Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Romance re-read

Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz

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So in a bit of a re-read moment currently. It’s winter, it’s cold and work is stressful. I quite enjoy Jayne Ann Krentz’s books, across all of her names, so they are often a comfortable re-read.  There are some definite tics though, which are more apparent when one binges.  Things that often happen: Heroine has no family/dead family/family that are not supportive/supportive family that don’t understand her.  I have yet to read one of her novels where the heroine has a completely supportive and in […]

Gargoyles? After mothmen, why not?

Titan by Jillian Graves

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As a kid who grew up watching Gargoyles and later having very inappropriate thoughts about Goliath and Desdemona, of course I leapt at a chance to read this ARC. And it’s exactly what it says on the tin: a gargoyle monster romance with daddy dom kink. After a childhood as a successful actress, Jules should’ve been set for life. Instead, her mom and ex-manager kicked her out when she turned eighteen and refuse to relinquish her trust. Ten years later, she pays her bills by sugaring, […]

Apparently I really will read anything

Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta

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(I would like to add that this review is completely katie71483‘s fault. I would probably still be living in blissful ignorance, completely unaware of several scientific facts about moth genitalia that I had to hastily google while reading the book, without Katie.) Morning Glory Milking Farm was one of the most surprisingly gentle and sweet romances I read last year, so when I found out that the next book in the series was out and it featured a mothman, my favorite cryptid ever? Of course I […]

a manor on the edge of ruin, a mute little girl, a butler with a dangerous past, and a potentially magical drunken dandy…

The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell

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What looks like a recipe for potential nonsense is actually a truly surprising and unique thriller! Paraic O’Donnell follows up the Victorian spiritualism of The House on Vesper Sands with another historical mystery, but where I was expecting (and hoping for, honestly) a continuation of the former, The Maker of Swans jumps head-first into the 20th Century and dares the reader to catch up. A butler tries his damndest to keep his employer safe, sane, and sober- but the draws of the Jazz Age have the […]

Love, Ghosts and Werewolves

Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham

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I found a way to read Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham online. Now, I will tell you, buy the book in July instead of doing this. I mean, I read the book that way and still plan on purchasing a copy. Not only do you support an author/illustrator this way, but you will also want to read this book wherever you are. And if you have no service for phone or tablet or whatever kids read on these days, well old school is […]

The connections never end

So Not Ghoul by Karen Yin

Sunflower Sisters by Monika Singh Gangotra

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So Not Ghoul by Karen Yin and Sunflower Sisters by Monika Singh Gangotra have connections in themes and are two very wonderfully different books. However, if you like one, you might just like the other. I will start with the main difference between the two, which is the tone. Yin’s story is while seriously themed, is more humorous, and Gangotra created a story with a more overall serious tone that is still lighthearted in nature. The main and most important similarity is that both the […]



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