024) Misery Lark is the only daughter of a powerful vampyre councilman, and for much of her life, she lived among human strangers as a diplomatic hostage, to maintain the fragile peace between vampyres and humans. To make her a bit less lonely, an orphan named Serena came to live with her, and now that Misery is all grown-up, Serena is her […]

A Strong Start To the Second Arc of the Series

Prince and Bodyguard by Tavia Lark

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A failed rebellion in his home province led Vana Dire to be sent to Draskora to be adopted by the king years ago.  He’s managed to survive the cutthroat royal court by not showing weakness and relying on his magic bound bodyguard, Daromir, who both shares his pain and always knows where Vana is through their bond.  They’ve been together since Vana left Kaiskara, and he’s the one person Vana always knows he can count on.  Which is part of why Vana keeps the fact […]

What if Lara Croft and Indiana Jones worked together on a dig?

Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura

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3.5 stars Official book description: When archaeologist Dr. Socorro ‘Corrie’ Mejía is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig in the Mexican jungle, she thinks her wildest dreams have come true. It’s her life goal to lead an expedition in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But as the world-renowned expert on the topic, Corrie should be leading the expedition, not sharing the glory with her disgustingly handsome nemesis. Dr. Ford Matthews has been finding new […]

A hockey romance with less hockey and more coping with grief

Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday

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CBR16 Sweet Books: Exciting (I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time, and was VERY excited to get an ARC shortly before the release date. Nowhere Bingo: A book with multiple POVs This was an audio ARC from NetGalley. My opinions are my own.  When Aurora “Rory” Evans was a lonely teenager, she ran into a handsome Canadian hockey player while she was selling coffee at the Mall of America. She took his name and pretended to have an actual Canadian boyfriend, making […]

Another (Accidental) Picture Book for Me

The Art and Life of Hilma af Klint by Ylva Hillström, Karin Eklund (Illustrator)

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While perusing the Arlington Public Library’s List of Books You May Have Missed Last Year I spotted The Art and Life of Hilma af Klint written by Ylva Hillström and illustrated by Karin Eklund. I vaguely recognized af Klint’s name and popped it onto my list since a YA non-fiction was on my to read and this one struck my fancy, especially once I found out that Hillström is a curator at the Modern Art Museum in Stockholm. Woohoo for museum people writing books outside of […]

I Too Have Succumbed to the Horny Dragon Book

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

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Every one hundred years, the royal family of the Sheltered Lands must send one of their bloodline to be the Dragon Lord’s consort.  Sachielle is the latest in a long line.  But she has three secrets: she’s an orphan adopted and trained to seduce the Dragon Lord, her handmaiden and lover, Zanya, is a trained assassin, and finally Sachi is cursed.  Sachi and Zanya have five weeks to kill the Dragon Lord or Sachi will die.  But Ash, the Dragon Lord, is nothing like the […]



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