Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

An unpopular opinion for a popular subject as my first Bingo Review

A Song for Nolan by Rushie Ellenwood

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cbr16bingo  Pride  (the character is non-binary)  This is going to be an unpopular opinion. I did not like A Song for Nolan by Rushie Ellenwood and Sally Chen. Now, let me say I like the theme of a nonbinary child and their friends and this situation they find themselves in, but the execution didn’t exactly work for me. Nolan is a non-binary child doing what any child would do: Getting ready for their friend’s birthday party. Maybe they are a bit more eccentric than some, […]

Home is where your body is

Homebody by Theo Parish

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Perhaps the first thing I noticed about Homebody (outside of the “removal of color” and the use of color in a non-traditional fashion) was how open Theo Parish’s story was. They are not giving you the “down and dirty details” (unless you count one of the cats giving themselves a um… down there … bath) but they allow you into their world. We also are not given all the “bad things,” just honesty that they were there. The third was, how they do not use […]

I adore romance trilogies where a trio of lady friends find their perfect partner, one set per book. CBR14 Bingo: Bodies

A Prince on Paper: A Reluctant Royals novel by Alyssa Cole

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CBR14 Bingo: Bodies – There is a pair of attractive bodies on the cover.  Nya discovers what pleasures her body. Is there a name for the sub-set of romance that has a trio of women friends finding their perfect partner across a trilogy?  I enjoy them!  Nora Roberts was my introduction and I devoured several.  Then there was a long hiatus of romance reading.  Cannonball Read inspired me to start seeking out new romances and that brought me to Alyssa Cole, and her “Reluctant Royals” series.  […]

A Stunning Queer Romance Debut

Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

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I received an ARC of Love & Other Disasters from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Love & Other Disasters publishes January 18th, 2022. I love when you can tell that a book was written from an authentic place, that the author is taking their own feelings, their own emotions, and building out from there to tell an honest story that they hope will resonate with readers. Anita Kelly (she/they) does just that in Love & Other Disasters and I’m so […]

The first book in a series without much resolution, but a very strong start

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse is told through four points of view throughout the novel with some flashbacks here and there. Serapio is a member of the Carrion Crow nation who has been prepared by his mother to be the religious leader of their nation. Narampa is the Sun Priest of the Watchers and the figurehead of the dominate religious system of the land (though the other priests don’t all accept her leadership and conspire behind her back). Xiala is a ship captain and a […]

Lovely YA book about coming out as nonbinary.

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

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This was so good! I knew it would be. Too many of my GR friends whose opinions on books I usually align with loved it. I definitely wasn’t expecting to become so angry while reading the first several chapters that I could literally feel in my face that my blood pressure was rising, and the corners of my vision went sort of black. This poor child. All the poor children. What the fuck, parents, what the actual fuck is wrong with you. Oh my god, […]



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