Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Where is my Sunshine?

The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert

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Catalina signs seven years of her life away without much thought – she’s considered a failure in her world anyway, and at least the money she will get in return will ease her way. What she doesn’t expect is to be drawn to Thane, the leader of the krakens. I’ve been reading Katee Robert’s new releases pretty religiously for the last year or so. At this point you have to expect, statistically speaking, that you won’t like every one, but I was still pretty disappointed […]

“I never had any idea how much one’s neighbors really can change one’s life.”

Good Neighbors by Stephanie Burgis

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I’ve been a fan of Stephanie Burgis since Snowspelled. So much so that I’m a subscriber to her Patreon. So while I received all these stories as they came out there, I’m only now getting around to reading them. And just like I was expecting, they were the perfect cozy fantasy vibes for to get me out of my post-holiday blues! Good Neighbors (short story) “I bared my teeth up at him in a ferocious smile. “Of course,” I said sweetly, “I’d be delighted to […]

“I guess maybe that’s how it works in families that love each other unconditionally. You can fight without fear of losing them, and be honest without consequences or repercussions.”

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

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I’m two for two with Alison Cochrun! Although, for me, the slight edge goes to The Charm Offensive, I still really enjoyed my time with this second book of hers. Last Christmas, Ellie met Jack in Powell’s when they both went for a copy of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, and over a cute argument over “shared custody”, and Jack poking gentle fun at Ellie (who had been crying alone and talking to a footstool as if it were her friend) they start to bond. Jack […]

Sorry this isn’t really a review but I’m posting it anyway because I want everyone to read this book.

Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones

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Oh you’d best believe i have some quotes to post from this delightful book. But tomorrow bc I’m tired. Okay, it’s tomorrow, here are some quotes. Honestly, the plot in this one is four-star but the writing is what bumped it up to a five for me. This book vibrates at exactly my frequency and thus I am insulted it did not receive a print release and isn’t being widely read. The dialogue in this book made me want to pack up my life and […]

Give me all the cozy fantasy you have.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

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Such a cozy, heartwarming read. I’m so glad I read this, and that I saved it for my Christmas read (even though I barely got any reading done at all on Christmas Eve or Day, because I somehow always forget that my mother does not read and needs to be entertained—anyway we spent all day doing a 1,000 piece Christmas puzzle and then watched Glass Onion, and it was all very good but I wish I could have read more of this book). If you […]

Surprise magical powers and a very cute love story.

Back in a Spell (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #3) by Lana Harper

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Thanks to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. This is the third book in the Witches of Thistle Grove series, full of witchy goodness, small town shenanigans, a surprisingly intricate magic system, and queer people falling in love. I keep saying this, but Back in a Spell is my favorite of these books yet. Nineve Blackmore, of the infamous Blackmores, is the first half of our couple here, and the second is Morty Gutierrez, owner […]



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