Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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“Aren’t you that notorious bad girl April French?”

For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes

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We meet April and Dennis just before they meet each other. The first couple of chapters of For the Love of April French capture perfectly that feeling of endless possibility when you meet a potential new romantic partner – all the wonder of meeting someone you want to know better and all the fear that they will be awful, or reject you when they get to know you. It’s an expansive, joyful, terrifying feeling and Penny Aimes nails it. For the Love of April French […]

“Look. I realize you’re a complex individual. But let’s just say that cute’s definitely in there.”

Uncharted by Adriana Anders

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If there is an animal in a suspense book, I spend the whole book worrying. So first off, the dog is fine. Adriana Anders’ Whiteout was one of my most unexpected favorite reads of last year. The  second book in the Survival Instincts series, Uncharted, continues the overarching story of thwarting Chronos’ quest for genocide and profit. This time, pilot Leo Eddowes and her team are trying to find a scientist hiding in the mountains of Alaska before Chronos finds him. Only a half step […]

Being Human is a Revolution

The Devil You Know by Kit Rocha

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Kit Rocha’s pragmatic, chaotic optimists have gotten me through the last few years. I’m going to need a bunch of you to buy Deal With the Devil and The Devil You Know, or request that your library buy them, so that I get more of these post-apocalyptic do-gooding murder ladies and sourdough making supersoldier daddies to help me hold onto hope amid the rising tide of authoritarianism, the crumbling wall between church and state, and the increased concentration of wealth into a few hands. I […]

There was a game he could see and another he couldn’t, and he would play them both.

Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington

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My formative King Arthur works were the 1963 Disney movie The Sword in the Stone, and 1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail. When I discovered Mary Stewart’s The Crystal Cave, as a preteen, my life as a reader of fantasy and romance was set. I’m a King Arthur enthusiast, but not a purist (except for Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 King Arthur – great cast, beautiful visuals, terrible movie that should never have been marketed as “historically accurate”). Hearing that a work is a retelling of […]

My Death Was Hilarious

The Calyx Charm by May Peterson

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May Peterson contains universes – gorgeous, expansive universes that love words. The best way to enjoy them is to sink in and let them wash over you. The third and final book in May Peterson’s The Sacred Dark series returns us to Vermagna and to Mio’s family. In a minor spoiler for Lord of the Last Heartbeat, Mio’s brother, Tibario, dies, but gets better, coming back as a cat soul – an immortal undead cat shifter. You should definitely read the first two books, Lord of […]

CBR13 Book Bingo Reading Challenge Begins

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(Note: This reading challenge has ended. Please see the wrap-up post for final totals, and watch the main Bingo Reading Challenge page for details about future challenges.) Welcome to the 2021 Book Bingo Reading Challenge! Select five squares across, down, diagonally, or 5-up (four corners + center square), and get an entry into a drawing for some cool prizes. This year we have a special Ring Bingo – complete the ring of 8 blue-green squares for an additional entry. Complete the entire card – a […]



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