Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Great Look at What Makes a Family

The Family Gift by Cathy Kelly

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So the newest by Cathy Kelly really hit home. I thought she did a great job with Freya and Freya’s inner voice, Mildred. I also thought at times Freya was acting so unreasonable and I am glad that the book didn’t hide away from how she was behaving at times. I also am glad that not everything ends up happily ever after with several real life events in Freya’s life. I think with contemporary romances authors often want to make everyone be happy and in […]

I came into the Grishaverse backwards

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

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I came across the Grishaverse backwards.  Last year I read a write up for Leigh Bardugo’s The Language of Thorns and was intrigued by the concept of a book of fairytales that characters in her Grishaverse would have read or been told, when they were children.  The piece said knowledge of the other books was not necessary to enjoy Language of Thorns and I put it on my Cannonball gift exchange wish list.  I was delighted to discover it in my gift box (Thank you, […]

Solid Installment in Death, but Timeline Drives me Bonkers!

Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb

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Well we have the 49th in Death novel and it’s pretty solid. I am going to say though, if Bella (Mavis’s daughter) is 1 freaking years old and can somehow read we have issues. Also it’s only been a year?? “Born in Death” was book number 23 and I don’t want every book to be a year, but good lord can they at least be 6 months or something? I think the biggest issue I have is that that Eve and Roarke have grown so […]

Underwhelming amnesia rom-com.

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

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This was my first Sophie Kinsella book, and I wouldn’t say no to reading more, even though this was mostly just an okay read for me. For about the first third or so, I didn’t even really like it, but by the end I was invested. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up for a long time, if ever, except that I pulled it out of my TBR Jar (that thing has been really helpful in cleaning up my shelves, by the way). This book […]

Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow Flag

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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NB: I was sent an ARC of this book but that has not affected the content of my review. This was such a fun, lovely time. I was expecting some fluff and some ‘falling in love with a priiiince’ fantasy indulgence, and some warmhearted sweetness (and there was all of that in here, as well), but I wasn’t expecting it to be so smart and practical and irreverent. I don’t often laugh out loud, but this book had me cackling at points. It just vibrated […]

My personal tastes just didn’t gel with this one :(

Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon

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So I’m not mad I read this or anything, and I think for the right person, this book would be super enjoyable, but a couple of things just kept pulling me out. But before I get into what I didn’t like, I just want to say how much I admire this book’s title. Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny is exactly what you would want it to be. He’s buff. He’s a male nanny. He’s also kind, good with kids, extremely good in bed, and loyal […]



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