Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR17
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Suggest a Review
    • 2025 Registration
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media
It's Not Summer Without You Cover. A girl on a beach in short denim shorts, with long hair, looking back towards a big beach house.

“Summer went away, still the yearning stays”

It's Not Summer Without You (2010) by Jenny Han

November 15, 2023 by drmllz Leave a Comment

“Before Jeremiah or anybody else could answer me, I made a run for the sliding doors, and then I stumbled down the steps and sprinted onto the beach. I felt like a flying comet, a streak in the sky, like I hadn’t used my muscles in so long and it felt great to stretch my legs and run. The house, all lit up with people inside, felt a million miles away. I knew he’d come after me. I didn’t have to turn around to know […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: after that summer nothing would ever be the same again, CBR15, drmllz, Jenny Han, Romance, YA, Young Adult

drmllz's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: after that summer nothing would ever be the same again, CBR15, drmllz, Jenny Han, Romance, YA, Young Adult ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

“My boy was a montage”

The Summer I Turned Pretty (2009) by Jenny Han

November 1, 2022 by drmllz Leave a Comment

This is for the Adapt/Camel cbr14bingo square; the book and its sequels have been adapted into a series on Amazon Prime, and narrator Isabel ‘Belly’ Conklin has to adapt to her changing body and growing up and the things and people she’s taken for granted changing around her. “My boy was a montage / A slow-motion, love potion/ jumping off things in the ocean / I broke his heart cause he was nice”, sings Taylor Swift on ‘Midnight Rain’, the sixth track of her new album. […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: after that summer nothing would ever be the same again, cbr14bingo, contemporary young adult, drmllz, Jenny Han, love triangle, YA, Young Adult

drmllz's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: after that summer nothing would ever be the same again, cbr14bingo, contemporary young adult, drmllz, Jenny Han, love triangle, YA, Young Adult ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

P.S. I Still Love You and Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

October 11, 2020 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

In To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean Song Covey’s life is turned upside down when her younger sister sends out a series of love letters that she had written to the boys she had overwhelming feelings towards. One letter, to the popular and handsome Peter Kavinsky, led to a fake relationship that sparked real romance. The second book starts with Lara Jean deciding to make a play for Peter, for real this time. They get back together, or rather finally get together, […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, YA, Young Adult

Caitycat's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, YA, Young Adult ·
· 0 Comments

“Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That’s part of the risk.”

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

February 17, 2020 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

With the release of the To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You on Netflix this week I decided to give in and read the series. I really liked the first movie in 2018 but didn’t pick the books up then. I was smitten with the movie and didn’t want to mess with that feeling. But eighteen months later I felt the time had come. In To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before we are introduced to Lara Jean Song Covey, middle sister of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Always and Forever Lara Jean, faintingviolet, Jenny Han, movie adaptations, p.s. I still love you, read women, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Always and Forever Lara Jean, faintingviolet, Jenny Han, movie adaptations, p.s. I still love you, read women, To All the Boys I've Loved Before ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Lara Jean, you sweetheart

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

August 15, 2019 by badkittyuno 2 Comments

In one of the rare instances of me reading a book AFTER watching the movie, I finally got to (my sister’s copy of) To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before this summer — after watching the Netflix adaptation several more times than a 33 year old woman really ought to. I know we were all lusting after Noah Centineo (who, yes, is adorable), but I’ve had a crush on John Corbett since high school so watching him be a doting widowed daddy to a bunch […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: badkittyuno, Jenny Han

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:120 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: badkittyuno, Jenny Han ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

First Love with A Lot of Good Supporting Characters

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

June 22, 2019 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

Last fall, I watched and enjoyed the Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han’s first book about Lara Jean, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.  A few months later when I read (but did not review) the novel the film was based on—I was pleasantly surprised.  The book was even more complex and nuanced than the movie—especially with the relationship between Lara Jean, her two sisters and her father. There is more about her Korean heritage in the book and about her father’s attempts to keep […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Jenny Han, p.s. I still love you

Jenny S's CBR11 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Jenny Han, p.s. I still love you ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2025 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in