Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“What is it that brings me here to stand like a rock in this river of sound?”

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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I like doing reading challenges because they give me an excuse to dig deeply through my expansive to read list (668 and counting) or give me a reason to add more diverse books to that list. Native and indigenous writers are underrepresented on my to read pile as are books about nature. Read Women this year has tasks for both, so off I went to find more books. Having some success last year with Rain: a Natural and Cultural History when I stumbled across Robin […]

“Please, don’t let me make you cry,” he whispered in her ear. “If something is wrong, tell me so I can fix it. Please.”

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

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Earlier this year I read and fell hard for Helen Hoang’ debut The Kiss Quotient. I was taken with her non-traditional protagonists and immediately added her next book, The Bride Test, to my library request list. I’m glad that I did, I enjoyed this sophomore outing more than its predecessor. The Bride Test expands the world Hoang created in The Kiss Quotient. Khai Diep is one of Michael’s cousins we met in The Kiss Quotient (his brother Quan also features and will be the focus […]

“If no one says, This is me, this is what I believe in, and this is why I’m different, and this is why that’s okay, then what’s the point?”

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

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Well, that was adorably sweet. YA that falls into New Adult Romance isn’t normally my thing, the characters are just so young (but I don’t mind them in movie format? To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before was very enjoyable on Netflix but I still don’t care to pick up the book). I know most authors land their endings on HFN for just that reason, but while I’ve enjoyed books like Anna and the French Kiss I generally tend to stay away. But the description […]

“They don’t tell you that hurt travels at light-speed too.”

Nyxia by Reintgen, Scott

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Emmett Atwater is one of ten disadvantaged teens who have been recruited by super-corporation Babel for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: To travel into deep space to newly discovered planet Eden and mine its incredibly versatile and valuable material: Nyxia, an element that has seemingly endless possibilities (it can be manipulated into weapons, into a power source, into smoke, and much more).  Eden is inhabited, and Babel’s first mission there was deadly – the inhabitants of Eden (humanoid aliens) slaughtered most of an Earth crew, except for […]

“I learn that I am a tiny piece of a miraculous world.”

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

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I struggled with this book for quite a while. For reasons I now don’t remember I believed this book to be a graphic novel and had filed it as such as a different task for Read Harder challenge than I eventually recorded it under. Then, once I began reading it for what it truly was, I found myself struggling through the chapters. Marin the protagonist is in such a low place, and Nina LaCour writes it so well that I felt myself being pulled under […]

“All the things that make you different make you perfect.”

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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The Kiss Quotient has been hanging out in my TBR since Malin’s review last July and I was excited to read it this year fulfilling tasks for both Read Harder Challenge and the Reading Women Challenge. I’m glad I read it in the early part of the year and didn’t put it off any longer, it was a quick fun read and while it wasn’t perfectly executed it was certainly better than average and quite good indeed for a debut. I have a soft spot […]



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