Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Wonderful Romance!

Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane

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Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on September 10, 2019.  So “Don’t You Forget About Me” was wonderful. I have never read McFarlane before, but now I want to read all of her books. This book had so much heart and I loved Georgina (the main character) and her friends Jo, Clem, and Rav. I also laughed a lot and even teared up when you find out why Georgina’s […]

A Thoughtful Romance

The Flastshare by Beth O'Leary

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Wow. I don’t know what to say about this one. I read the synopsis as I was looking for something to read and wondered if this book was going to be worth the $13.99 price tag. I tend to not buy if I haven’t read the author before, but just plunged right away. Have to say that I am very glad that I did so. O’Leary doesn’t just give us a romance, she gives us something that I think will resonate with a lot of […]

Problematic Protagonist with Heart

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

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So here’s the thing. Some people are not going to like this book. They are going to be upset by how Queenie conducts herself and how messy (she was super messy) her life was and how it’s not a good look for a black character. I would argue that is wrong. I don’t mind messy books or characters. Those books feel more real to me. I like the underlying message this book had about mental health and how our pasts don’t have to dictate our […]

“Life is the thing you bring with you inside your own head.”

Normal People by Sally Rooney

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This book damn near killed me. And I’m still not quite sure what to say about it. On the surface the plot is simple; two people from different walks of life come together, don’t always communicate great and life ensues. The book is told in alternating chapters from Connell and Marianne’s perspective, jumping in time with each chapter. They meet as teenagers and start having sex and (maybe) falling in love. Connell feels like he is truly himself when Marianne is around. Marianne falls under […]

“And it wasn’t like JT was the Buddha or some sage. He was just another human who was trying to figure it all out, same as she was. But he’d just said all the right words in a row.”

Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long

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Did you ever start book one of a series, or of a new to you author, and a few pages in, you’ve got to take a break and log in to your library and see how many of their other books you can put on hold? Yeah, so that was me, about fifteen pages into Hot In Hellcat Canyon, a contemporary romance, by Julie Anne Long.  And it turns out, Ms. Long is not exactly a new to me author – Goodreads tells me I have, in […]

Sub-par Follow up to Vintage

The Curiosities by Susan Gloss

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I loved “Vintage” and gave it fours stars when I read it back in 2014 and kept my eye out to see when Susan Gloss would publish another book. Unfortunately, I found this follow-up to “Vintage” to be disappointing. This book doesn’t do a good job of linking all of the stories to each other. Artists living together in a “colony” didn’t help link things since they were all going through so many things and felt like roommates that passed in the night. It didn’t […]



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