Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Hazel Will Not Be Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl on Your Path to Self Discovery, Thank You

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

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Bingo Square: Summer Read I needed to a new romance author to try, and I remembered the reviews for this one piquing my interest, even though I didn’t end up picking it up for quite a while, and even had to ask for assistance in finding the right title.  I’m not sure if this novel is an example of how all of Lauren’s novels are or if this is her (them – Christian Lauren is actually a writing duo) at the top of her game, […]

Representation is important for the women who don’t want kids, as well (Cannonball!)

Not Another Family Wedding by Jackie Lau

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3.5 stars #CBR11 Bingo: Summer Read (would also work for Cannonballer Recommends and/or Own Voices) Official book description: Natalie Chin-Williams might be a cranky professor of climatology who thinks the world is doomed, but she believes in lasting love…just not for herself. She has a long history of failed relationships, plus the men she dates inevitably want children and she doesn’t.  Now thirty-six and single, Natalie expects endless comments about her love life when she attends her baby sister’s wedding. Worse, weddings are always drama-filled disasters […]

Margaret Atwood, prophet.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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CBR11 Bingo – Summer Read This category is pretty subjective, and I know that for most people this might not be classified as a ‘light summer beach read’… but I literally saved this for vacation and devoured it while in a lounge chair by the water, beverage in hand. So, for me, it works? I’m slightly embarrassed to say that I had never read The Handmaid’s Tale until this month – if that gets out, they may revoke my Canadian citizenship. I think it’s because […]

A Joy to listen to!

Jukebox Joyride by Jacob Stein, Jason Rabinowitz

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This was an Audible Originals pick for I think June, and I’m glad I picked it up. George and Jules are 11-year-old twins, and they love music.  George plays the guitar and Jules plays the drums, and they’re pretty good musicians.  They’re also pretty good kids, as evidenced by their interactions with their absent-minded mom.  Their love of music comes from their Uncle Bob, who is a top-notch ethnomusicologist. But Uncle Bob has disappeared.  Not just, left for work one day and was never heard […]

It Is What It Is

All That I Have by Castle Freeman Jr.

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In rural Vermont, Sheriff Wing has to deal with a break-in at a luxury home owned by Russians, a local small-time criminal who is in big trouble, and a deputy that wants to usurp his position because he feels that time has passed his boss by. It sounds like a pretty ordinary mystery novel but it’s not, because it turns out that the mystery is not much of one, and the book is not really even about that. It’s about the sheriff, through whose eyes […]

More like late fall (summer read) / Cannonball!

The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty

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I’m shooting for a double cannonball this go-round, so yay to the halfway point! Only slightly off-target, but there’ll be time to catch up, two trips coming up in the next six weeks. This is also my “Summer Read” square for cannonball bingo, specifically purchased for sunbathing and relaxing, as Liane Moriarty writes the literary equivalent of frappucinos. Frothy, sweet, perfect for the heat, but with a little espresso darkness to give it body and make you feel both fancy and like you’re not having […]



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