Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An Effervescent Romance

The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker

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This review is spoiler free. I signed up with NetGalley in hopes that I would be given this book in exchange for an honest review. I was so excited when I got the email from the publisher that my mood did a wild swing from morose despair to OHMYGODREALLY??? I loooooooved it. Grumpy hero – check witty heroine – check sparkling banter – check sexy sexy times – check a brief spot of soulful pining – check meddling families – check shenanigans – check The […]

The Hairy Ears Return

On the Bright Side: The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 Years Old by Hendrik Groen

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Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley, courtesy of the publisher. The second installment of the later life of Hendrik Groen finds everyone’s favorite Dutch hairy-eared Dutch pensioner returning to his diary after taking some time off. He is now 85. The Old But Not Dead club is still going strong, even after the closing events of the first book. In fact, a new member Leonie, fits right in. She even makes Evert blush. The residents of the home are still a bit of odd bunch. There is […]

Between the Oceans and the Mountains is a Wild Forest.

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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Note: I misgendered the author in the 4th paragraph. I’d love to blame autocorrect, but it was entirely my own brain defaulting to the comfort of binary pronouns. Brains like to be comfortable and I was raised in an aggressively binary culture. That makes it more imperative that I get comfortable with discomfort, try harder, and be willing to correct others and accept correction. Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel GenderQueer: A Memoir is a beautiful gift to the world, filled with pain and compassion. Maia uses […]

You can smell the slop

The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

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Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. The older I get, the more frustrated I get with “events”, at least in terms of movies. Don’t really care which Avengers are going to make out whatever Avengers movie is coming out soon. It’s Marvel; the only character never brought to life is Uncle Ben. I am also the type of person who hears about the guy who jumps off a cruise ship into the ocean to see if […]

One simply cannot invite people to engage in a spot of justifiable homicide

A Dangerous Collaboration (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn

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I love the Veronica Speedwell Mystery series. I was first attracted by their excellent covers, but it only took me about 1/3 into the way of the first book to be hooked. I did receive this from Netgalley in exchange for a review. Veronica and Stoker start the book in a chilly place. Their relationship had become emotionally intimate to a point where Veronica needed some space to think about what she wanted. Naturally, Stoker is unhappy and refuses to fall into their old patterns. […]

The Falling in Love was Lovely

When a Duchess Says I Do by Grace Burrowes

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I have just signed up for Netgalley and this is the first book I’ve received from them. So, standard terms and conditions apply, I received a free copy in exchange for a review. I loved about half the book and was annoyed by about half the book. I loved Duncan and Matilda. I loved them individually. I loved them together. They were lovely and reading as they came to like and trust each other and then fall in love was like sinking into a warm […]



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