Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“You deserve more than what you’re allowing yourself to have.”

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

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CBR14Bingo – Cozy: It’s just so adorable and comfy and chockfull of found family feels and tea! I’ve read several of this author’s YA releases, so when I heard she was coming out with an adult romance – and then saw THAT COVER – I was desperate to read it. Add in a slow burn grumpy/sunshine romance? Pure comfort. It’s the book equivalent of sitting by a crackling fire with a hot drink on a rainy day, all warm and cozy under a blanket with […]

A very cute and funny romance, once you get past the premise. #CBRBINGO – Time

Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

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Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I was a bit iffy on this one to start, because the premise and how it was being executed seemed really thin. But you should know before you read this, it’s not really a book about a woman who thinks her next door neighbor is a serial killer, despite what the blurb says. The serial killer thing is a metaphor. I really ended up liking it after my initial trepidation. And […]

Peculiar Tastes: Volume One

The Death God's Sacrifice by Jenny Nordbak

The Demon's Bargain by Katee Robert

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CBR 14 Bingo: HolidayThese books are centered around Samhain and the Shadow Market that takes place around that time, the latter being a sort of holiday in and of itself for the characters of this universe. Once upon a time (about two months ago, if you want me to be precise), I backed a Kickstarter by Bonkers Romance which promised me a series of fantasy romance. Well, those books have arrived, and here are the first two! The Death God’s Sacrifice by Jenny Nordbak –  […]

Writing Your Own Happy Ending

Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey

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This one grew on me after kind of a rocky start. A combination of it taking it’s time working through an awkward setup and taking some time to warm up to the writing style meant that I spent the first couple of sessions pretty cold on the whole thing, but I came around by the mid point. Rosie and Jane are many things to each other – Customer and bookshop owner, author and reader, twitter mutuals with a budding friendship, Awkardly, between an online pseudonym […]

“I agree there’s no such thing as love at first sight, but attraction? That can happen in an instant.”

Not Betting on Forever by Natasha Moore

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As the years go by, seeking out romances with more mature characters – ones in their late thirties and forties – has become more of a priority to me. While I think I’ll always love a good young adult romance, sometimes the parade of twenty-something romances gets a bit exhausting. So I went in to this book with a lot of expectations, some of which were unfortunately not met. While this is the second in the series, I read it as a standalone, and besides […]

A Fairytale Romance

The Scarlet Circus by Jane Yolen

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In this collection of eleven short stories, the reader encounters love in its myriad forms – romance, but familial love and friendship and love of duty too – all splashed with plenty of fantasy. I am a little embarrassed to admit that I did not recognize Jane Yolen right away – she has written over four hundred books, and it turns out that though I have not read any of them, I knew plenty of them. Anyway I have rectified that sad oversight with The […]



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