Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Classic's Quick Questions interview.)

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Once and Again by Rebecca Serle

Once and Again by Rebecca Serle

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Please note that I read this book via NetGalley. This does not affect my rating or review. Honestly not too much to say about this. It’s typical Serle at this point. Magical realism with no explanation, a character does a major betrayal, the book eventually gets to an ending. I was more intrigued on the premise of this one (at a baby’s birth in this family, a ticket appears that allows them to go back to a point in time and change things) but it […]

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

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So, I did not like the first book in this series at all. I was frankly…horrified by the reveal and even the ending. Maybe because I thought the character of Charlie was treated like the bad guy, but I honestly felt like he was the only one who saw Percy for who she was and what she could offer. Do not get me started on Sam’s mess. Now in book #2, it’s a few years after Sam and Percy have married, and this is finally […]

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

This Summer Will be Different by Carley Fortune

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Honestly it wasn’t a bad book, just beyond boring. I think I would have liked this more if Fortune had dealt with the insane amount of codependency the lead character (Lucy) had with her best friend (Bridget). I also won’t lie, with how Lucy and Bridget were both acting, I kept thinking we may get best friends declaring they were in love with each other at some point. It just felt off-putting that Lucy really seemed to have no idea how to live her life […]

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

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Wow. I can’t say too much without giving away a lot of details, but I really need to stop getting suckered by Alice Feeney’s books. Daisy Darker was just a two star read to me, but this latest is just 3 stars mostly because until the whole book went off the rails, it was pretty freaking good. I just wish that Feeney had tied up a ton of plot holes in this book. I thought the ending was a mess too by the way. I can guess […]

Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane

Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane

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This was just at 3.5 star read, rounding it up to 4 stars for the rating. I don’t really have to much to say except that if you were hoping for a romance with any type of sex scenes, not your book. I think that McFarlane did a slow burn with Bel and Connor, which I know some romance readers like, but then it just felt like we got zero pay-0ff in the end. And I have to say, I really need longer timelines in […]

Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue by Sheree Renée Thomas (Editor), Pan Morigan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Troy L. Wiggins (Editor)

Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue by Sheree Renée Thomas

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Well that’s a wrap for me for Halloween Bingo 2025. Last book. I can also say I am a little horror’ed out right now so am switching to some lighter stuff. I thought Trouble the Waters was really good. Some stories hit home and others legit made my skin crawl (that crawdad story still is freaking me out). Water Dreaming by Pan Morigan was a nice set up to this anthology. We are Called to the Water by Troy L. Wiggins gives us a different perspective of how precious […]



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