Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Every time we hear a song, it’s both old and brand-new. That’s the point of music.

Back in the Day by Katrina Jackson

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I love Katrina Jackson’s writing, and her 2021 novella, Back in the Day, is one of my favorite pieces of writing in any genre. I finally bought the audiobook version narrated by Jakobi Diem. His narration is perfect, and he found new ways for this book to make me cry. I really didn’t think I could fall more in love with Jackson’s writing, but the richness Diem brought to her words proved me wrong. I am literally crying right now just thinking about the way he […]

Three more reasons you should be reading Katrina Jackson

Sabbatical by Katrina Jackson

Layover by Katrina Jackson

Back in the Day by Katrina Jackson

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I’m always frustrated with my own inadequacies when I try to describe why you should be reading Katrina Jackson’s books. Good authors have a voice and that voice brings the reader into their story and characters in a way that is unique to them. Jackson’s voice put me into her characters and worlds in a way that is very her and so satisfying. One of Jackson’s primary concerns is the interior life of her main characters, usually the woman at the center of the story. […]

A fun, sexy conclusion

The Don by Katrina Jackson

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It isn’t new to say Katrina Jackson is one of my absolute favorite authors and I hate that she made me love a mafia romance series, but here we are. The Don has been being set up since Beautiful and Dirty, and what a fantastic conclusion to the series! Now to wait for the spin-offs~ Shae and her cousin are sent to Italy by the Council of Aunties to retrieve her other cousin, but almost immediately she runs into Salvatore – a man she met […]

We’ve established that I can’t run in any of my shoes. So, pasta?

The Hitman by Katrina Jackson

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Katrina Jackson is so good. She is so good I’m thinking about taking up smoking just so I can have a cigarette in bed after I finish one of her books. Everything I’ve read of hers is funny, emotional, and scorching hot.  I really need more of you to jump on the Katrina Jackson bandwagon with me. At the end of Beautiful + Dirty, Shae is grappling with her memories of Salvatore as she gets ready for her cousin Zahra’s wedding. The Hitman opens with Zahra watching […]

Cannonball After Dark, Katrina Jackson Edition

Office Hours by Katrina Jackson

Grand Theft, N.Y.E. by Katrina Jackson

Beautiful & Dirty (The Family Book 1) by Katrina Jackson

Pink Slip (The Spies Who Loved Her #1) by Katrina Jackson

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Katrina Jackson has been one of my favorite discoveries this year. She is a college professor who writes high heat, queer, often polyamorous, diverse stories. Her stories are centered around black women and their desire. Very few of her interracial relationships involve white people. I would love it if someone smarter than me wrote a thesis on the genius of Katrina Jackson. I can see it, but I can’t explain it. Of the books of hers I have read, I would only describe Office Hours as […]

The Theme is Adventure

Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 by Rachel Kramer Bussel

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I didn’t entirely consider that I would be writing a review of erotica for the Cannonball Read audience when I requested Rachel Kramer Bussel’s Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 from NetGalley. I just thought about how much I wanted to read it. I got a copy of this arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I don’t generally review erotica because to do so in a meaningful way would get rather more revelatory than I usually do. With an anthology […]



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