Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

a more successful out of season christmas read

The Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish

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My first thought: the nerdy one went to Caltech!!! As should all super nerdy book characters, it only makes sense. So funny that I find it fun when Caltech (my alma mater) is referenced in literature/shows/movies but in reality I had a miserable time there and wouldn’t encourage anyone to go! MOVING ON. I definitely picked this book up, way out of season, after a NYT article about the trend of mainstream LGBTQ romance novels. This one, in particular, is by a Harlequin imprint that […]

book one in a series that is continuing? finishing? in november–get on this train fast!

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

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BOY DID I LOVE THIS BOOK. That’s right, I five starred this book and it feels totally right (especially after writing my Ready Player One review and realizing that I had already written about 600 words and had even more things to complain about). Many many thanks go to Evin, whom I should have listened to at the outset. She recommended this book to me back in February, during a confusing week when I needed some distraction. I…disregarded her suggestion, as this was an unfinished series (at […]

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50 Drag Queens Who Changed the World by Dan Jones

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Happy Pride, everyone! Dan Jones attempts to document the 50 most important drag queens who have changed the world. For each queen, he writes a couple of paragraphs about their accomplishments and impact on the world and there’s a cute illustration from Michele Rosenthal of each performer. This is admittedly a herculean undertaking, and Jones gives it a good go. On the whole, he does fine. There seems to be a concerted effort to not just include contestants from RuPaul’s Drag Race on this list which […]

author on the will read shelf for sure

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles

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And then, for something different and DELIGHTFUL. I should have known to satiate my historical romance longing with a standalone novel by K.J. Charles, who had so recently delighted me with the Will Darling series. Here, we go even further back in history and even further into gay with the tale of two scheming siblings, attempt to fortune hunt (as the title would suggest) with the most moral of intentions. Neither of them want to want, and they’re in the game together. If one rises […]

two short reviews for two short scenes

To Trust Man On His Oath by K.J. Charles

How Goes The World? by K.J. Charles

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To Trust Man On His Oath I saved this conversational exchange as a draft review, knowing that I was terribly behind on reviews and wanting not to forget the sentiment: Will sighed internally. “Look, you don’t have to talk to me. But if you want to, it’s three in the morning.” “Does the time make a difference?” “Don’t you know?” Kim’s expression suggested he didn’t, and perhaps he wouldn’t. He was not much of a man for confidences, or intimacies. “Three in the morning, or […]

so sad this was over

Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles

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CW: I cannot fully remember, but I recall there’s some period appropriate homophobia but from family members The interesting thing about this trilogy of books is how it doesn’t fit the normal arc of trilogies. Usually, Book 1 stands alone-ish–sets up the world, but the main plot issue sorts itself out so that if there’s no traction there’s not a horrid dangling issue left for the audience to deal with. Also, you’re more likely to get traction because the book has a nice finality to […]



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