Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“With some people, it’s not about winning or losing, That with some people, it’s just about playing.

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood

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Eighteen-year-old Mallory “Mal” Greenleaf used to love chess and showed great potential, but hasn’t played for four years because it reminds her of her father, and the less said or thought about him the better. While her friends are headed for college, Mallory is trying to earn as much money as possible working as a mechanic. Her mother suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and can’t really work anymore, and Mallory isn’t about to let her sisters Darcy (twelve) and Sabrina (fourteen) suffer and miss out on […]

“Men who were delicious enough to make you lose your head should be imbibed sensibly.”

The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

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Not my fave of hers but still cute. Having a little trouble coming up with anything to say because this is so solidly in the ‘just fine’ category in my mind, which is unusual for a Talia Hibbert. Usually if nothing else, her narrative voice pulls me through and gives the book a boost. This book follows Cherry and Ruben. Cherry is working for a corporate academy school, and Ruben is a prince of a made up country I can’t remember the name of. He […]

“There has never been a moment when I didn’t notice you. I can’t stop noticing you – and I should.”

Shucked by Kate Canterbary

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4.5 stars Sunny DuJardin is just about to open a vegan cafe in her hometown of Friendship, Rhode Island, but keeps butting heads with the man who tormented her in much of her adolescence and early teenage years. Beckett Loew has had to take a leave of absence from his high-powered business job in Singapore to return to Friendship to try to figure out the total mess his flakey parents have made with the family’s oyster restaurant. His father and many of the senior management […]

A Heartwarming Read, But You Might Need Tissues

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

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CW: Death of a Parent Florence Day has been a successful ghostwriter for one of the bestselling romance author’s for a number of years.  Or she was until last year when her latest breakup convinced her that romance is dead.  Unfortunately for her, she has one more romance novel to produce due to her current contract.  Her first meeting with her new editor doesn’t go well either when she asks for an extension and he refuses to give her won.  Then she gets the phone […]

I have a five-star killing trope to shake my fist at.

Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

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[Insert Tyra Banks here. “We were rooting for you. We were all rooting for you!”] I just, I wanted to give this book five stars so very badly. Halfway through, I was absolutely ready to slap that five-star rating on it. And then the Miscommunication Trope came calling, and it was one of the worst examples I’ve ever seen. And I just couldn’t give it five stars anymore. I’m super sad about it. But this book is absolutely still worth reading! Just prep yourself for […]

Very Enjoyable Fake Dating With Charming Couple

Sailor Proof by Annabeth Albert

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When their submarine arrives back at port, Derrick Fox is facing seeing his ex greeting the man who he cheated on Derrick with while no one is waiting for him, his friend Calder Euler has a plan.  Calder’s little brother Arthur would be willing to pretend to be Derrick’s fake boyfriend and give him a homecoming that proves he’s over his ex.  However, when their kiss goes viral, and Arthur’s mom insists they both come to the Euler family reunion later that week, the two […]



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