Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A romance where the best part isn’t the romance. #CBRBingo – Book Club

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

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I liked this a lot, but it felt a bit unfinished in a couple aspects, and I liked the beginning better than the ending. I finally got my book club to read a romance, and it turns out romance wasn’t even the main focus. I should have made them read Beach Read, that would have got them. On the other hand, as much as this book was flawed for me as a romance, as a book about criticizing reality TV and about disrupting the public […]

CBR12 Book Bingo – Friendship

Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

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Big Summer was not what I was expecting, but it was thoroughly enjoyable all the same. While the reviews on Amazon and Goodreads run the gamut from one to five stars, I wouldn’t swing too far in either direction. I feel this nicely fits in the three-to-four star range. It contains all of the elements of a fun beach read, even if some aspects feel squeezed in. Big Summer tells the story of Daphne Berg, a plus-size influencer, and Drue Cavanaugh, a nauseatingly beautiful socialite. Six years […]

She really is smarter than everyone else

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

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I have recommended A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas to nearly everyone it feels like. It seems very appropriate to review it for the Gateway CBR12 bingo square. I started reading it last year for Cannon Book Club, but never went back to finish. So I went in fresh with the audiobook to jumpstart my brain and finally finish my paperback copy. Charlotte Holmes is a clever woman who is smarter than almost everyone she meets. All she wants is independence to do […]

A steamy romance set amidst a family feud.

Hate to Want You (Forbidden Hearts, #1) by Alisha Rai

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I bought this a couple years back when I found out Alisha Rai was coming to the Tucson Festival of Books and was going to be on several panels I was attending as a volunteer. Since a lot of people I knew had been reading this series and loving it, I figured I’d give it a shot. She actually canceled her appearances at the festival, I never found out why, and I didn’t end up reading the book. Fast forward to 2020, and I’m trying […]

I wish this had been longer and more fleshed out. #CBRBingo – Cannonballer Says

Spellbound (Magic in Manhattan, #1) by Allie Therin

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This was a solid first novel, and a good start to this fantasy/romance series. This is paranormal/fantasy romance set in 1925, where some people have paranormal powers but most don’t, and magic is a well kept secret. Our main characters are Rory Brodigan, a scryer, who can see the history of any object, and Arthur Kenzie, a politician’s son who fought in WWI, and who uses his wealth to employ paranormals to keep the world safe. Rory is caught up in their net when a […]

I liked this, but I almost liked her friends more than her love interest.

The Boyfriend Project (The Boyfriend Project, #1) by Farrah Rochon

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This was cute. I will definitely be reading the rest of the books in the series, and maybe checking out the author’s back catalogue. The set-up here is that Samiah Brooks, tech prodigy working in Austin, has been duped by a scumbag, and she befriends two other women also duped by self-same scumbag. Their confrontation with him (over sushi volcano rolls!) goes viral. This brings unwanted attention and a lack of privacy, but it also brings Samiah two new friends, an area of her life […]



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