Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I am sad to report that ‘Tasting Captain America’, the fanfic Eve mentions reading on AO3, is not real.

Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3) by Talia Hibbert

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What a fun time. I’m going to be three for three on this series for writing inadequate reviews for how much I enjoyed them. I have not yet been satisfied by anything I have written about Talia Hibbert’s books. It escapes me how to write about them. I will say, for the first half of this book (an excellent example of the hate to love trope), this was shaping up to be my favorite of the three books. The enmity between Jacob and Eve was […]

A lighthearted and humorous historical romance

One Thing Leads to a Lover by Susanna Craig

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In true llama fashion, I picked up the first book in this series because of the interesting cover: the bold neon title juxtaposed with the women in regency dress. The book itself was just as fun as the cover suggested, so I was excited to pick up this one, and even more happy that it’s just as delightfully funny and quick-paced. While this is the second in the series, this book can easily be read as a stand-alone. Langley is one of General Scott’s intelligence […]

“We shared cracks in complementary places.”

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

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This book is just so adorable and funny. I’m not sure how I’ve missed this author before, but once I picked this book up I could not put it down! Darcy operates an agony aunt locker at her high school. Students can drop off a letter – and the fee – and get a personalized email response. And things are going great! She has a 95% success rate (based on refunds) and she’s successfully managed to keep it a secret, even from her best friend […]

“Has anyone noticed this whole city is looking for us, mad at us, or wants to kill us?” “So?” said Kaz. “Well, usually it’s just half the city.”

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

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Y’all. I’m here to say, loudly and proudly, I like fantasy. I don’t know why I didn’t see it before, maybe because I get confused by book genres, but I’m a real fan and delighted to keep finding new fun books to dive into thanks to the CBR community (hip hooray!) I don’t read a lot of YA so definitely have zero ideas of what’s new and hot in that sphere, so heard about this possibly at one of the Zoom book clubs (I think?) […]

“I’d rather trust you than love you.”

A New Foundation by Rochelle Alers

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I was a bit shocked to realize I’d never read anything by Rochelle Alers before, so when I saw this was the start of a new series, I had to pick this up. This is a delightfully sweet romance with the best friend’s sibling and workplace romance tropes and it was so much fun to read! Taylor is the oldest of five adopted siblings, four brothers and one sister. After their father’s death, they discover that they’ve inherited a mansion in New Jersey – more […]

Two Gaming Nerds Go on a Road Trip and….

Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert

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I’m not sure how Conventionally Yours ended up on my radar since I’m not a reader of romance novels generally speaking. Basically, it’s a queer romance with a twist on the standard enemies to lovers plot, namely the setting is serious card gaming and convention. On the one side, there’s Conrad the good-looking friendly guy who seems to have the perfect social life and image, but is actually dealing with major issues in his life. On the other side, there’s Alden, the seemingly uptight, prissy, […]



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