Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“You’re the reason for for the word wonderful. It really shouldn’t be used for anything else.”

Funny Story by Emily Henry

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CBR16 Sweet Books: Exciting Daphne used to have the perfect life. Working as a children’s librarian, living in a beautiful house with her fiancée Peter, Then, returning from his bachelor party, a shame-faced Peter confesses that he is in fact in love with his best friend Petra, and Daphne has one week to move all her things out of the house (which is owned entirely by Peter). Concluding that Petra’s equally dumped boyfriend Miles probably has some free space in his flat, Daphne moves in […]

This one’s for the bisexuals.

With Love, From Cold World by Alicia Thompson

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 18/30 Alicia Thompson is reliably smart and funny in all her romance books, and her characters have such heart. The setting in this one is also really fun: a tourist attraction in or near Orlando called Cold World, where it is winter all year long. Both of our main characters work there—Asa for over ten years (he’s been there since his family kicked him out for being bisexual), and Lauren for just over two (she is the […]

Emmalita was right – this is great!

What is Love? by Jen Comfort

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CBR16 Bingo: Games Straight-laced university professor Teddy Ferguson has had a record-long stint of victories on the popular trivia game show Answers! when his confidence and entire existence are rocked by the appearance of the beautiful and confident Maxine Hart. She ruins his pre-show ritual by eating a specific doughnut by stealing it directly in front of him, taking one bite and then throwing it in the trash. One very memorable kiss and the fact that Maxine completely obliterates him on the game show means […]

“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 […]

ALL the Kate Canterbary

Shucked by Kate Canterbary

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Owing to a significant gap writing CBR reviews, I had discovered and embraced many new authors by the time I  started participating again, including Kate Canterbary. As is my way, I discovered her from an Emmalita review of The Worst Guy which is, so far, Canterbary’s best book. I have since consumed most of her output with consistently good to sometimes excellent results. Canterbary is great at steam and even greater at clever. Despite plowing through her back catalogue, Shucked (The Loew Brothers) is the […]

Also, it’s a crime that no one in the book or in the acknowledgements noted that this is also the plot of High Fidelity.

Exes & O's by Amy Lea

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30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 3/30 Well, I slept on this one overnight and I’m glad I did. Sometimes the things that stay with you about a book are the bothersome bits, the annoyances, making the reading experience sour in your memory, and sometimes what floats to the top are the moments of cute banter and cuddling, and just overall positive feelings. The latter is the case here, so while I thought this was a bit wobbly in parts and found the […]



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