Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

WTF cliffhanger. #CBRBINGO – Heart

Fool's Assassin (Fitz and the Fool, #1) by Robin Hobb

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Been putting off writing this review because with each book in this series, my emotions get more and more entangled and it’s basically agony to write about them because it makes me feel them all over again. Luckily, until about the last hundred pages, this book wasn’t as agony-filled as the rest of the Fitz books have been, but those last hundred pages sure make up for it. The rest of the book, though not exactly sad, was also emotionally intense. Basically, you’re signing up […]

This is a perfect novel. #CBRBINGO – Scandal

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes (The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, #2) by Cat Sebastian

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I originally said that I would have a review up later that same day I finished the book, after I stopped swooning, but the swooning never really stopped, and then I got anxious about trying to make this review live up to how much I loved the book, and then I just gave up and said I’d get to it later. Fast forward two months, let’s just get something out there so we can all move on with our lives. The short version of this […]

playing catch-up while playing bingo!

Kink: Stories by R. O. Kwon, Garth Greenwell

Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices by Swapna Krishna, Jenn Northington

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

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Hey y’all- long time, no read! I took some time off from reviewing while on vacation, then let vacation mind take over all of my non-work mind and found myself in a reviewing hole. Then, work swallowed me whole. I started writing this on August 9th. Just finishing it now on the 29th-Cait Also, I haven’t been reading reviews here either, so be prepared for a wave of comments coming your way! Good news: I truly enjoyed all seven of these books. One was a […]

Just a quick check and yes, The Hating Game holds up

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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Re-read: After reading Thorne’s latest (Second First Impressions) I wanted to see if maybe my memories of her first novel were being seen through some rose colored glasses. I am happy to report that no, not in the slightest. The Hating Game perfectly nails the first person inner monologue neurosis protagonist and the ETL, two tropes that are very, very frequently given short shift in Romancelandia. Thorne definitely has a very distinct sort of voice that she uses to write her (exclusively female, exclusively white) (I will […]

Let It All Out – Submit Your Best and Worst Books of CBR12!

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Deadline extended! Submit your choice by Friday, December 18, 2020! It’s that time of year – wrap-up time! Submit the three best and one worst books you read during 2020 below. Include links to your posts so people can read your reviews. The books may have any publication date, you just need to have read them this year. If you have something you must tell the world about any of the books, add your comment. Please submit your choices by Friday, December 18, 2020, then watch for our […]

Do Tell – Submit Your Best and Worst Books of CBR11!

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The submission period is over. It’s that time of year – wrap-up time! Submit your three best and one worst books of the year below. Include the link to your post so people can get to your review. If you have something you must say about any of the books, add your comment. Please submit your choices by midnight EST on Sunday, December 22, 2019, then watch for our yearly wrap-up post on Pajiba. To see the choices we made in years past, visit our About page.



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