Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Unexpectedly Histrionic Historical Romance

The Secrets of Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn

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A new release, The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy is the fourth book in Julia Quinn’s Smythe-Smith Regency romance series. I feel like all of my reviews of her recent novels are repetitive, to wit: Julia Quinn is an excellent gateway author for people who want to try Regency romance. The writing is light and fun. Deft is the word I always come back to. Since her Bridgerton series, her quality has fallen off a bit. The Bridgerton series is really strong though. It has […]

They Should Have Jumped Off the Roof

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

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Somehow I made it to the ripe old age of (age redacted) without knowing the details of this book. Written in 1979, this story of a family and it’s slow, painful, deconstruction has titillated audiences and will be return to the small screen soon via a Lifetime movie (of course). I was intrigued both because of that, and because they were reviewing it on my favorite Podcast, Literary Disco: their episode description is perfection. “It’s time to take on the book that you all read, […]



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