Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Going to Vegas is less fun when you’ve been kidnapped

Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

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Buzzword Cover Challenge 25: Skyline CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge: Diversity Yet again resorting to the official plot summary, because I finished this in mid-April and I just cannot remember all the of details of the plot anymore: At thirty-five, with a stable job as an accountant, Mira Chaudhary wants nothing more than to find a boring man to spend the rest of her life with. Having had enough excitement in her younger days and desperately trying to escape her dysfunctional past, she turns to a […]

“I know you’re out of practice, Shiloh, but the point of bringing men home isn’t to argue with them.”

Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

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4.5 stars Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: Plants or flowers on the cover Cary and Shiloh were best friends in high school. They saw each other every day, told each other everything, and were utterly inseparable. Everyone thought they were in love and would end up together, but by graduation, they’re still just friends. Both come from unstable family environments and dream of getting out of Omaha. Shiloh is going to college to become an actress and Cary has joined the Navy. Once Cary finishes boot […]

“Hannah, you are the only thing in a room that makes it possible to breathe.”

For Never & Always by Helena Greer

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When she was little, Hannah Rosenstein’s parents traveled all over the world, and the only place she ever felt safe and settled was at the Christmas tree farm owned by her father’s great-aunt Cass. At Carrigan’s Christmas Tree Farm, she would also get to spend time with Levi, whose parents were the cook and groundskeeper at Carrigan’s and who in practicality ran the farm for Cass. When Hannah got older, she persuaded her parents to let her go live at Carrigan’s so she could go […]

when I hold you like I hold that bakelite in my hands

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

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Can you really like a book while still strongly disliking nearly everyone in it? I found Landline to be compelling and affecting, but I was driven to states of near agony by the overall behavior of the protagonist and almost everyone else in her orbit. The setup: Georgie McCool (a name that could be very silly, but as a person with a seemingly “fake name” I am on board) is a writer on a cheesy TV sitcom. She and her writing partner, Seth, have been working […]

I really wanted a better book for my first Cannonball

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I read the first and third books in Erin Satie’s No Better Angels series well over a year ago, maybe even two years ago.  I adored them.  Why did I not read this, the second book in the series at that time?  Long answer:  I’m a hoarder.  The first step is admitting you have a problem.  And my problem is ebooks.  I snatch up anything that grabs my fancy if the price is right. And, then I am a weirdo control freak and force myself […]

Soft and Fluffy

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In my on-going quest for lighthearted contemporaries I was steered to Shannon Stacey.  I had read one of her novellas before, but this was my first novel of hers.  It was good.  Not great.  Not remarkable in any way, but good.  And some days you can’t ask for a whole lot more than that. This is the first book in what is apparently a beloved series (the Kowalskis).  It is a second chance romance between former high school sweethearts.  Keri Daniels and Joe Kowalski were […]



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