Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Just look at this beautiful cover. And the book inside is just as lovely.

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

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This book was excellent. It fits comfortably in with other YA books in terms of subject matter and content, but it’s so well written it stands out from the pack and feels extremely original, like all things with specificity do. Callender’s protagonist Felix is a trans boy going to a summer art school in NY city, and basically living with his best friend in an apartment his best friend’s wealthy but neglecting parents provide for him. Felix’s mom left when he was little, which is […]

Blacking out BINGO with Liz Lighty and her crown. #CBRBingo – Violet

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

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I was drawn to this book by the positive reviews, yes, but first by the unbelievable cuteness that is this cover and title. (This impulse also kind of bit me in the butt, more on that later.) You Should See Me in a Crown follows Liz Lighty, high school senior, who lives in a town that is utterly obsessed by prom. It is a Big Deal. The Queen and King even get scholarships. So, when funding for Liz’s college falls through (and she doesn’t want […]

“To save the world with music and love, obviously”: cbr12bingo – “Music”, 3rd Bingo!

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

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The Sound of Stars was initially chosen as a candidate for the “Debut” bingo square (it was released February 2020) but another book was chosen.  Fortunately, it also fits the “Music” square to complete my 3rd bingo! This is a book I wish I had read in my teen years for a variety of reasons.  Accurate representation of anxiety disorder would have been helpful when trying to figure out my own mental health.   For it’s depiction of sexual identity, gender identity, and first time sexual […]

“A witch without her spells is just a girl alone in the woods. And no one wants to be a girl alone in the woods…”

Ever Cursed by Cory Ann Haydu

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Five years ago, the princesses of Ever were placed under the Spell of Without by an impulsive young witch. Every year on their 13th birthday, the princesses will be cursed to go without one vital thing. The eldest Jane was cursed to be without food. Therefore, she hasn’t eaten or drank in five years. Nora is cursed not to love, Alice is cursed not to sleep, Grace is cursed not to remember. Now that the youngest princess, Eden, is turning 13, the witch will tell […]

P.S. I Still Love You and Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

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In To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean Song Covey’s life is turned upside down when her younger sister sends out a series of love letters that she had written to the boys she had overwhelming feelings towards. One letter, to the popular and handsome Peter Kavinsky, led to a fake relationship that sparked real romance. The second book starts with Lara Jean deciding to make a play for Peter, for real this time. They get back together, or rather finally get together, […]

“They don’t die in this one”

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz

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Sick Kids in Love boasts the tagline, “They don’t die in this one.” This snort-inducing line was a big selling point for me, along with how much I enjoyed Moscowitz’s Teeth. It sounded like a refreshing change of pace from weepy dramas about terminally ill teens from Five Feet Apart to vintage Lurlene McDaniel to The Fault in Our Stars (Although that book is amazing and I love it, and I will hear nothing bad about it or John Green). Isabel, AKA Ibby, is sixteen […]



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